Simple, yet mind-bending. Dr. Dyer does such a wonderful job bringing the ancient wisdom of the Tao through his learning and understanding to us, me. This book was life-changing for me. When I first ordered the book, I was excited that I could simply change my life by changing my thoughts. I had no idea how solid that sentence was, as I came to understand that our thoughts are like a brick wall needing to be dismantled one brick at a time. Our thoughts and beliefs run deep, and freedom is found without attachment. 'Change your thoughts...' is a never-ending learning and understanding experience. Through Dr. Dyer and the Tao, I was able to begin the process of changing my thoughts in order to change my life.

 

What a wonderful gift I have given myself. Thank you, Dr. Dyer.

I have never been big on self-help books, but this is a book that belongs in several reading categories, self-help being only one of them. Dyer has taken the Tao Te Ching, a wonderfully open and peaceful source of Taoist philosophy, and he has interpreted each verse in ways to make the advice practicable in your own life. He makes suggestions, offers examples, and continuously stresses the Taoist concepts of being open to what is happening around you and the idea that sometimes the "ride" is the best part of a life occurrence. I have purchased several copies of this book since it was published because I often give them away to friends "in need". I highly recommend this book for a life in turmoil or a life in "perfect balance".

This is a life-changing book. I've studied and read many spiritual (not religious) authors, but this is hands down the most powerful book I've read. It's always next to my bed and I love to read it over and over, cover to cover, and also just tap into it as an oracle for daily spiritual guidance. There are many interpretations of the 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu, but Dr. Dyer's interpretation is the masterpiece that changes lives!

This book has impacted my life in ways I cannot fully describe. If there is one book I hope my kids read and learn from, it is this book. It contains the wisdom to lead a life I wish them to live & contains the wisdom from the Tao Te Ching, which was 1st published over 2,500 years ago, combined with Wayne's additional wisdom on how it relates to life now. An absolute MUST READ, in my opinion.

I feel that this is one of Wayne Dyer's best books. This book is a very helpful guide to the Tao. Wayne has really elicited the profound essence of the meaning of the Tao in easily understood language. You can read it all at once and gain great insight. But I'll bet you that you'll want to return to this book again and again. There is so much wisdom contained within this book that I use it as part of my daily meditation practice, one verse at a time. You need time to let the words wash over you. You need the time to let the wisdom penetrate your consciousness. This is a book that will help you find your way to peace, understanding, patience, and love.

This book is one to cherish. It is not a quick read. It is something to savor and re-read over and over. I took a year to read the whole book - not that you can't read it faster, but the book really does change your life. If you apply the laws of the Tao Te Ching, you can't be the same person when you finish it. This book opened my eyes and made me realize that I had to follow my heart and do what made me happy. It also taught me not to sweat the small stuff, not to live beyond my means, and how to find a greater purpose. I have been a Buddhist for 21 years and still found tremendous benefit, guidance, and support in the ancient words of the Tao and how eloquently and insightfully Dr Wayne Dyer, its author, interpreted it! This book was so profound and monumental that I purchased 15 copies to give to friends and family!

Wayne Dyer is amazing! Having seen him personally and having read nearly all his books, I can say that this book reflects the extraordinary personal evolution of this very public personality. Wayne is beloved by millions because he is "everyman" going through the same struggles, challenges, victories, tragedies as we all do in one degree of another. He makes us pause in our tracks to ask the deeper questions that persist in our hearts and minds, despite modern life's efforts to distract us from ourselves. We are all the same, Wayne reminds us, look at what I have thought and felt. Here are some answers, he says; let's drink from the same well. As someone who has a personal orientation toward the oriental (pun intended), I welcomed Wayne's deeply personal and wise evocation of the Tao Te Ching. I read it every day, opening the book synchronistically to find the "lesson" for the day. And you know, it usually falls on the very verse I need for that day. Amazing but true. You should skip to the very last page of the book in which Wayne relates how this work helped him overcome a deep personal crisis. Over the years, I have never seen him refer to himself in quite so revealing a way. I guess he will, in time (as he always has done), tell us what mountain he had to climb on this journey. Buy this book. Don't loan it out because you'll want to dip into it often. Wayne is a treasure and a blessing to us all who are working to realize our True Selves, as he has so graciously done for us.

The author changed his lifestyle completely and took an entire year to study and put into practice this way of thinking and living. Dr Dyer committed himself to this work wholeheartedly, and it shows. If you've read his other works, I think you'd agree that this takes us/him to another level. Dr. Dyer helps "western" readers of today understand the sayings of the Tao. He interprets them for us to use in our everyday lives, as he has. The overall feeling of the book is one of calm acceptance and can help those who read it to reach this calm acceptance for themselves. Dyer uses concepts such as trusting in your own nature, living contentedly, and getting flexible in your thinking, to name a few. One of the things I like about Dyer's work is that he wants you to DO something with these ideas. For one example, start letting go of your things. For another, he encourages being in nature for an hour a day. And, he encourages you in that, whatever you want to become, be, or do, take just one step to get started. (This is from the most well-known of the verses, "The journey of a 1,000 miles begins with the first step.") After reading the ideas presented, I slept better than I had in a long time and woke up happy. That's worth a good review.