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Just out of curiosity, why do you like Dyer? I find his video presentations to be vacuous, but I really haven't studied him in detail yet. Am I missing something? The videos I've seen are cute and full of nice stories, but not much deeper content. Are the books better? (I own a couple of his books but haven't made them a priority due to other things.) I do know that the psychologist Albert Ellis claims that Dyer, and several other authors, have ripped off his work without really getting it. But Ellis seems to have a pretty big ego, so that is just hearsay. :-)

Just curious... ;-)

i'm cleaning out my email inbox,and found this from almost a year ago. hey,it's not my fault,it's life's fault. it moves too fast for me. ha.

anyway,i actually like wayne dyer's videos and audio stuff,but i'm not that crazy for his books. i think i like the ideas more than the presentation,and it was some of his stuff that led me to the stuff i really think makes a difference for me,which is the abraham-hicks stuff.

i don't think dyer claims the ideas as his own. he acknowledges a lot of folks he's learned from. i've been reading his stuff since he just did the psych stuff like 'pulling your own strings' and 'your erroneous zones' and he has really been on a journey for years. i don't agree with all of his interpretations of things,but sometimes his tapes and videos do inspire me,and i like his stories.

i'm not really much into exercises,so i think it's just a different preference as another comment you left me recently was about 'brain lock' which i have out from the library right now,synchronistically enough (hello jung!). i read the chapters of different case histories and that made me feel better because i'm not as 'bad' as those folks. sort of like how i enjoy watching war movies because then i can appreciate my life more. but i don't like doing exercises. or i have to find some that are fun,or i won't do them.

which is why david burns much-recommended book 'feeling good' never helped me when i was depressed...i found them boring and when depressed,how do you motivate yourself to do something boring? this is where the abe-hicks stuff came in. a lot of it is fun,though even then sometimes i don't feel like doing their processes. nevertheless,i'm far more likely to do theirs than burns',so of course their stuff has been more beneficial to me. glad the brain-lock stuff has helped you a bit. ocd is no picnic.

i don't like how dyer's books are set up,or maybe it's his writing i don't like. i'm very particular about things. for instance,i don't like to read entertainment weekly because the layout is too busy and makes me uncomfortable. i like people's layout better.

if you care to read some of the below comments from this post,you'll see that some folks like his books better than the video or audio,but i'm the opposite! i USUALLY prefer reading to listening though,but not in wayne's case.

yes,i'll have some of that,please.
Yeah....pass some of that around here too!

In my opinion Wayne Dyer is not quite the same when watching him on tv or video. I can't put my finger on it. but I would rather read his work or listen to him on audio.

I really like Wayne Dyer and have read most of his books. I've been slowly reading the Course. It's weird in that it's incomprehensible when I first read it, but when I discuss it with a friend ( we are doing this together) the material will suddenly click and I'll get it, or part of it, at least. Dyer and Eckhart Tolle are much better writers, who say more or less the same thing much more clearly.

I agree with everything you said.
Tolle screws with my head ALOT more than Dyer, though.

How so? The first time I read Tolle I didn't quite get him, but I thought something was there, so I reread and he clicked for me, but I've recommended him to a lot of people who complain he is overly intellectual.

I don't think Tolle is over intellectual, but he bends my mind a lot. His definition of the Pain Body and staying present and stuff like that just played with me. It took me a couple of times to get it. I am glad I did, though. He is a smart guy. I have The Power of Now. Which book(s) are you speaking of?

I have the Power of Now, Stillness Speaks, as well as a couple of tapes, one on the Pain Body. I wish he would elaborate a little more on the Pain Body because it is an intriguing concept and certainly explains a lot of dysfunctional behavior. Yes he definitely is a mind bender, but in a good way. Aside from Tolle and Dyer I like David Hawkins, also Abraham-Hicks. What about you?

Outside The Power of Now, I enjoyed these books:

Happy Pocket full of Money by David Cameron- This book shocked me in how deep it goes. I was expecting one of those Money motivation books, but what I found was a very well-written guide on the law of attraction.

Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting by Lynn Grabhorn- This was my introduction into the Law of Attraction and Deliberate Creation. It was good...but she gets a little"out there" for me.

The Master Key System by Charles Haanel - Just a good, tough read. :) Actually its very good, and challenges the reader.

I want to check out some David Hawkins stuff- as well as Carlos Castaneda.

Thanks for the recommendations. I like Castaneda, but it's been years since I've read him.

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