Then one evening in 2006, I came across Wayne Dyer again.  PBS was broadcasting his special on Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling.  I really loved and was deeply moved by his words.  When listening to him telling the audience the story of the monarch butterfly I felt how strong his connection to Spirit is and how freely, lovingly and without limitations Spirit flows through him.  During that special Wayne shared one of the most powerful quotes I have ever heard:

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be. ~ Patanjali

Rediscovering Wayne’s work made me realize that he too has gradually and naturally shifted away from psychology and into spirituality.  We both through our different paths of development have realized that the power of motivation pales in comparison to those moments when we are in spirit, fully in touch with our true identity as part of All That Is and when we understand and trust our unbound ability to create.

Wayne’s words have been a great inspiration for me and have been and continue to be a wonderful encouragement on the path of spiritual growth and a beautiful reminder of my true essence.  I always considered him to me a teacher of mine, until last night when that label took on a new meaning.  I dreamt that in a personal, very friendly and loving one-on-one session Wayne was teaching me how to be a spiritual teacher.  He was teaching me the practical, professional side of being a teacher and being able to handle the demands and the challenges.  I woke up right after the dream feeling how the wisdom of his words has seeped in me and feeling very grateful for him being my teacher.

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I am intrigued by what the book has to offer.  I have integrated as a central concept in my life the idea that I create my reality through my beliefs, my expectations and my internal mind chatter.  I live a life relatively free of self-defeating sabotages.  However, I know that there are still a few limiting beliefs, or excuses as Wayne Dyer calls them, that I have allowed to hang on to me for much longer than what they really should have.

There was a moment of hesitation in me before I committed to the book.  As you can imagine, letting a book into my life means that I will be allowing for concepts centered around a topic to claim my attention and provide a new prism through which I will be looking at the world.  I will be committing myself to examining and untangling my limiting mental webs.  And to be honest with you that seems like work to me.  I would have preferred a book that inspires me and encourages me to create the life I want, which always seems so easy, so joyful and playful to me.  But then reason settled in.  I asked myself, “How could I build a dream without having first cleared away any and all debris?”  Therefore, I welcome the opportunity to work on those mental paradigms that no longer serve me.

Here are a preview of the PBS special that Wayne Dyer based on his book and an excerpt from the same program.

If you want to learn more about the book and get a feel of what the process of creating the book and applying the concepts to his life felt like for Wayne Dyer you can read an interview with him here.

Have you already read “Excuses Begone!”?  Was there something about the book that you particularly liked?  Did you find passages in it that encouraged you to shake off your old story and allow yourself to become the glorious you?  Please let me know.

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