Filed Under (Dr. Wayne Dyer) by Jenny Mannion on 16-09-2008
by Jenny Mannion
Dr. Wayne Dyer is affectionately called the “father of motivation” by his fans. Despite spending his childhood in orphanages and foster homes, Dr. Dyer has overcome many obstacles to make his dreams come true. Today he spends much of his time showing others how to do the same. With many books, audios and televised events as well as speaking internationally — he has encouraged and helped millions of people find their inner strengths. Dr. Dyer’s books range from his powerful talks on “Intention” to one of his most recent where he gave up most of his belongings for a year and LIVED the Tao Te Ching. He has 7 children and STILL maintains a constant sense of presence and calmness.
Not only does Wayne Dyer give these important messages to adults but he also has children’s books that are wonderful for giving children skills they need early on to be unstoppable and persevere. Dr. Wayne Dyer was recently on Oprah’s Soul Series and it is a wonderful interview to watch. Dr. Dyer also has MANY videos he has done for public access television.
My favorite quote that helped me to heal was “When You Change the Way You Look at Things the Things You Look at Change”. I was indeed on automatic pilot for YEARS and not even processing my self-talk. Dr. Dyer’s message rang true and it was that simple shift that allowed my healing to continue. Whenever I felt myself “stuck” in a previous thought pattern I was able to ask myself “How ELSE can I look at this?”. I still use those words to this very day ALMOST EVERY DAY!
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor became fascinated with the brain because her brother was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. She trained at Harvard and became a prominent neuroanatomist (brain researcher). It was her knowledge of the brain that enabled her to recognize when she was suffering a severe stroke and fully “process” it as it was happening. Her stroke affected the left side of her brain which deals with cognition, language, processing and “ego”. What took over was the right side of her brain whose function is the emotional and “spiritual” side of our brain. Her stroke left her without speech and physical mobility and it took her 8 years to fully recover. Her story is one of inspiration, courage and pure amazement as you listen to her experience. She credits KNOWING the importance of telling others about her experience with giving her the will to recover.
Since her recovery she has written a best selling book, been on the Oprah Soul Series and has spoken at the TED Conference as well as many other public appearances. She travels speaking about her experience and expressing her important message of living from LOVE and consciousness. The video below is of her speech at the TED conference. It is 20 minutes long but I assure you — you have never seen anything like it.
What Jenny Mannion has Learned from Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
There is so much more out there than meets the eye. The right side of the brain is as (if not more) important than the left but most of us predominantly use the left side. There are ways to “silence” your mind and get to that “space” of love and quiet that your body and mind so desperately need for happiness and growth.
Spiritual experience is a natural part of our humanity. Reading about mystics, it can often seem like we have to lead an unusual or exceptional life to have powerful spiritual experiences. But Jill’s experiences are a testament to the fact that our ability to connect to deeper truth is already present in us, through the tool of our right brain. We are just conditioned not to listen to it.
