Secrets for success and inner peace

A while back I wrote about the book I am reading by Dr Wayne Dyer. I shared some of the info I gleaned from Secret Number One (Have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing) in my garden email and I have over the past week or two taken one secret at a time and digested it for a few days. My plan was to try and write about each one as I understood and processed it. Holidays and visitors and lots of other distrations have distracted me from this, but I just want to share in brief a few of the ideas I have gained so far. I hope Dr Dyer doesn't mind me sharing his ideas with you, but I have found myself thinking and learning everyday from this simple beautiful little book.

Secret Number Two, was wonderful: "Don't die with your music still in you."
Point to yourself - do it now! Where did you point? Was it to your brain or was it to your heart? Listen to your heart, find your passion for living. Be inspired the word means 'in spirit'. Can you remember a moment of inspiration when everything clicked. You did not have to think, it just worked - A wow moment. This is the true connection with what you are supposed to be doing. Are you going to be a commuter through life, just doing the things you have to do or are you going to find that true purpose which is your music? I love this line: "You'll never be at peace if you don't get that music out and let it play. Let the world know why you're here, and do it with passion."

I also loved Secret Number Three: "You can't give away what you don't have."
This one seems really obvious at first, yet on reading it I discovered a far deeper truth. Dr Dyer starts out by talking about 'attractor energy'. Thoughts are a form of energy and you get back what you put into the world. It is also what you have to give away to others. If inside you there is anger and self-disrespect that is what you will give out to the world and in return attract back to you. But if you fill your thoughts and life with love and self-respect this is what you can give away and in turn attract back. He also talks about finding our purpose. Everyone is different and like in number two, we will all dance to our own music. Our purpose however, is only really that important if we can remember to make the purpose of our life about giving and giving love above all. Do you have that love to give away, do you possess the love for yourself?

In some ways these two ideas provoke some deep philisophical thoughts, but what a wonderful world we would create if eveyone of us, could follow these secrets.

I know someone who after struggling for many years with depression and self-doubt, chose to make someone else happy every single day. That was the goal they set, not a goal to feel better, not a goal to heal themselves, but to give to someone else the thing that they most wanted. This person is amazing! Everyone I know who meets her will tell you she has energy and a zest for living that is unbelievable. It was not done by fixing her problems, but rather by giving to the world the one thing that she wanted most and she found that she has it inside her to give. This special person is my Mom! I don't tell her enough how amazing she is, but just by that one simple act, she inspires me and many that get to know her.

Secret number Four is: "Embrace Silence". I will however, leave you with silence, for now. I hope that I have given you something wonderful to think about. If you want to read more Dr Wayne Dyer's book is called "10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace". Or wait for my next Inspiration Blog.

Beverly