| I've been reading this wonderfully inspirational | | | | changes. If we used the natural ability to move |
| book by Wayne Dyer, Change Your Thoughts, | | | | with nature (like water), we would become more |
| Change Your Life. This book looks at the 81 | | | | tuned into how to be, rather than what to do. |
| verses of the Tao Te Ching and breaks down | | | | The more we connect to the universal divine |
| into detail what they all mean. The most | | | | energy, the easier life will become. When we |
| reoccurring symbol the Tao uses for the way | | | | reflect on the peaceful calm of a gentle lake our |
| you should live your life is water. | | | | minds will naturally live in peace in that moment. |
| I had never really thought about it before, but I | | | | When we let go of our accomplishments and |
| love the analogy. Water naturally flows to the | | | | possessions, realizing that they were not really |
| lowest level. Whether it is draining down the | | | | ours to begin with, we will live with less anxiety. |
| gutters in the street or down a majestic | | | | When you try to grab a handful of water, it |
| waterfall, water flows down. According to the | | | | naturally slips through your fingers. Think of |
| Tao we, as humans, can learn humility from the | | | | yourself this way-as a part of nature, and this |
| way water naturally flows. | | | | infinite energy. Just like water, no one and no |
| When we begin to boast of an accomplishment, | | | | thing can contain you. |
| we are putting ourselves above others. To | | | | Meditate on this. Like water, allow your thoughts |
| elevate ourselves in this way is not natural. It is | | | | to flow to the deepest part of you. Do not try to |
| as if our ego has taken charge of our divine spirit | | | | control them, let them swim around naturally until |
| and made of point of letting others know we are | | | | they find their way. |
| better than them. If we were living like water we | | | | This meditation can be like a spiritual healing |
| would keep moving forward not making a big | | | | offering inspiration in difficult times. Depression is a |
| production out of certain events in out lives. | | | | state created by ego-driven thoughts. If you lived |
| Water is also patient. Over time it can wear out | | | | like water depressed thinking would be a thing of |
| the densest material. Its flow is persistent as well | | | | the past. |
| as humble. Where we may give up when | | | | Water nourishes everything it touches and gives |
| circumstances appear to be hopeless, water | | | | without thinking. In this way, it gets what it needs, |
| carries on. The ebb and flow of the tides creates | | | | because the law of attraction supports its |
| new shorelines every moment. And its flow over | | | | existence. |
| riverbeds creates new dimensions in the hardest | | | | Water in its purest form expresses the power of |
| of stone over time. | | | | love. You were surrounded by it in your mother's |
| Water remains flexible throughout turbulent | | | | womb. And you replenish your body with it |
| weather. It freezes in the winter, thaws in the | | | | everyday. When you live at one with water and |
| summer, and rises and falls in the form of | | | | become settled into "going with the flow" you will |
| precipitation. Water remains, only its form | | | | think less, and be more. |