by Ray Walker

Created on: November 30, 2008

It saddens me that Wayne Dyer can be so sincere about his message and yet deliberately uncriticizing of how he goes about it. If what he claims is true, why does he find it necessary to cherry pick science and borrow its terminology in order to inflate his vacuous claims? His use of the word "energy" is laughable to the physics community as it is clear he has no real understanding of its meaning. If he was truly sincere, he would challenge himself and do a more thorough job of examining his claims before leading others. He calls the societal pressure of accepting one's limitations "the big lie." But the fact is his faulty claim that anyone can do anything lures people into a false sense of self that must in many cases eventually lead to "the big let down." True self development can only start from a realistic self-image. Believing you have no limitations has no basis in reality. And, despite his vast misinterpretation of quantum mechanics, gravity stills acts upon you consistently regardless of your thoughts. Just because you picture it does not mean it can exist. It is not sincere to suggest otherwise.

Interestingly, Wayne Dyer devotes much paper and talk to let us know how inept western medicine really is. For example, on his PBS "Intention" appearance he shares his anecdote of his daughter who develops bumps around her eyes and, as he points out, "of course there's nothing the doctors can do." In the end, she successfully "talks" her bumps away. Brushing aside the believability of this story, his slight to the medical profession is typical of his writing starting with Your Erroneous Zones. There he plants the seeds of doubt that western medical practices are of any value. Yet, after all his positive thinking (which should work like it did for his daughter, shouldn't it?) he, true to statistics, has a heart attack and has an arterial stent implanted. It seems ironic to me that it is was precisely the practice of western medicine that allows him now to continue to bad mouth it. Could any of his positive thinking techniques equal the miracle result stemming from the long history of critical minded practitioners? What evidence is there that a life of positive thinking and the "fields of energy" he claims it creates actually produces the same results on par with modern surgery?

It is not completely honest on his part to make these claims without fully researching them first. He belief is if he thinks it, it is not only true but worthy to sell others as a remedy for their lives. Selling speculation and simplistic notions when it involves health is dangerous indeed.

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