by Karon Brandt

Created on: November 02, 2009   Last Updated: November 03, 2009

It is probably no coincidence that I was just re-playing an old (1992) Dr. Wayne Dyer cassette tape titled "Real Magic" that answers this question perfectly.

Dyer has a Ph.D. in psychology, is a renowned motivational speaker, and is the author of over 30 books.

Dyer's father deserted the family when Wayne was just a child. Dyer lived in a series of foster homes, depended on alcohol a little too much to get through some tough times, and suffered through a divorce after fathering one child. He then went on to marry Marcelene, whom he seemed to adore, and they had 7 children together. More recently, in the past five years, they divorced and both remarried, although they remain friends and speak well of one another.

Simply put, this man was not born into privilege; he had no extra advantages due to his family's name; and he knew poverty in his early years. Yet, Dyer has touched millions of lives with his dialogues with Dr. Deepak Chopra about higher consciousness: "Living Beyond Miracles (1993)"; "Living without Limits (1996); and "Creating Your World the Way You Really Want It to Be (1998)." [Chopra is a medical doctor, a leader in mind-body medicine, and the author of over 50 books.]

Children certainly live in situations over which they have no control, but once they turn 18, as Dyer says, "The Sky's the Limit (book title published in 1980)."

In "Real Magic," Dyer talks about how you create your life from your thoughts. "As you think, so shall you be." He says there are no limits to what we can do. On the quantum level of reality, we are all made of the same stuff, the same minerals, and the same atoms in different molecular structures. There is an underlying energy on all levels, which connects everything to a divine intelligence, over which we have control through our intentions.

By tuning in to that state of reality - both Dyer and Chopra highly recommend meditation as a means of connecting with the higher self, the life source - we can manifest miracles. We can create our own reality.

Dyer speaks of "manifesting" reality (Living Beyond Miracles, 1993) as some of the great masters have done. Both he and Chopra have seen human beings (swamis, yogis, rishis, and other masters of the mind) who have created material matter with their minds. Both have seen people who make flowers grow at their feet as they walk. Another master could create trinkets out of thin air as gifts for his audience.

Dyer then went on to speak of how he meditated through a tennis match to

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