Why it's never too late to change your life
by Karon Brandt
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 make the ball wait for him to hit it. When his side was losing and the other team hit the ball out of human reach, they simply walked off the court and called it game point, but Dyer HAD hit the ball and the crowd had witnessed it. He explained that he "became the ball and had it wait for him." Once he did it the first time, he said he was able to do it twice again since then.
Chopra tells how wise sages and yogis in India can control body functions - one man even allowed himself to be buried underground for six days, to be awakened from a state of flat EEG's and EKG's, which we call "death," only to ask for a glass of milk. Chopra also witnessed a yogi who was able to put a knife through his upper arm and not bleed, in front of a group of physiology students.
Dyer also told of how he had dreamt for years of a beautiful, icy pond where he skated flawlessly until the day came when he "discovered" it in real life (at the Chopra Center in Massachusetts, where he and his wife spent a week). He hadn't skated since he was 18, but he got skates - at 52 years of age - and skated 23 hours that week without falling. He felt he had "manifested" that pond to fulfill his dream, which he wanted to do in real time.
In "Real Magic," Dyer speaks of four ways to get strawberry ice cream from that requiring the most energy to the least: go to the store and buy it; have someone go get it for you; think the thought about wanting it and have someone nearby share some with you; or manifest it for yourself.
Dyer and Chopra say the ultimate level of creating what you want is within reach of the mind. The highest level of performance requires the least energy.
Dyer goes on to tell the story of re-meeting Oprah Winfrey years after they had become friends, after she had achieved fame and amassed a personal fortune. When they met, Dyer congratulated her on her success. Oprah replied, "I created it." They both knew what she meant because it's what Dyer had been teaching for years. We can create our own realities.
At first, there is a time lag between the thought and the outcome, but masters have shown that time can be whittled down to seconds.
Most people do not want to change everything about their lives or the past; they simply want a different future, which they perceive to be better.
Some people seem to fall into victim hood and become stuck there, but there are so many different possible outcomes that that choice does not need to be one of them. We admire people who overcome great odds to produce good outcomes; we can imitate them because they've shown it can be done.
But greater still at accomplishing what they want are those who work against all the negative voices that say "It can't be done," and yet they do it.
Dyer and Chopra talk about the masters who have done it, and they both affirm that anyone, with a focused purpose of mind, can accomplish whatever he/she wants.
As long as you are alive and you can think, it is never too late to change your life.
Sources: Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra, "Living Beyond Miracles," New World Library, audio cassettes, 1993.
Wayne Dyer, "Real Magic," Nightingale Conant, 1992. 6 audio cassettes.