"Change the way you look at things
and the things you look at change."
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
(May 10, 1940 - August 30, 2015)
(May 10, 1940 - August 30, 2015)
Recently I read an amazing book titled, "Dying to Be Me", by a woman named Anita Moorjani. In it, Anita describes her near-death experience (NDE) which occurred in 2006. I had heard of Anita before but never had an opportunity to hear her story. Anita's words literally brought me to my knees and touched my soul in a way I had not previously experienced. I almost felt like she was talking directly to me. She describes in detail her four-year struggle with lymphoma, which eventually spread all over her body.
On February 2, 2006, Anita's organs shut down and as she lay unconscious in the hospital, her family was told that there was nothing left that they could do for her. Anita's body was riddled with cancerous tumors, her organs were shutting down and she was dying. The thing is, Anita didn't die. She is alive and well and cancer free! She now travels all over the world to spread her message of unconditional love and how powerful it can be.
The doctors have no explanation for this miracle but Anita does - she knows exactly what happened. Her book describes her near-death experience while laying in that hospital bed in a coma, surrounded by her family who were being told that there was no hope and that death was not only inevitable, but eminent.
During her NED, Anita experienced an indescribable unconditional love surrounding her. Anita understood that in order to be healed she must let go of her life-long fears, self-doubt, guilt, anxiety, and feelings that she didn't measure up, that she wasn't good enough which manifested in her body as cancer. She saw who she really is, a magnificent Divine, spiritual being deserving of love, health, happiness, joy - everything good that life has to offer - just by being herself and loving herself unconditionally, which in turn allows her to love everyone else. If you don't have that love inside of you for yourself, then you don't actually have it to give.
She understood that we are all connected, we all have this beautiful Divine presence inside of us that is part of the Universal life force. That spirit, or energy, is present in every single one of us simply for the fact that we were born. Once recognized, it can create miracles beyond our wildest dreams. She saw that, at our core, we are actually spirits who are having a human experience - and not the other way around!
Anita was given a choice to come back to the physical world and once she made this choice, she woke up from her coma, knowing she was cancer free. Several days later that was confirmed by the astonished doctors who compared CT scans from just a few days before, which showed tumors all over her body, to the new scans which showed no evidence of cancer. None!
Anita writes:
"I believe that the greatest truths of the universe don't lie outside, in the study of the stars and the planets. They lie deep within us, in the magnificence of our heart, mind, and soul. Until we understand what is within, we can't understand what is without."
Anita writes:
"I believe that the greatest truths of the universe don't lie outside, in the study of the stars and the planets. They lie deep within us, in the magnificence of our heart, mind, and soul. Until we understand what is within, we can't understand what is without."
I was amazed and fascinated by Anita's story. I had just started learning about self-healing after reading Louise Hay's book "You Can Heal Your Life" and I began implementing some of the techniques into my daily life. After reading Anita's story, any and all doubt melted away and I knew that I, too, could heal myself and restore my body back to perfect health but I must first address the negative emotions, thoughts and feelings that had contributed greatly to my illness.
I had also started reading books and listening to lectures by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Oddly enough, I had never heard of Dr. Dyer before his death on August 30th of this year. Never even heard his name. That day, someone posted "RIP Dr. Wayne Dyer" on Facebook and for some reason I was compelled to do the same - so I did. I then realized I had no idea who he was so I Googled him and became aware of his teachings which had inspired and transformed thousands of lives.
Dr. Dyer has written 40+ books, lectured around the world, and even made a movie, titled "The Shift" which, when I watched it, moved me so much I began reading and listening to everything I could get my hands on that was related Dr. Dyer. Some might say I became obsessed with him, but the truth is that his words, his thoughts and teachings woke me up to a new enlightened state of being that is difficult to describe.
There is something about this man and his teachings that speak to me on such a profound level that I just know with 100% certainty that he is speaking the truth, at least the truth as I believe it to be. The fact that Dr. Dyer had to die for me to become aware of him is unfortunate - I would have loved to have met him in person. My heart aches for his family, his eight children, his friends and colleagues. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be to have lost such an amazing man. But lucky for us, his message lives on in his many writings, speeches, radio shows, PBS specials and movie.
There is something about this man and his teachings that speak to me on such a profound level that I just know with 100% certainty that he is speaking the truth, at least the truth as I believe it to be. The fact that Dr. Dyer had to die for me to become aware of him is unfortunate - I would have loved to have met him in person. My heart aches for his family, his eight children, his friends and colleagues. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be to have lost such an amazing man. But lucky for us, his message lives on in his many writings, speeches, radio shows, PBS specials and movie.
This new enlightened state of awareness has made me realize things about myself that ultimately led to my physical illness. I recognized that, I too, like Anita, I have been plagued all my life with feelings of fear, worry, self-doubt, guilt, anxiety, self-blame, lack of confidence and not feeling valuable or deserving of unconditional love. I thought about how much I beat myself up in my mind on a daily basis and how destructive this kind of thinking must be to my physical body.
The other thing that Anita wrote about in her book that struck a chord for me was the fact that when we get sick or feel depressed we often turn to external means to help us to feel better. After her NDE, Anita now understands that in order to achieve complete healing from any illness or disease, mental or physical, we must turn inward and begin to see ourselves for who we really are - magnificent Divine spiritual beings who have all been called to this earth for a specific purpose. Once achieved, everything else in our lives regarding health, prosperity, happiness and peace will all fall into place - synchronicity will appear in your life without you having to force anything.
The other thing that Anita wrote about in her book that struck a chord for me was the fact that when we get sick or feel depressed we often turn to external means to help us to feel better. After her NDE, Anita now understands that in order to achieve complete healing from any illness or disease, mental or physical, we must turn inward and begin to see ourselves for who we really are - magnificent Divine spiritual beings who have all been called to this earth for a specific purpose. Once achieved, everything else in our lives regarding health, prosperity, happiness and peace will all fall into place - synchronicity will appear in your life without you having to force anything.
It is easy to look at the world as it is today and feel depressed or hopeless. Just turn on the news and the majority of what you hear is so tragic, sad, horrific and scary that it seems far fetched to believe that things are destined to change any time soon. Just last week there were two more school shootings and immediately the debate began about gun control, mental illness, what to do, how to handle it - and the problem is that these issues end up dividing us instead of bringing us together.
To me, the issue is not gun control or how we handle mental illness in this country. Yes, those problems do exist but they are just symptoms of a much bigger societal issue. We have become a competitive, narcissistic, materialistic, "Me" society and as both Anita Moorjani and Dr. Dyer state, we have forgotten who we really are. And to make matters worse, the things that we have chosen to prioritize and glamorize as goals to strive for do not create the joy, harmony, peace, and happiness in our lives that we so desire.
Once we achieve these goals and collect all of our "stuff" that we thought would fill us up, we realize that we are still not happy and so we collect more stuff. We are living in a world where the thing to do is take "Selfies", get plastic surgery and collect material things. This is what we are teaching our kids is important in life and what they should strive for. We are teaching them that being the best at everything, being pretty, thin, good-looking, going to the best college, being successful and making lots of money guarantees happiness.
We are raising a generation of people who are full of fear, misery, depression and anxiety because they can never measure up to the unrealistic expectations set forth by society, the media, and even the expectations set by their parents. They have been taught external things, things outside of us, make us happy and, as we know, those things never last. They have never learned how to create true happiness, fulfillment and joy in their lives from the inside out. They are constantly worried about what other people think of them and how they measure up according to others and usually come to the conclusion that they fall short. Add to that the isolation and anonymity of the internet and social media and it's a recipe for disaster. Kids are isolated, depressed, and disconnected. In my opinion, we as a society have failed to give them the tools to address these issues within themselves. They only know how to seek help externally and when that doesn't succeed, they feel like they have no options, no hope which leads to self-destruction, violence, drug abuse, the list goes on and on...
We are raising a generation of people who are full of fear, misery, depression and anxiety because they can never measure up to the unrealistic expectations set forth by society, the media, and even the expectations set by their parents. They have been taught external things, things outside of us, make us happy and, as we know, those things never last. They have never learned how to create true happiness, fulfillment and joy in their lives from the inside out. They are constantly worried about what other people think of them and how they measure up according to others and usually come to the conclusion that they fall short. Add to that the isolation and anonymity of the internet and social media and it's a recipe for disaster. Kids are isolated, depressed, and disconnected. In my opinion, we as a society have failed to give them the tools to address these issues within themselves. They only know how to seek help externally and when that doesn't succeed, they feel like they have no options, no hope which leads to self-destruction, violence, drug abuse, the list goes on and on...
Dr. Dyer understood that the need to compete and argue and fight with one another is not only futile, but it creates negative feelings internally which in turn makes us act out and become ill. He said that we are all connected to a Universal consciousness, the spiritual part of our being. The physical self which makes us human, has a brain containing an ego. The ego is our false-self, which if allowed to take over, wreaks havoc on our lives and makes us miserable. This is the self that is full of fear and wants to compete and fight and be right, criticize and judge others - this is the part that causes the majority, if not all, of the problems in our lives. What if all of our problems could be solved just by looking at things differently and loving each other unconditionally?
When we are born we are all aware that our spiritual self exists but gradually, as we are exposed to all of these negative messages about who should be, it gets suppressed and the ego takes over. I picture in my head one of those light dimmers on the wall that slides down, allowing you to dim the lights, making the room darker and darker. Perhaps the people responsible for killing and harming others have simply forgotten who they are. Maybe the lever on their dimmer is as far down as it can go and all they see is darkness and despair. The thought occurs to me...if the lever can be pushed down, perhaps it can be pushed back up allowing the light to shine once more? Not with medication, but with understanding, love and recognition.
According to Dr. Dyer, true happiness comes only when you become aware of your false-self and then disallow it to manifest in any way in your life by rejecting all thoughts related to ego. Do not allow them to enter into your brain - and if they do, 'delete' them immediately as they no longer serve you. Once that happens, your true self is recognized and allowed to fully express itself in the way that it was always meant to.
The thing is, we are all the same - at our core, we are all come from exactly the same place. No matter what race, religion, culture, or country of origin, everyone that is born in this world, has that light inside of them that originated from exactly the same place and everyone has a gift to contribute to the greater good. We are all here to express our gift in our own individual way, whatever that may be. Once we recognize that we are all the same, the need to condemn, judge and harm others disappears. Nobody is better or more deserving than anyone else. We are free to rejoice in the success and joy of others without feeling jealousy, frustration or anger that it's not happening to us. The fact is that the more good things happening in the world, the better the world is - and that affects the lives of all of us.
We also realize that giving to others and accepting people just as they are is the only way to experience true joy. Offering our special gift to the world, whatever that may be, being of service, that's what it's all about. It's like life is a big party and in order to experience all the fun you must bring your gift to bestow upon all of the other party-goers. This may sound simplistic but I truly believe that if everyone realized this, our world would change dramatically. Since nothing else seems to be working, why not give it a shot? What do we have to lose?
Maybe its about maintaining positivity in our collective Universal consciousness that resides deep within us all. Maybe it's about self-acceptance, self-love, being kind, compassionate to one another, caring for one another. Maybe it's about focusing less on our differences and more on how we are the same. Maybe it boils down to one thing: love. Maybe, just maybe, it's that simple.
Maybe its about maintaining positivity in our collective Universal consciousness that resides deep within us all. Maybe it's about self-acceptance, self-love, being kind, compassionate to one another, caring for one another. Maybe it's about focusing less on our differences and more on how we are the same. Maybe it boils down to one thing: love. Maybe, just maybe, it's that simple.
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