ChangeYourThoughts-ChangeYourLifeFivehundredyearsbeforethebirthofJesus,aGod-realizedbeingnamedLao-tzuinancientChinadictated81verses,whichareregardedbymanyastheultimatecommentaryonthenatureofourexistence.Theclassictextoftheseverses,calledtheTaoTeChingortheGreatWay,offersadviceandguidancethatisbalanced,moral,spiritual,andalwaysconcernedwithworkingforthegood.Dr.WayneW.DyerhasreviewedhundredsoftranslationsoftheTaoTeChing.Inthisbook,hehaswritten81distinctessaysonhowtoapplytheancientwisdomofLao-tzutotoday'smodernworld.Thisworkcontainsall81versesoftheTao,compiledfromWayne'sresearchontenofthemostwell-respectedtranslationsofthetext,whichhassurvivedformorethan25centuries.Eachofthe81chaptersisdesignedforactuallylivingtheTaoortheGreatWaytodayandconcludeswithasectioncalled"DotheTaoNow."Waynespentoneentireyearreading,researching,andmeditatingonLao-tzu'smessages,practicingthemeachdayandultimatelywritingdowntheseinsightsashefeltLao-tzuwantedyoutoknowthem.Thisisaworktobereadslowly,oneverseaday.AsWaynesays,"Thisisabookthatwillforeverchangethewayyoulookatyourlife,andtheresultwillbethatyou'llliveinanewworldalignedwithnature.Writingthisbookchangedmeforever,too.InowliveinaccordwiththenaturalworldandfeelthegreatestsenseofpeaceI'veeverexperienced.I'msoproudtopresentthisinterpretationoftheTaoTeChing,andofferyouthesameopportunityforchangethatithasbroughtme."....WayneW.Dyer,Ph.D.,isaninternationallyrenownedauthorandspeakerinthefieldofself-development.He'stheauthorofmorethan30books,hascreatednumerousaudioprogramsandvideos,andhasappearedonthousandsoftelevisionandradioshows.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.