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Making Your Thoughts Work For You 4-CD Live Lecture

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What a dynamic, inspiring combination - Wayne Dyer and Byron Katie together. The CD begins with Dr. Dyer speaking about his own spiritual adventures and the challenges he has recently and not-so-recently faced and overcome and the stories of several people he has encountered who have overcome obstacles placed by their beliefs and thoughts. He talks about the Tao Te Ching and how it has affected his overcoming of obstacles as well - how it has changed his own thinking and that of others. He also talks of his friendship with Byron Katie and in doing "the Work" which is Byron Katie's technique for getting to a deeper level of spiritual understanding of events and situations in one's life. In the next portion of the CD, Byron Katie comes on, and with just a brief introduction, launches right into "the Work" with several participants. The sessions are very moving and representative of the kinds of deep understandings that often come from doing "the Work." Finally, the last portion is a question and answer session with the audience. All in all, it's a very inspiring overview of both authors work. It's especially good, obviously, with recognizing and identifying thoughts and belief systems that may be disabling your life.

I've been an all time fan of Dr. Wayne Dyer and Dr. Deepak Chopra. The first of the four CD-ROMs is where Dr. Dyer talks about the same things he pretty much always talks about ... spirit and our thoughts. Nothing striking and out of the ordinary relative to what we have heard in the past. He's still good!

Though the second and third CD-ROMS is where Byron Katie comes in! She is stellar! Amazing! If you've been to hell and back, been whipped around by life, or are in deep pain and struggling within... do yourself a favor and buy this just to listen to Byron Katie.. Not promising here that you will be cured and suddenly floating on blissful clouds... but Byron Katie is one who does not just give you all the Spiritual Bookish Mumbo Jumbo Jiberish... Her's is based on solid experience and you can hear and feel it emanating from that space within her. She's good and her number one question to the audience about their beliefs and deeply embedded patterns of thinking and living is ~ "Is it True?"... she challenges you and I am sure that it will get even the most intelligent amongst us to pause and question themselves... no, she does not plant doubts, rather she gets you to do a reality check in areas of your life that are dark, gloomy, and full of pain. She does this skillfully and Dr. Wayne Dyer tells the audience that she's a master indeed!

The highlight of this product is Byron Katie, and suprisingly though his product, not Dr. Wayne Dyer.. you will hear the audience reflect that as Dr. Wayne Dyer tries to gain some of the spot light for himself too :-) He's used to that stuff but now there's Byron Katie sharing the platform with him, and shining beautifully because she speaks from a rich experience base. Dr. Wayne Dyer gazes in awe.. lol!

Worth the investment!

I love Wayne Dyer - I've seen him live 3 times, have enjoyed every minute of it and have re-read several of his books. So you see, I'm INTO this kind of stuff. This CD however is a bit of a disappointment, as it feels like a re-hash of things you've already heard (especially if you keep up with his latest writings or Podcasts.) I believe it was from a live event they did together last summer. Not a terrible program, just nothing fresh ( same jokes, same examples given)
Now for Byron Katie---I really have a hard time with her. I have read a couple of her books and listened to her a number of times. I really WANT to like her. I listen---it makes sense, and then it seems that every time (this CD included) her process of `The Work" starts to go off the deep end for and turns into new-age gobblygook. Her method of reasoning for every situation begins to sound like random nonsense to me, no matter how hard I try to get into it. You could probably say the same about Dyer, yet I find his approach more sincere and down to earth. Her habit of calling everyone `sweetheart' really becomes grating after awhile as well.

The two lectures/workshops on the 4 CD set explain in a clear and understandable way in which ways we can help ourselves to become less enslaved to our own (negative) thoughts, and how to take some distance from our minds and the constant rambling that goes on in there. By sharing a different perspective on our being (we are not our minds or what our mind tels us) and giving us a path to step into this perspective, we can let go of negative patterns and thoughts, and find outselves more free from worrying and stress. I recommend this for anyone wanting to broaden their minds and find more freedom and power in their lives.

I listened to these cd's when I was driving to and from work and enjoyed them immensley. Byron has to be one of the most compassionate, loving people I have had the fortune of crossing paths with and her exercise was quite provoking in making you look at how your thought process works (or doesn't work!). I appreciated the audience participation and question period at the end of the cd because each person asked questions and gave examples from their own lives that were easy to relate to. Wayne's presentation was rewarding and I always appreciate how he gets his point across about quite heartfelt matters but he manages to do this while maintaining a cheeky sense of humor.

LOVE the messages on this CD. I've never heard Byron Katie before and I had to really suspend my judgment in order to stick with it and actually HEAR her message. Calling everyone "sweetheart" pushes my buttons - the sickly sweet ones. BUT stay with it and you begin to get her point. She does the "work" with actual people in the audience of this live lecture, which makes it easier to imagine how to apply it in your own life.

Of course Wayne Dyer is incredible and in this CD he speaks of growth that he himself has done, changing his way of being in the world. Teaming up with Byron Katie, gives actual concrete ways to apply personal growth to day to day relationships with all relations (wives, husbands, children, coworkers) How do you interact in the world; how do you reflect what is going on inside YOU and apply it in your relationships is evident in this workshop with real people. Great

This cd series is the best of both people. Both are dynamic and life changing authors. I highly recommend.

The combination of both these very insightful and encourging people can not help but inspire you to bring more peace and harmony into your life. The techniques suggested and actual live interviews include many facets of today's struggles that may be causing some harmful negative thoughts in our lives and this audio helped me uncover those thoughts and question them. The Work that Byron Katie provides with her 4 questions and turn arounds helps you to discover a peace within yourself by just using this simple method of asking yourself "is it true?". I can not express enough the difference this audio has made in my life.

Huge fan of Dr. Dyer. I was disappointed in this cd with Byron Katie, however. Scattered delivery and I hate to say it but it was pretty boring. I'll continue to buy Dr. Dyer's work.