Manifest Your Destiny: The Nine Spiritual Principles for Getting Everything You Want [Mass Market Paperback]

Dr.Wayne W. Dyer (Author)

Book Description

Release date: June 3, 1999

From the inspirational leader and author of the international bestsellers Your Sacred Self and the classic Your Erroneous Zones comes this mind-awakening guidebook for making your desires reality.

Based on ancient principles and spiritual practices, Manifest Your Destiny introduces the Nine Spiritual Principles that will help you overcome the barriers--both within and around you--that prevent you from getting what you want, including:

• Developing spiritual awareness

• Trusting yourself

• Reconnecting to your environment

• Attracting your desires

• Accepting your own worthiness

• Practicing unconditional love

• Meditating to unlock the power within you

• Letting go of demands

Filled with warmth and insight, this invaluable book will help you achieve your goals--and take you to a level higher than you've ever dreamed.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Self-actualization guru Dyer has a talent for appropriating age-old spiritual concepts and marketing them with buzzwords like "spiritual manifestation." Here he outlines nine principles for manifesting spiritual destiny, which appears to be synonymous with getting everything we want. According to Dyer, if we can just get out of our ego's reach, the power of the universe would act in us to bring us everything we truly desire. By putting worthy spiritual ideals to the service of personal power, Dyer subverts the meaning of unconditional love, seeing it as the means to an end rather than a worthy end in itself. Buy only where Dyer's books are in demand.
-?Bernadette McGrath, Vancouver P.L., B.C.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Best-selling author Dyer says this title is different from any other he's written, but his 1992 book, Real Magic, was also about "using your invisible self to influence physical reality." Here, the message is muddled. On one hand, he tells readers that inner peace should be their greatest goal, but, on the other hand, he offers techniques designed to attain more worldly objectives, like a new job. There's lots about meditating and chanting, and he supplies distillations from A Course in Miracles, but ultimately, the volume veers close to the low end of New Age gobbledygook. Still, Dyer's name and a marketing push are likely to generate requests. Order this book as demand dictates, but for a better, more down-to-earth approach to the subject of attaining one's goals through creative manifestation, tell readers to check out Sonia Choquette's Your Heart's Desire, reviewed on p.1071. Ilene Cooper --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: HarperPaperbacks (June 3, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061094943
• ISBN-13: 978-0061094941
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Wayne W. Dyer, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned author and speaker in the field of self-development. He's the author of 30 books, has created many audio programs and videos, and has appeared on thousands of television and radio shows.

His books Manifest Your Destiny, Wisdom of the Ages, There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, and the New York Times bestsellers 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, The Power of Intention, and Inspiration and now Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life have all been featured as National Public Television specials.

Dyer holds a doctorate in educational counseling from Wayne State University and was an associate professor at St. John's University in New York.

Dr. Wayne Dyer is affectionately called the "father of motivation" by his fans. Despite his childhood spent in orphanages and foster homes, Dr. Dyer has overcome many obstacles to make his dreams come true. Today he spends much of his time showing others how to do the same.

When he's not traveling the globe delivering his uplifting message, Wayne is writing from his home in Maui.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

191 of 202 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Too Much November 11, 2000

By A Customer

Format:Mass Market Paperback

No conflict between material desires and spritual goals. Great concepts and they work.Get this book and An Encounter With A Prophet if you want hugh changes in your life.

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have Manifesting Book June 9, 2000

By A Customer

Format:Mass Market Paperback

I have read a large number of books on this topic (much of which I have put into practice and yielded results) but this manual is surely the foundation and bedrock of them all. Rather than implicitly requiring the reader "to have faith", Dr. Dyer explains the underlying principles of manifesting, then proceeds in a no-nonsense manner to outline the "how-to" of it all. It's simple and easy to follow, and above all, uplifting. Unlike other publications such as "Your Heart's Desire" by Sonia Choquette, which writes around the subject, Dr. Dyer encompasses both practical how-to together with a more spiritual aspect. There is no paradox between spirituality and wanting material things; both worlds go hand in hand together. A must-have book. (Other excellent accompaniments are "Creative Visualization" by Shakti Gawain, and "Living Magically" and "Stepping Into the Magic" by Gill Edwards.)

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Dyer is a very wise, spiritual and generous man January 31, 2004

By A Customer

Format:Mass Market Paperback

I am not a fan of self help books. Like many people, I approach them with skepticism, maybe even think I am too smart for them, or go in with the attitude that the author's only intent is to try to make a quick buck.
All that, as a preface to say how wonderful this book is.
Dyer's suggestions not only work, but they are all rooted in the most high-minded concepts of love and faith. He has made the teachings of the New Testament come alive to me in a way I never learned in church -- though I do get more out of church having read his book.
This book is a masterpiece. My copy is dog-eared, and yet every time I open it, I am struck by his wisdom.
Manifest Your Destiny may sound like a new agey approach to taking, taking, taking from this world. Rather, it shows how living in love and faith attract all good things to you. I would have thought myself that this was too simplistic, but that is the talent and the wisdom of Dyer. Sometimes when I read this book, it feels almost like a holy text.
I might also note that while I realize Dyer is a very wealthy and famous author now, to read his works, I really believe he is a man who is interested most in helping people and bringing peace to the world.
If you want to buy one book about improving your life and living more in harmony and happiness, this is it!

52 of 58 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice Title, But Wayne Can Write Much Greater Books! December 22, 2000

By Laitinen Sami

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Wayne W. Dyer is the first motivational Author whose book I read years ago. I visited a small second hand bookstore in San Francisco and his book "Real Magic" fell down from the shelf, I bought it, and it literally transformed my entire life into a new adventure.

With his help, a high school student became a successful young man with a promising future. Ever since I have met miracles and real magic in my life day by day... and with his help I have been able to achieve wonderful results.

However, I am deeply disappointed at Wayne's book "9 spiritual principles". This book is the worst title by author who could write ten times better books.

This book is first of all written by confusing concept. Second, it does not really give you anything new if you have read his book Real Magic.

Third, this book rumbles over number of subjects, and it sounds rather unstable concept -- eventhough I know these principles do work.

After all, I lost all my excitement to read this book when I was in page 30, I laid down the book...and didn't read it for months.. Then I found it again, read it through twice, but still didn't like it too much.

You will do yourself a favor if you leave this title to those who are not familiar with spiritual laws.

IF YOU really want to read a good book, buy Real Magic by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. In my opinion, Real Magic is Wayne's greatest book and this is the worst.

Wayne -- I really love your books...but this time I have to admit that I am not very happy with these 9 spiritual laws. This book might be a wonderful one if it would have 50 pages less, and it would be more like Deepak Chopra's 7 spiritual success laws or something.

After my second reading I was pretty sure that this book is nothing new.... It is like 3 or 4 of his older books combined in one with not so good result.

If you still want to buy this book...go ahead, maybe it will please you more and resonate with you more than it did with me. Read more ›

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This Works... October 2, 2005

By Joan Marie

Format:Mass Market Paperback

I bought this book along with "Meditations for Manifesting". Together, these two items are powerful. I read the book every night and practiced the meditations morning and night. Within a week of starting both, miraculous things started happening in my life. Books and people started showing up that lead me to my current home-based business and on to being debt-free and financially secure. It can work for you too. Follow Dr. Dyer's suggestions and meditations AND trust ...it does work.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Guidebook to Success Based on Spiritual Principles March 13, 2004

By Erika Borsos VINE™ VOICE

Format:Mass Market Paperback

This is a "peak experience" book by this author. It shows how he has "arrived", succeeded in manifesting his destiny ... It is the culmination of all previous books written by Dr. Wayne Dwyer. He identifies the foundation of success by outlining and fusing basic principles from the Judeo-Christian perspective as well as Eastern religions and philosophies. The basics are 1) "becoming aware of your higher self". By recognizing one's connection between this world and the unseen world a person can transcend the limitations of the physical world and achieve personal goals, here and now. 2) "Trusting yourself is trusting in the wisdom that created you". In essence, to succeed and achieve anything starts with a belief and trust that it can be done. The corollaries to this are, admitting one's confusion and doubt, accepting that there is love and support because we are not alone but part of a higher divinity. Another principle is 3) recognizing the holographic nature of the universe, which means everyone is connected through the principle of consciousness and thought. Keeping one's desired manifestation secret allows less dispersal of one's personal energy to those who react and thereby direct one's energy elsewhere. Recognizing G-d's unconditional love frees a person up from becoming judgemental. You essentially become a compassionate witness to everyone and everything that is happening in your life. The source of creation is a loving peaceful energy, there is no need to force or apply pressure to this achievement. The practice of meditation is recommended to achieve harmony with the Spirit and Source of all things. He advocates the sounding of "om" in the evening and "ah" in the morning as standard rituals - highlighting that sound is the one energy in which we can participate.... Dwyer states, "Sounds literally mold the abstract world of thought and spirit into shape." [p. 113, Harper Perennial, c. 1997]. He adds, "Keep in mind that sound is the vibrational frequency between the world of solid matter or form as we know it and the higher vibrational frequencies of the formless world of universal spirit." [p.114] Mental imagery of your desire is recommended to formulate that it is possible and already exists as real. One of the last principles is expressing gratitude and generosity after one has manifested one's desire. This last principle expands to a life of service on some level to share one's understanding, awareness, or achievement with humanity. This closes the circle of energy and love that we receive from Spirit and lets more of it manifest in the world. This book is highly recommended.
Erika Borsos (erikab93) Read more ›