Wayne Dyer: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life – Chapter 70

Chapter 70: Living a God-Realised Life

“My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
and if you try to practice them, you’ll fail.
My teachings are older than the world.
How can you grasp their meaning?
If you want to know me,
look inside your heart.”

— Tao Te Ching, Verse 70

In this verse, Lao Tzu emphasizes that the Tao—and thus spiritual truth—is simple, eternal, and intuitive. Yet many miss it because they look through the lens of intellect, ego, and external seeking.

Wayne Dyer calls this state living a God-realized life: a life anchored in direct connection with the Divine, free from dogma, complexity, and mental striving. It means recognising the sacred within yourself—not merely as belief, but as lived reality.

This isn’t about adopting a religion or philosophy. It’s about remembering your true nature as one with God, one with the Tao, and letting that realisation guide your daily thoughts, actions, and responses.

Key Themes

• Divine wisdom is simple and intuitive—not intellectual.
• God-realization is not taught—it is experienced.
• You are already one with the Divine; you only need to remember.
• True understanding comes from the heart, not the mind.
• Living as your highest Self transforms the world around you.

Actionable Steps: Living a God-Realised Life

1. Cultivate Stillness Daily
   • Spend time in silence or meditation, allowing your mind to quiet.
   • This is where divine knowing arises—not from effort, but surrender.
2. Release Intellectual Control
   • Don’t overthink spiritual concepts. Let go of the need to “figure it out.”
   • Instead, feel into them. What resonates in your body and soul?
3. See God in Everyone and Everything
   • As you go about your day, look into people’s eyes and affirm silently:
     “This is the Divine expressing as this person.”
4. Trust the Inner Voice Over Outer Noise
   • When making decisions, ask: “What does my higher Self know?”
   • Follow the whisper within, even if it contradicts logic.
5. Live Authentically and Gently
   • A God-realised life is peaceful, loving, and non-egotistical.
   • Let your presence be a blessing to others by simply being sincere.

Mantra for Living a God-Realised Life

“I am one with the Divine. I live from my heart, where God resides.”