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  Newton, Issac, 46

  Nicoll, Maurice, 32, 33

  Nobel Prizes, 37, 319

  No Boundary (Wilbur), 182

  nothingness, 11–12, 46, 65–66

  material things in, 86–89

  nutrition, 117, 257, 261, 271, 291

  openness, 22, 27–29, 97

  cultivation of, 80

  Ornish, Dean, 237

  outcome:

  enlightenment and, 7–8, 9, 187–88, 270

  shifting to purpose from, 8–9, 13–14, 15–16, 66–67, 188, 270–71

  Panisset, Mauricio, 75–79, 114

  Pascal, Blaise, 49, 122

  Paul, Saint, 17, 41

  peace, 12, 15, 21, 42, 68–69, 104, 105, 121–22, 258, 314, 318

  Perennial Philosophy, The (Huxley), 323

  Perfect Health (Chopra), 234–36, 261, 278

  personality, 216–22, 224–26, 238–39, 245–59

  phase transition, 308–309

  Philo, 325

  phobias, 98, 223, 237, 238

  Political Inquiries, (Coram), 195

  pollution, 309–11

  possessions, xi, 46–48, 205–206, 275

  detachment from, 13, 15–16, 43, 67

  see also money

  poverty, 51, 96, 175–76, 203

  power:

  external vs. internal, 42–43, 46, 56, 63, 201–202

  of love, 39, 42–43, 52, 92

  self-, 42–43, 56, 70, 72, 82–83, 116–20, 130, 297–98, 317

  spiritual, 43–45, 52, 55

  prayer, 12, 41, 54–55, 84

  pregnancy, 100–101

  Principles of Political Economy (Mill), 185

  priorities, 105–107

  prosperity, x, 12, 27, 173–215

  applying principles of, 203–15

  attracting vs. seeking of, 182–83, 186–87, 194–95, 202–203, 209–11

  deficiency vs. growth motivation and, 180–81

  five aspects of, 176–87

  inner belief and, 173–81, 197–203, 208–209

  meditation on, 214

  mental manifestation of, 197–209

  of others, 186–87

  purpose and, 187–91, 202–203

  scarcity vs, 174–87, 197, 203, 204, 207–209, 310

  singularity of self and, 181–84, 193

  wealth and, 173, 181, 195, 201–203, 211–13

  worthiness and, 183–86, 208–11

  public speaking, 89–90, 120

  purpose:

  craving and desire vs,. 108–10

  focus on, 63, 66–67, 73, 247–48

  getting to, xii, 8–14, 17–18, 21–23, 73, 97, 138–50, 187–91

  inspiration and, 95

  joy of living with, 13–17, 133

  life, 26, 52, 62, 73, 108–109, 138, 248, 270–71

  meditation and, 12, 18, 21

  prosperity and, 187–91, 202–203

  readiness for, 14, 15–22

  relationships and, 138–50

  staying on, 70, 89, 171, 202–203, 270–71

  work and, 187–90, 196–97

  Quantum Healing (Chopra), 278

  Rao, Srikumar S., 189, 193

  real magic, ix, xii

  application of, 131–299

  availability of, 22, 80, 85–86

  believing in, 22–30, 79

  illusion vs., 3, 108, 230

  paradox inherent in, 3–4

  relationships and, 133–72

  seven beliefs for manifesting of, 24–30, 267–74

  Recovering the Soul (Dossey), 34–35

  relationships:

  acceptance vs. demands in, 110–15, 120, 130, 143–44, 150, 168–69

  allowing space in, 146–47

  animal, xi, 154

  applying miracle mind-set in, 156–72

  business, 134, 145–44, 154, 158

  conflicts in, 64–65, 71–72, 136–37, 143–44, 165, 167–68, 169

  empowerment vs. domination in, 62–63, 99–100, 119–20, 140–41, 163–65

  ending of, 148, 156–57

  enjoyment vs. possession in, 147–48

  family, 99–100, 135–36, 142–43, 145–46, 149, 152–53, 155, 158, 162–66, 168–69, 171–72

  friendly, 134, 143, 154

  happiness and fulfillment in, 150–51, 158, 166

  intention and, 92, 93, 163–65

  limitless possibilities of, 159

  love in, 141–45, 148–50, 157, 158, 164–65, 166, 171–72

  mind as key to, 135–41, 150–54, 168–72

  purpose and, 138–50

  real magic and, 133–72

  relinquishing need to be right in, 145–46

  relinquishing understanding in, 149–50

  sabotaging of, 98

  sexual, 134, 135, 141–42, 192

  spiritual partnerships as, x, 43–45, 62, 111, 145, 149–53, 160, 162–65

  synchronistic connections in, x, 11, 21, 43–45, 63–64, 151–54

  trust vs. fear in, 92

  visualization in, 158, 165–66, 169–70

  religion, 31–32

  message of love in, 39

  respect, 148, 150, 157, 314

  responsibility, 43, 52–53, 57, 111, 304–305, 322–23

  health, 268, 294, 297

  Return of the Rishi, The (Chopra), 278

  Reversing Heart Disease (Ornish), 237

  Roberts, Jane, 228

  Rogers, Will, 72

  Russell, Lao, 244–45

  satori, 94–98, 130, 143, 165, 209, 295

  Satya Sai Baba, 14

  schizophrenia, 223

  science, 4, 33–38, 44, 45–46, 61, 219–20, 224

  Scientific Digest, 36

  “Scientists in Search of the Soul” (Gliedman), 36

  Seat of the Soul, The (Zukav), 40–41, 149

  Seattle, Chief, 320–23

  self, 216–59

  affirming possibilities of, 28–29, 82–84, 89–92, 128–29, 158, 217, 222–25, 245–59, 291–92

  awareness of, 138–41

  “big lie” and, 38, 95, 217–25, 258

  desire as reality and, 176–84, 250, 253–54, 294–96

  empowerment of, 42–43, 52, 56, 70, 72, 82–83, 116–20, 130, 297–98, 317

  five misbeliefs about, 217–22

  healing of, 100, 127–28, 265–67, 274–80, 286–89

  inherited characteristics and, 218–21, 248

  internal dialogue with, 69, 81, 86, 88–89, 91–92, 94, 113–14, 138–39, 145, 180–82

  inventory of, 251–52

  love of, 139

  multisensory, 40–41, 56, 57–58

  opinions of others and, 256–57

  self (continued)

  optimistic vs. pessimistic view of, 223–24, 246–47, 256–57

  personal excellence program of, 257–58

  personality and, 216–22, 224–26, 238–39, 245–59

  singularity vs. categorical separation of, 181–83, 193

  social culture and, 220–22

  spiritual vs. physical, 33–38, 66, 103–107, 116–20, 130, 142–43, 167, 181, 233, 296, 303–304, 324–25

  superior vs. inferior concepts of, 183–86, 245–48

  self-actualizers, 279

  Seligman, Martin, 224–25

  senses, 58, 117

  intuition vs., xiii, 29–30, 33, 45, 49–51, 56, 57–58

  multidimensional, 40–41, 56, 57–58

  separating from, 65–66

  sensory-deprivation tanks, 65

  serenity, 46–48, 56, 143, 170, 200

  serving, 12, 13, 17, 47, 61, 67, 109, 113, 126, 140, 188–90, 292

  sex, 134, 135, 141–42, 192

  Shakespeare, William, 260, 280

  Shen-hsui, 87

  Siddhartha (Hesse), 299

  Sikhism, 54

  silence, 86–88, 97–98

  Silva, José, 274, 276

  Silva Mind Control, 274

  skepticism, 15, 62, 74–75

  moving beyond, 31–38,
81

  skills:

  development of, 101–103

  improvement of, 58, 82–84, 89–92

  see also sports

  Sky’s the Limit, The (Dyer), 279

  sleep, xi, 59–60, 66, 244–45, 304

  smoking, 286, 310

  solitude, 146–47, 285

  souls, 23, 28, 29, 43, 104–106, 264, 273

  aspirations of, 104–107, 167

  contact with, 60, 157, 167

  departed, 59–60, 157

  as “ghosts in the machine,” 36

  limitless nature of, 32, 34–35, 40–41

  theories on existence of, 33–38

  spiritual beings, 107

  becoming, 31–72, 219

  and belief in miracles, 55, 57

  ethical living and serenity of, 46–48, 56

  forgiveness vs. vengefulness of, 54–55, 57

  higher power beliefs of, 45–46

  human involvement of, 40, 43–45, 56, 72, 81–82, 135–36, 139, 312

  intuition as guide to, 49–51, 57

  life reverence of, xii, 53, 57, 70–71, 171, 222, 293

  meditation important to, 48–49, 56

  multisensory experience of, 40–41, 56, 57–58

  nonspiritual beings vs., 40–57

  personal empowerment of, 42–43, 52, 56

  positive vs. negative inclinations of, 51–52, 56–57

  spiritual dozen, 40–57

  spirituality, 31–72

  spiritual revolution, 306–17

  sports, 47, 66–67, 82, 197–98, 226–28, 268, 280–66

  starvation, 44, 51, 52, 64

  stress, 237–38, 277, 318

  relief of, 48, 68, 121, 128

  students, 17–22, 264–67

  Success, 189, 193

  suffering, 6–8, 10, 139, 167, 223

  decrease of, 13, 14

  enlightenment through, 6–7, 9, 187–88, 270

  shifting to purpose from, 14, 15, 139–40, 188, 270

  Sufism, 38–39

  suicide, 202, 288

  surrender, 94–98, 130, 154, 165, 194–95, 209

  talent, 226–28, 255

  Taoism, 54, 87, 153, 154

  Tao-te Ching (Lao-tzu), 130

  teachers, 17–18, 19–21, 38–39, 54, 65, 97, 102, 114, 121, 240–41, 264, 265, 267, 270

  technology, 25–26, 37

  Teresa, Mother, 47, 128

  Think on These Things (Krishnamurti), 141

  Thoreau, Henry David, 46, 197

  thought, 32, 49–50

  action based on, 26, 44–45, 52, 57, 94, 99, 100–107, 123, 247, 303, 312–15

  emotions and, 237–38

  love and harmony in, 52, 104–105, 135–37, 303–304

  origination of, 24–25, 46, 83, 87, 99, 121, 136–37, 268–69

  positive vs. negative, 51–52, 56–57, 70, 71–72, 98, 123, 142–44, 246–47, 313–14, 317

  reality and, 37, 99–103, 107, 136, 313–15

  relationships created in, 136–38

  sensual information vs., 29, 37

  Three Pillars of Zen, The (Kapleau), 123

  Time, 311–15

  Tolstoy, Leo, 4–5

  toxins, x, 117, 263, 271–72, 296–97

  trust, 33, 89, 95

  fear and doubt vs., 89–92, 155, 209, 293–94

  in intuition, 50–51, 69–70, 84–86, 154, 159–60, 206–207, 248–50, 292

  in mental power, 173–81, 197–203

  truth, 104, 110, 126–27

  Unconditional Life (Chopra), 261, 278

  unemployment, 232

  Unity Christian Church, 20, 76, 198

  universe, xii

  concept of aloneness in, 21, 41–42, 43–45, 56

  intelligence of, 10, 24, 26, 41, 84, 94–95, 112

  laws of motion in, 45–46

  order of, xiii, 84–85, 208–209, 305

  purpose of all things in, 6, 8–9, 12, 71

  responsibility for, 52–53, 57, 71

  synchronization and union with, 6, 65–66

  understanding of, xii, 35, 315–17

  victimization, 42, 43, 65, 115, 118, 136, 164

  visualization, 58, 59–60, 99–103, 107, 118–19, 130, 158, 165–66

  acting on, 99–103, 107, 197–98, 200–201, 214

  in meditation, 125, 169–70, 214, 298–99

  prosperity images and, 197–98, 200–201, 214

  relationships and, 158, 165–66, 169–70

  self-, 216–17, 262–64, 274–75, 298–99

  von Neumann, John, 37

  war, 39, 42–43, 51–52, 306

  Watts, Alan, 95

  Webb, Spud, 227

  weight problems, 70, 97, 108, 219, 281–82

  Whitman, Walt, 315

  Wigner, Eugene, 37

  Wilbur, Ken, 182, 183

  Wilde, Stuart, 28

  Wordsworth, William, 88

  work, 232

  productivity in, 196–97, 198

  purpose and, 187–90, 196–97

  see also business

  World War II, 8

  worry, 96

  Yogananda, Paramhansa, 106, 203, 213, 305

  You’ll See It When You Believe It (Dyer), 166

  Your Erroneous Zones (Dyer), 229, 231

  You the Healer (Silva), 274

  Zen, 17–21, 95, 108, 264, 265

  Zukav, Gary, 40–41, 53, 149

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Wayne W. Dyer, a psychotherapist, is the bestselling author of twenty books and appears regularly on radio and television. He lives with his family in Southern Florida.

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  Books by Wayne W. Dyer

  Your Erroneous Zones

  Pulling Your Own Strings

  The Sky's the Limit

  Gifts from Eykis

  What Do You Really Want for Your Children?

  No More Holiday Blues

  You'll See It When You Believe It

  Manifest Your Destiny

  Wisdom of the Ages

  Your Sacred Self

  There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem

  Real Magic

  COPYRIGHT

  Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Associated Press for permission to reprint an excerpt from an article by Hal Bock which appeared in the Maui News, June 23, 1991. Excerpt from The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran, copyright © 1923 by Kahlil Gibran and renewed 1951 by Administrators C.T.A. of Kahlil Gibran Estate and Mary G. Gibran. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Excerpt from Healers on Healing, edited by Richard Carlson and Benjamin Shield, copyright © 1989. Reprinted by arrangement with Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.

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  Real magic : creating miracles in everyday life / Wayne W. Dyer.

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  Originally published: 1992

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