Television Recommendation

While taking a break this afternoon and flipping TV channels, I came across a program that I want to recommend: "Dr. Wayne Dyer: Change your thoughts, change your life." It is currently being shown on our local KPBS channel as part of their fundraising drive. In this program Dr. Dyer talks about the Chinese Taoist classic, the Tao Te Ching, and how it's philosophies can be applied to everyday life. It is an excellent program and one that I encourage you to check out. It is being shown today (Sunday 9/7) until 2:30 pm and then replayed tonight at 12am. ...Hopefully, it is a program that they will show many more times during their fundraising, or future fundraising events.

The Tao Te Ching was written by Lao Tzu and is considered the principal work of Taoist philosophy. It's hard to describe Taoism in "20 words or less" but one of the key ideas is the practice of The Way, or non-action. Non-action doesn't mean "inaction": it means acknowledging that everything has a energy, a path, a way that it is supposed to work out and to allow things to follow their "way" and not meddle with them. (This is a gross over-simplification of the philosophy!) Another over-simplified way of stating this would be: going with the flow. ...For further philosophical discussions on the Tao, ask me at the office. ;-)

But back to my original intent: if you can, check out this program. If you're not in the San Diego area, check with your local PBS stations - see if they are going to be showing it soon. And if you can't catch the show, then take a look at Dr. Dyer's book on which the show is based: "Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: living the wisdom of the Tao."

Peace,
Pat