You're not what you have and you're not what you do; you're aninfinite, divine being disguised as a successful person who has accumulated a certain amount of stuff. The stuff is not you. For that reason, you must avoid being attached to it in any way.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that one's identity is not defined by possessions or achievements, but rather by a deeper spiritual essence.
Wayne Dyer's quote suggests that material possessions and achievements do not define who we truly are. Instead, it highlights the concept that we are infinite beings with divine essence, often mistaken for our external successes and accumulated belongings. To truly understand our identity, one must detach from these superficial aspects and recognize the inner self that transcends material circumstances.
In practice
In a personal development workshop, when discussing self-worth, this quote can serve as a reminder that true value lies beyond material possessions.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today.
Europe has been a place of refuge. Why should it stop with black and brown bodies?
It was a beautiful, harmonious, peaceful-looking planet, blue with white clouds, and one that gave you a deep sense of home, of being, of identity. It is what I prefer to call instant global consciousness.
Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed.
Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent.
It starts when you begin to overlook good manners. Any time you quit hearing Sir and Mam the end is pretty much in sight.
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