How Would Wayne Dyer Handle Injustice?

Now what I am about to say is my opinion because I am adapting my experience of Dyer and his teachings to my sense of injustice. 

I believe that Dyer's way of dealing with this is basically based on the ability to connect with Source. In fact, it was Dyer's approach which helped me overcome a tremendous and painful problem I had with anger. Not entirely gone, but manageable.

At the outset, I want to caution readers that the way I practically implement my understanding is based on a variety of sources and I achieved results by studying various of Dyer's teachings in conjunction with those sources. So, what I am implying here, is that this article is just a kind of direction towards self-understanding in light of his teachings... but maybe other things as well. You need to customize a response to injustice on your own.

You might say, there are two aspects to Wayne's relevant teaching. The first is the proper attitude and practices that lead to a reduction of anger. But, in a sense, all this reduction of anger according to his methods an, leads to a better connection to Source, The second is the way to deal with things as a result of being in-spirit- that is, being actually connected to Source, which is the purpose of the first episode. .

The most challenging aspect of Wayne's idea that your enemy or the person or persons who are committing injustice against you or others- is that enemy is a blessed child of God. That thought can truly upset your idea of the credibility of Wayne's approach because some injustice is very, very great. For me, having been brought up by politically progressive parents who cared for other people and took their attitude into their political interest. I have, in the past, been concerned at such issues as the suppression of minorities, of meaningless wars, of depriving people of health and prosperity by political means- and many other things. But although this does not necessarily mean being consumed by anger at the injustice, in my case it did.

I remember one time at a large family gathering during the Viet Nam war, my father got so incensed by the conversation that I got up and walked out of the room. His face was flushed with anger. As a lawyer, often working on behalf of clients who felt they had been cheated by insurance companies, my father had no love for the system and the injustice often dispensed to the sick, disabled and poor. Also, as someone handling many pro bono cases- including police brutality cases- and issues arising during the segregation issue- he had many areas that aroused his indignation and anger. I followed in his footsteps, believing my anger was a natural correlative of my concerns.

But like my father, besides these Big Picture political perspectives, I had career issues as well. When many projects I worked on did not work out and- I felt many promises had been broken to me- by publishers, by clients, art galleries I had exhibited in, by various businesses I had worked for, etc., anger became my close companion Finally, my whole inner life came embroiled in these issue.

Another part of Wayne's teaching, which to me was always controversial, was to take responsibility for whatever happens to you. Understanding this fully is beyond this little essay, but it's application is simple. When someone gets you angry- by word or by deed- you say to yourself, "I take a 100% responsibility for this." Therefore, you are taking blame for someone else's actions. It doesn't help, incidentally, to get angry at yourself for doing this.

Now, to conclude for the moment, on these somewhat psychological applications, I tend to create sometimes long narratives about what I wanted or, preferably, want to happen- which may include that specific person acting in a very nice way to me. Sometimes, when I feel I have been soundly but complexly abused, I have to write longer narratives.

Quite frankly, since I have a podcast that deals with issues that I find extremely unjust- like the discrimination against asylum seekers, the illegal military incursions in various countries, the abuse of women, distortions of the effect of recent tax cuts, the shutdown of our government, the segregation of families, the caging of children, the transgender discrimination in the armed forces, the dalliance about giving DACA residents their rights to avoid deportation, etc., etc. But since I took this challenge of trying to approach those things differently and create positive solutions to polarized policies, I am constantly trying to change my thinking and reduce the reactions that come from my lower nature.

Changing one's thinking, for me, often takes extreme effort and reversing narratives is difficult. But when you begin to dwell in and be in-spirit, when these challenges come up, you find yourself reacting in an entirely new way. Since I deployed these efforts, I have often been able to make contact with Source- or perhaps more ready when Source makes contact with me. This means realizing certain things that are on a very high level and developed in a very particular and interesting way by Wayne Dyer. For me, consciousness is a two-way street.

Take a look at what Wayne says about "intention." It is not only very interesting, it is certainly relevant when we talk about relating to Source.

If you are interested in learning more about Wayne Dyer's, visit my LinkedIn group, The Wayne Dyer Experience.