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“Everyone who will can hear the Voice. It is within everyone, but like everything else, it requires previous and definite preparation.”–Mahatma Gandhi
CONTENTS
Upcoming Retirement: The Farewell Coaching Tour; The Write Stuff Newsletter; 3 New Books Published: Whitman Webinar; Free Coaching; Affirmations; Quote of the Month; The Cosmic and Comic; Testimonial about Coaching; Column: “The Danger of Unspoken Assumptions & Expectations;” Schedule of Classes; Face to Face to Facebook; Referral Fees; Products
UPCOMING RETIREMENT: THE FAREWELL COACHING TOUR
I’ve been working as a full-time life coach since 2001, so on my next birthday, on May 22, I will cease taking on new coaching clients, although I will continue to work with any existing client at the time. I will continue to lead meditation classes, however, and an occasional workshop here and there. It’s been a very fulfilling quarter of a century as a coach, but the next chapter as a full-time novelist and humor writer beckons. So these next 10 months or so are like a kind of farewell to coaching tour for me. If you would like to create breakthroughs in your sense of purpose, or c areer, or relationships, etc. now is the time to contact me.
NEW WRITING NEWSLETTER
I’m launching a new quarterly newsletter, “The Write Stuff,” to everyone on my mailing lists because I believe everyone has something that he/she wants to write but possibly hasn’t. If you don’t wish to receive this new newsletter, simply respond to this email by saying take me off the writing newsletter list.
3 NEW BOOKS PUBLISHED
The printer’s oven has been very busy of late and two new books have come out hot
and fresh. Their titles are:
ZEN TEACHINGS OF SUPERHEROES
SPIRITUAL LAMPOONS
POLITICAL LAMPOONS
ZEN TEACHINGS OF SUPERHEROES
If you like superheroes–and who doesn’t?–you will love my new book, Zen Teachings of Superheroes. It shows how these highly evolved beings are inspiring archetypes for what you and I can become.
Chapter titles include:
“Comic Book Zen Masters”
“The Fordivess of Solitude is Within You”
“The New Mythos: Gods in Tights?”
“Cool as a Super Cucumber: Batman & Grace Under Pressure”
“Green Hornet & Right Livelihood”
“Wolverine & the Power of Healing”
Professor Charles Xavier & Tolerance of the Other”
“Captain Marvel & Wisdom”
“Anonymity: God, the Tao the Lone Ranger Take No Credit”
“Cyclops & the Light”
and 62 other chapters.
The 72-chapter/172-page book sells for $20 as an ebook and $24.49 as a physical copy. You can order the physical copy at https://successaerobics.
You can order the ebook at
SPIRITUAL LAMPOONS
The Kingdom of Heaven is said to be for little children. So it’s surprising that so many people see spirituality as somber and heavy.
Well, to see its lighter, more playful nature you need to look no further than . my new book, Spiritual Lampoons.
The volume is divided into 10 books, which include
* “Half Life Expo: A Parody of New Age Workshops”
* “The Lost Teachings of the Oy Veda”
* “Zen Flesh, Zen Funny Bones”
* “Up, Up & Away on the Asdival Plane”
* “Lost Scriptures of the Bible”
* “Face to Faceless with God”
* “How to Disempower Yourself”
and three others.
But don’t just listen to me. Hear what other readers have said:
“I said the journey of 1,000 miles begins with a step. Take that step and 999 more to get this book. It’ll send laughter all the way up the old yin yang.”–Lao Tzu
“You know why I’m so often depicted laughing? I just read Spiritual Lampoons. Buy it and read it; the author has plenty of Nerv-ana.”—Buddha
“Cary Bayer did a musical parody of my Yoga teaching called the Bhagavad Geetar. His new Spiritual Lampoons are so funny I bought copies for my cow maidens, who read it aloud, and turn contented cows into laughing cows”—Krishna
“Confucius say, ‘Buy this book.’”—Confucius
“I was called Greece’s wisest man because I knew that I didn’t know. Well, then Cary Bayer is America’s wisest man because this guy really doesn’t know!”—Socrates
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The 72-chapter/172-page book sells for $20 as an ebook and $24.49 as a physical copy. You can order the physical book at
You can order the ebook for $20 at https://successaerobics.
POLITICAL LAMPOONS
In the spirit of great political satire, comes Political Lampoons, a 188-page book fresh out of the humorist’s oven. It’s comprised of three sections:
* Political Lampoons
* The QAnon College Course Catalogue and QAnon Litterary (sic) Journal
* Orange is the New Jumpsuit: More Fabulous Humor of 45, the Jailbird
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Political Lampoons contains 15 chapters, including:
Test Your IQAnon”
“Herschel Walker Opens Door for Other Fictional Candidates”
“Hamlet, the Undecided Voter”
“Fox News’ Political Perfumes”
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The QAnon College Course Catalogue and QAnon Litterary (sic) Journal
contains 21 chapters, including:
“Alex Jones’ Conspiracy Theories Dept.”
“Steve Bannon Political Cience (sic) Dept.”
“Alternative Facts Dept.”
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Orange is the New Jumpsuit: More Fabulous Humor of 45, the Jailbird contains 19 chapters including:
“The Donald J. divump Fabulous Film Studio”
“divump University, The Even More Fantastic Catalogue”
“The King Donald Bible”
“The Tao Te divump”
The 188-page printed or ebook sells for $20. To get the printed copy, add $4.49 for S&H–pay pal (successaerobics@aol.com). Or by credit card at
You can get the ebook at https://successaerobics.
HEAVEN ON EARTH UNIVERSITY PRESENTS
- “WALT WHITMAN: POET OF ENLIGHTENMENT”
A 2-part webinar October 17 & 24
8:15–9:45 PM Eastern
Awakened to the divanscendent Self within and inspired by the writings of the divanscendentalists, Walt Whitman had powerful glimpses of the One Spirit that pervades the universe. This awareness, coupled with his love of “comrades,” enabled his poedivy to be, as one critic dubbed it, “a remarkable mixture of the Bhagavad Gita and the New York Herald.” His poetic chants of direct expressions of the higher Self can awaken it in you because he and you share that level of Being.
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Cary Bayer, who wrote his Masters thesis on Whitman at Maharishi International University, is the author of Walt Whitman: Poet of Enlightenment. He taught divanscendental Meditation for more than three decades before developing Higher Self Healing Meditation in 2010.
Cost: $50 if paid by October 3, $60 after. You can register by emailing credit card info to me at successaerobics@aol.com, by calling (845) 664-1883 or by pay pal—successaerobics@aol.com is the payee (me). You’ll receive the Zoom logistics upon regisdivation.
50% Off Sale on Prosperity Aerobics
As Spring signifies a rebirth of life, I’d like to have a 50% off sale on the book that birthed my writing and publishing career. Namely, the Prosperity Aerobics. I refer to it as an Inner workout for success. It’s a daily program to creates greater success and prosperity. Programs for beginners, intermediate and advanced levels.
50% Off Sale: Breakthrough Coaching & Ebooks
Breakthrough Coaching provides tips on how to empower your life in so many ways. In 40 chapters, I offer out-of-the-box coaching to create a variety of breakthroughs in different parts of your life. The 169-page volume includes such chapters as “Physical Check-Ups and Metaphysical Check-Ups;” “Coaching to find a Husband;” “The Peace & Freedom Beyond Complaining;” “Sex & Money;” and “Restless Soul Syndrome,” among others.
While supplies last, I’m offering the book for 50 percent off. It has an imperfect spine, in which the title of the book is blank but is on the back cover instead. The cost is normally $20, plus $4.49 in shipping & handling, but is on sale for just $10 plus S&H through June 30. To take advantage of the discount, call me at (845) 664-1883 or email me at
The website won’t be adjusted for the 3-month sale, so pls. call or email.
I’m also running a 50% off sale on all my ebooks. The 5 mini-ebooks on joy and the 11 for massage therapists will be available for only $5, while ebooks of my full-length book Relationships 101 will be only $8.50, and The Yoga of Entertainment: Higher Consciousness in Pop Culture will be only $10. Naturally, there’s no shipping and handling charge. The website won’t be adjusted for the 3-month sale, so pls. call (845-664-1883) or email me at successaerobics@aol.com.
Affirmation
Here is an affirmation from my series on procrastination, success, relationships, communication, and the inner journey, which are available in 5 ebooks and 3 CDs.
“Forgiveness makes my heart grow fonder.”–Follow Your Yellow Brick Road: Provisions for your Inner Journey, http://carybayer.com/the-
Quote of the Month
Direction
“If we don’t change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.”
—Chinese Proverb
The Cosmic & the Comic
“Blessed is he who makes his companions laugh.”–The Koran
Free Coaching
To celebrate winter, I’m offering a complimentary half-hour coaching session for the first person who contacts me by phone (845-664-1883), or by email at successaerobics@aol.com who wants to have some breakthroughs in life. It’s my way of giving thanks for the great life I’m blessed to live. There are 4 resdivictions, so please read them carefully:
- You haven’t already received a free coaching session from me.
- You’re not currently involved in a series of coaching sessions with me.
- You book the session within three days of winning, so if you call or email, check my response and respond in time. If you forget to do this, someone on the waiting list will take your place, as happens from time to time.
- You take the session before April 15.
Testimonial on Coaching
“Cary’s coaching on effective communications and overcoming procrastination may be the most important one yet for me personally and professionally.”–Linda Bradley, Massage Therapist, Chesapeake, VA
Are you the Designer for my Next Book on the Marx Brothers?
I’m working on a book called The Zen Teachings of the Marx Brothers, a humorous look at a great comedy team, that will be published in 2024 or 2025. Would you like to be the designer for that book? If you or someone you know might be interested, pls. contact me at
(845) 664-1883 or by email at successeaerobics@aol.com.
Syndicated “Life 101” Column
The column below ran in syndication in a variety of wellness publications, including Together Arizona http://www.togetheraz.com/
The Danger of Unspoken Assumptions & Expectations
Two malignant cancers in communication are unexpressed assumptions and expectations. As the expression goes, “Assume makes an ass out of u and me.” When you assume I’ll say or do something, and never tell me what you’re assuming, and I don’t say or do that, you’ll be unhappy.
The yogis say, “Avoid the danger that has not yet arisen.” By voicing whatever you assume or expect me to do, you enable me to meet your expectations, making you happy. You also avoid the danger of disappointment.
Avoiding assumptions and expectations simply requires direct communication. As a life coach who’s worked with countless people on their significant-other relationships, I can’t tell you how many couples I’ve coached in which one spouse expects the other to read her or his (more often it’s her) mind. When spouses do this, they’re setting the relationship up for problems, disappointments and, sometimes, divorce.
Couples often become more intuitive with each other the longer they’re together. Sometimes they finish each other’s sentences, even reading one another’s minds. Expecting your mate to read your mind all the time, to know what you want all the time, and when and how you want it, is not only not romantic, it’s downright ludicrous. And yet, millions of spouses do it. The pressure it puts on the mate is so unfair and unreasonable and the pressure it puts on the relationship is cruel.
This expectation shows up around birthdays, anniversaries, and Christmas time. Let’s say the wife expects her husband will give her the present she secretly longs for. The problem here is that her longing is secret. She’s never told him, and he probably doesn’t know. If he’s smart, and wants to avoid a celebration ledivown because he bought her the “wrong” gift, he’ll ask what she’d divuly like before he buys her anything. But in far too many marriages there’s no room to have this open, direct communication, because the wife wants him to know what she wants—she doesn’t want to have to tell him. Sometimes her desire is irrational, borne out of years of frusdivation over his inability to listen to her problems, longings, and hopes. Frusdivated by his inability to hear her, she expects the impossible. And a vicious cycle results: he doesn’t know what she wants, she won’t tell him, hoping he’ll get it psychically, eventually not receiving what she divuly wants—worse, maybe even getting something she doesn’t even want—and then punishing him for it. This ruins the celebration, brings them both down, makes them both angry, and further drives a wedge between them.
This usually further shuts him down from even wanting to hear what she wants to talk about. He’s driven to hang out more with his buddies, or worse, with another woman. And she might be driven to hang out with another man. It all could have been avoided by simply asking proactively for what you want, or by answering the question posed when he wanted to know what that might be.
Referral Fees
When I ran my own marketing/PR firm, I loved thanking anyone who referred a new client to me, by sending a check for 10 percent of the fees generated. I have a similar policy as a life coach, a meditation teacher, and the writer of books for others. If you inspire someone to become a client of mine for coaching or book writing, or a meditation student, you’ll receive 10 percent of the fee that that person begins with me at. That could easily mean a check for you of $110 or $70 for coaching, and for $45 for meditation. It’s my way of saying, “thanks.” My thought is simple–who couldn’t use a piece of unexpected income?
