Peaceful Writing, Blessed Paper

Like many people I enjoy reading Chicken Soup stories.

Recently I finished one whose author had discovered the value of affirmations. She had an unhappy marriage and disappointing job.  Each day in her room she wrote statements over and over about how she wanted things to be.  Over time the writing grew less and less, until eventually she stopped and forgot all about it.

Years later after she finished a move to a new place and a better job, successfully  completed a divorce, and negotiated a co-parenting arrangement, she found her old notebooks.  She saw that everything positive which she had written had come to pass, even though she had completely forgotten about it all.

You can find similar stories in many places.  Catherine Ponder relates one, in Dynamic Law of Prosperity.  Another one is included in the movie version of The Secret.  I too, have a similar experience.  Let me share it with you. I used the technique a little bit differently, though.

A certain church I attend regularly holds prayer circles, who pray over bundles of requests written on slips of paper by its members.  I use the same technique over my own personal affairs.  On paper I list situations needing resolution, and I describe their positive outcomes.  I say prayers over this folded paper every day, saying "these or things better be manifest." Many times a week I will briefly pause and hold my hand over the paper, visualizing white light around it, saying "these or things better be manifest."

At a time in my life I was faced with a large problem I did not know how to resolve, I used this technique.  Each time I would picture white light around the paper.  In addition I held images of divine beings or angels actively helping resolve the situation.  Gradually over a period of several months, several things fell into place, ways and means materialized, and help stepped forward, until all was complete and resolved, with pleasant outcomes.

The Universe is filled with power and resources to help us.  Time and again this technique has brought to bear Universal forces for the benefit of many people the world over.  It can help you, too.

Kierkegaard and Tree Saws

Recently in my home town we had freezing rain over a couple of days.  The trees everywhere became weighted down with gradually accumulating layers of ice.  Limbs, branches and trunks split and fell, in some cases entire trees came down.  Naturally, power lines came down with them.  Residents all over town lost power.  Every neighborhood street held the remains of wooded winter casualties.

When the weather passed, residents emerged.  They began gradual organized effort to gather, cut, and haul off fallen branches.  When the cleanup is done after storms like this, usually all that remains is broken or scarred trees.  Some of them live on with renewed growth during springs and summers to come.  Some of them do not, and have to be completely cut down and disposed of.

The trees which live, carry on and continue to grow providing shelter and beauty for people and creatures.  The trees which do not survive return to the earth and decay, providing nourishment for future life.

The ice storms of life pass through the lives of people, weighing them down with heavy burden, often leaving them broken.  Our bodies and our spirits emerge after the storm to begin a gradual process of clearing away and healing the hurt and harm.  Some bodies and souls live on, carrying scars but continuing to grow, giving love, hope and wise experience to people around them.

Some bodies and souls do not live on, but pass into the eternities when they give out from being broken.  These bodies nourish the earth.  The memories, loves, and words from these souls continue to nourish those souls who remain.

It has been said that what doesn't kill me makes me stronger.  It may also be true that what does kill me gives me rest, providing memory and inspiration to others long after I am gone.