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Horizons Magazine
JUNE 1999
In this issue, Doreen Virtue gives angel messages about our life purpose
and explains that our main mission is to be at peace with ourselves. Hey,
I like that ! Laura Savage's Spiritual Sex explains her insights into sexual
energy and its relationship to divine healing. W. Allan, in Following The
Path, reminds us that our beliefs determine our experience, and Paulette Troyer
writes on Core Beliefs and how we continually make choices to continue supporting them. Hmmm, so once we've identified our beliefs, we can change our world by making new choices in the next moment? Hey, that's my kind of talkin'.
Alan Cohen suggests that the purpose of life is celebration and that our destiny is to move to ever greater levels of self expression. Nancilee Wydra writes on the importance of placing uplifting items and images where we can see and be inspired by them in our daily environment. Gillian MacBeth reminds us that the divine plan is working through you no matter what, and Pattie Theison teaches us how to release our hurts and sorrows. Suzie Miller's meditation this month is an exercise in envisioning the highest and best for ourselves and others, and it's worth reading over a few times. Michaiel Bovenes offers a Ritual of Renewal that we all can benefit by. He suggests having a personal sabbatical with yourself every other month to refresh and renew. For those who can make the time, I suggest doing this weekly as part of your spiritual practice.
In Louise Hay's column, a woman writes that a major obstacle to her not finding a mate is that her brother committed suicide 25 years ago and she's never gotten over it. I'll admit that's a hard concept for me to understand. My kid brother committed suicide 23 years ago and my father 12 years ago; in the 70's, both of my half brothers were killed, and two husbands died. In 96, I lost my mother and my husband. I learned early on that death is a part of life and one remedy for grief is attending to the needs of others and having lots of projects going on at once.
I know so many people who grieve for the past to the point of not being able to enjoy the Now, let alone plan for a hopeful future. So many get into a routine that isolates them from others, often using the tv as their only link to the outside world. Yikes, that's a scary thought.... no wonder there's so much depression and apathy in the world. These people are running through their heads every moment of the day, either every sorrowful and aggravating thought they've ever had, or whatever the tv bombards them with. You know who they are. You see it in their faces at the grocery store and post office.
These are the people who don't know that they have a choice. These are the people who don't know that they can change their experience by changing their thoughts, by consciously programming their thoughts for a major part of each day. You can help lighten the load of these people by holding them in your mind whenever you see them, and later during meditation, seeing the God within them and smiling at them from the depth of your being. Radiate from your heart to theirs a feeling of divine and unconditional love, and gratitude just for sharing this planet with you. As you feel that, your eyes and smile will reflect that to them, and might impart a moment of quiet respite from their tangled thoughts.
Everyone wants to be acknowledged, and to have their existence honored and appreciated. A quiet smile or nod of the head is all that's outwardly required. A few kind words or a compliment given while standing in line at Publix goes a long way toward making someone feel noticed. The 60 second conversation you had with the elderly woman buying cat food might be something she reflects on all afternoon, late into the evening. Your compliment on her colorful scarf might have sent her into wonderful memories of an birthday long ago when she received it. She may fall asleep with happy memories on her mind, and she might wake up deciding to give an old friend a call, after all this time.
You never know what you might set in motion when you act kindly and with love from the heart. The ripple effect, indeed.