May
31
2011
Dear God/ess, After our party last night, I not only saw the beautiful lightening bugs, but heard the crickets, too. This is odd because crickets do not usually become evident until late July. The ending of the Mayan Calendar brings with it many unexpected surprises!
I am taking a Transformational Author Course, with the intention of getting the messages of this Prayer Blog out to the World! The awesome teacher is Christine Loser, whose kind and gentle delivery gives us, her students, the courage and also the Plan to go forth and Publish!
So I want to run by a few titles to you, the readers of this Blog.
1) Pray To Heal: Resuscitation Of The Spirit
2) Pray To Heal: CPR For The Spirit
3) Prayers To Heal: CPR For The Spirit
4) Prayers For Healing: Spiritual CPR
5) Prayers To Heal: Spiritual CPR
I am leaning toward #3 or #5.
What about you? Please feel free to add or subtract a word or words, or tell me any other idea that may come to mind!
It’s only half way through, so please consider joining us!
A new paradigm is evolving with this course, one of cooperation, empowerment and community. The Old World Paradigm of competition, revenge and un-forgiveness is over and I am referring to the world of Publishing as well as the world in general!
That’s what we’ve been saying here for the last year and a half!
How many other ways are there of saying it? Every time I sit down to write another prayer, something new does surface, a flash of insight does brighten the page! We must persevere and prosper!
Om Peace Amen
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May
30
2011
Dear God/ess, Today is the unofficial first day of summer here in the USA, Memorial Day. We plan to celebrate by picnicking, playing with Ulysses The Dog and his only doggy friends, Majesty and Fenwick. Ulysses doesn’t necessarily “like” these dogs, but he does politely ignore them.
Many human friends of Ulysses will be guests at our party, and Ulysses loves them all. I will sit back and enjoy the show!
I hope to see my first lightening bug of the season tonight. The Blue Heron Farm Spiritual Retreat Center has the most beautiful lightening bugs on the Planet. This year’s rains will make the lightening bugs a joy of the senses. I always call the lightening bugs Christmas in June and July, because of the brilliant lights that seem to be mimicking the solstice.
Then come the crickets, the joy of auditory senses. Long summer nights listening to the crickets is a hypnotic experience of depth into the inner sanctuary of the mind. I believe the lightening bugs and crickets are sprites and fairies telling us how to be free.
See and listen to these elusive beings and other-worldly messengers. They will tell you exactly what you need to do. They are the bearers of inspiration and delight!
On Peace Amen
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May
27
2011
Dear God/ess, This must be the year for tornadoes. Last night, I was sitting in the Border’s parking lot in York PA with Ulysses The Dog, writing a Prayer and listening to the latest interview in the Transformational Author Series. I had heard there was a Tornado watch and warning, so I thought we’d sit tight and watch the show.
As I was listening to Gay Hendricks discuss his new detective series that soon will hit the book stands, sure enough, the sky turned gray, then black, and winds picked up, sounding like a freight train in a tunnel.
Trees were bending each way in rapid succession, and ambulances sped by with emergency speeds. I looked over at Ulysses and he was patiently absorbing the sudden change in atmosphere.
Ulysses is the model for patience and forbearance. He could teach everyone I know about the true meaning of patience. He is also calm and tender, like a new born Doe. I realize everyday how fortunate we are to be blessed with his presence, and I will never take him for granted.
The storm passed quickly. I read recently that Global Warming is best exemplified by storms and heavy rain. The storms seem to be a form of crying out and Mother Earth wants us to know she is where we live. Why do we take that for granted? Why do we take anything for granted?
Today I pray that Mother Earth restores us to sanity. May the storms of life teach us to slow down and let the other guy go first on the roads of Life.
Om Peace Amen
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May
26
2011
Dear God/ess, I am sitting with my deep blue Irises on this perfect spring morning and I inwardly chant: Thank you, I love you dear Irises for showing me the meaning of beauty and transcendence here on planet Earth.
Human concerns and problems are nonexistent as I continue my Ho’oponopono chant. If an issue suddenly surfaces in the form of a memory or an actual seemingly troubling event, I continue the chant, adding: I am sorry, Please forgive me for the part I played or play in bringing this story about.
Ho’oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian healing art that teaches that by inwardly saying the phrases, I love you, Thank you, I am sorry, Please forgive me, that shared memories and mental repetitive tapes are erased.
These chants are ceaselessly repeated even in calm and peaceful times, as I sit with my Irises and love them.
The phrases are a direct method of Letting Go/Letting God.
Ho’oponopono teaches that everything we see is a projection of our emotional baggage and programs or of our love and harmony.
The choice is ours: to let go, to embrace, or react and get lost in the confusion.
The challenge is: that everyone loves a story. Our earliest programming for most of us is the bedtime story. Children love these and we love to read them and tell them.
In my own life, the stories that seemingly happen such as: The doctor was mean to me; The patient is homeless; my love affair is over; she doesn’t love me anymore; he loves her more than he loves me; are the same stories that happen to everyone.
New stories don’t exist. They’ve been rehashed for hundreds and hundreds of years!
Ho’oponopono is a beautiful tool. As I inwardly chant my phrases (I love you, Thank you, Please forgive me and I am sorry) I also use Byron Katie’s “The Work” to dissect my stories and grant them the freedom to be–or not to be.
I will use as an example a volatile situation that occured in the workplace: A provider does not respond to a call of an imminent delivery.
The nurses deliver the baby and when the provider arrives, she screams at the nurses in front of the patient. The delivery was smooth, baby was healthy, and mom was very happy, indeed.
I will use the Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet to do “the work” for this particular story:
Inquiry: The Four Questions and Turnaround
1) Is it true?
2) Can you absolutely know that it’s true?
3) How do you react when you believe that thought?
4) Who would you be without that thought? and–
Turn it around.
I. I am angry and frustrated with said provider because she screamed at me in front of the patient. She has done this on numerous occasions and we are all sick of it.
Is this true? Yes.
Can you absolutely know that it’s true? Yes. (Well, she really doesn’t do it all the time….)
How do you react when you believe that thought? Judgmental and restricted.
Who would you be without that thought? I’d be more relaxed and allow others the freedom to be themselves without me having to be freaked out and offended.
(Here I can see that my thoughts and beliefs are what are bringing me pain–not what anyone else does or doesn’t do!!)
Turn it around: I am not angry and frustrated with this person.
I am angry and frustrated at myself because I allowed someone else’s behavior ruin my day.
I may not always be totally centered and caring for my patients–How can I improve that?
II. I want (said provider) to take a communications class and get her act together.
Is this true? Well, not necessarily true.
Who would you be without this thought? I’d think it was funnier and could laugh at it and move on.
Turn it around.
I don’t want her to take a communications class. What she does or doesn’t do is her own business.
I need to take a communications class! In fact, I want to take a communications class!
III. Said provider should get her medicines re-evaluated.
Is This true? No, because I don’t even know if she is taking any medicines.
Who would you be without this thought?
More clear, more forgiving.
Turn it around.
Said provider should not get her medicines re-evaluated.
I need to get MY medicines re-evaluated!!! (Just kidding–I don’t take any medicines but if I keep going insane with these judgments, I may have to see a Doctor!!!)
IV. What do they need to do for me to be happy? Stop screaming at nurses in front of patients.
Is this true? No, because if this is what I base my happiness on, I will never be happy.
Why? Because people will always be screaming at nurses in front of patients, will continue to do so, and this is the way of it.
How do I know this? Because it continues to happen. Could even happen today.
Turn it around.
She doesn’t need to stop screaming at patients for me to happy.
I need to stop screaming at my self and stop thinking the world needs to change for me to be happy.
V. What do you think of said provider?
1) Not fun to be around
2) Psychologically impaired.
3) She is mean-spirited.
Is this true?
No, she’s may be having a bad day.
Turn it around–
I’M not fun to be around when I judge other people.
I’m fun to be around when I don’t judge other people.
I’m psychologically impaired when I judge other people.
I’m psychologically sane when I don’t judge other people.
I am mean spirited when I judge other people.
I am kind when I don’t judge other people.
VI. What is it I don’t want to experience with this person again?
I don’t ever want to be in a situation where I am screamed at in front of a patient, or screamed at ever again, under any circumstance.
Is this true?
No, I see the absurdity of this, now.
Turn it around?
I do want to be screamed at–Why? Because the reality is, people scream at each other. (And when other people scream at me, I am given the opportunity to up my Ho’oponopono practice!!)
I look forward to other people screaming at me, because I can clean, clean and erase with the tools of Ho’oponopono.
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Ho’oponopono and The Work are examples of taking 100% responsibility.
Issues in the form of memory of shared human anguish arise and we clear, erase and do the the work of Inquiry.
What would you be without your story?
I know I’d be close to spirit, close to the infinite, and I’d be a happy person.
Om Peace Amen
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May
25
2011
Dear God/ess, Welcome to the promise of every day as a New Day! The feelings of potential are wonderful to relax into and to cherish.
I know that life challenges arise every day, and the following show us to how to deal with these.
1) Arise early in the day to write Prayers or Morning Journaling.
I write prayers in order to open myself at all times to the Divine. Maybe I am one who needs constant reminding. But writing prayers is an exercise in discipline and creativity. It is an excellent writing practice.
When I lost my beloved dog, Mukunda. on 1/6/10, writing daily prayers eased my sorrow, and helped me to face the grief head on.
2) Walk every day with your dog.
I now have one dog whose name is Ulysses. We go on many walks, we play ball, and Ulysses loves to play “stick,” as well. Ulysses, by the way, took the passing of Mukunda very well, because Muki died in my arms with Ule observing. Say what you will, but animals take death in stride. They seem to innately know that death does not exist, and nothing ever dies.
3) Play your instrument at least three times a week.
Playing and listening to music is one of the most beautiful and soothing experiences of a day. Singing to the clouds also is your gift to the Universe.
4) Communicate with like-minded people.
This is an easy one. Online and offline, select friends who you may or may not see eye to eye on all things, nevertheless, choose to love each other.
5) Commit to loving thoughts continuously.
This is my favorite Intention of all. Every moment of every day, we have a choice in what we think and the way we think. We can choose love or we can choose fear. I believe a meditation practice is powerfully helpful in automatically choosing love over fear.
6) Allow all the good in the Universe to be your constant companion.
This one is easy as long as I have a dog in my life. All the good in the Universe is contained in all the dogs I have ever had. Since dogs are the greatest companions known to hu-mans, then Love is the natural outcome of these wonderful friendships.
What happens if I don’t have a dog? I’ll have to go out into the world and find one!
7) See the good in all the people, all the time.
I am getting better and better at this one. Yes humans can do some pretty stupid things that end up being amazingly unloving. These things are done out of ignorance.
Forgiveness is the only answer.
See the good in every situation.
Let us say I have a particularly challenging situation arise. I have a choice, whether to emphasize the drama of the story, how “awful” it was or is; or I can choose to see all of the blessings from everything that happened.
I choose the latter!
9) Seek balance in solitude and the company of people.
It is possible to be alone too much, or be with people far too much. Seeking balance in these and all things is my wish for all of us in each new day.
10) Cherish the time that we have here on Planet Earth.
Every moment is precious. Love it. Live it. Experience it. Do not run away from it.
Om, Peace Amen.
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May
24
2011
What is Prayer? Certainly it is more than these next ten things. It could be twenty-five, fifty or one hundred things. Or it can be broken down to one thing and one thing only: Love.
1) A Daily Act Of Gratitude-An aura of thankfulness accompanies all prayers and makes your inner light shine!
2) An Awareness Of Love’s Presence-Praying is an act of Love. Prayer brings out all of the qualities of light and love and filters these through your loving heart. Pray now and Pray often for these wonderful heart filled moments to grow.
3) A Meditation-Prayer is a meditation! As I write my daily prayers, I feel a deep sense of quiet and need for solitude. I cannot write prayers with music in the background, nor can I write them in front of a Television program. Quiet. Stillness. Meditation.
4) A Song-Yes, it is true. Pray is an inner song of the heart. Are you singing to yourself? Is anyone listening? Or are the unseen helpers not only listening, but preparing to usher in a lesson you need to learn related to the prayer you are singing?
5) An Inspiration-Yes, prayers are an inspiration. They can come out of the blue and you must write them down. They can come as you are doing totally unrelated activities such as sweeping, raking leaves, walking in nature, or watching a sunset. They arise while driving a car, during or after exercise, or after an especially luscious meal over a wonderful cup of coffee. Always be ready for them. They wait to be heard. They wait to be shared.
6) A Wish-Perhaps an idle wish can turn into a prayer of the heart: such as a wish for peace on earth, harmony between nations and their people, or the hope that some one you know who is sick may be well.
7) A Yearning-A prayer can be as simple as a tender or urgent longing for justice, compassionate understanding, or just a silent communing with a friend or your favorite animal or tree.
A Feeling Of Connectedness-Prayers certainly give a greater sense of connection with everyone in this great cosmic dance. It goes beyond this moment and links you to every moment that has passed or is yet to arrive. And it also gives you the feeling that this very moment is the only moment that there is or ever is, right here, right now.
9) A Dream-Prayers can come to you in a dream. Perhaps the dream itself is a prayer. Perhaps the prayer is a dream. Some practitioners of dreams say that daily life is really a dream, and in this case, prayer can be a conscious form of continual meditation. Prayer is speaking to God. Meditation is allowing God to speak to you. In this way, prayer certainly feels like a dream state.
10) An Angel-Angels are everywhere. People who help or who serve are called Earth Angels. They certainly are prayerful beings. Our guardian angels come to us often in the form of a prayer. When we say a prayer for guidance to our Guardian Angels, they manifest in ways that require an acute awareness of all gifts that come our way after the prayer has been sung.
Be open, awake and receptive. You are surrounded by wings of protection.
Om Peace Amen
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May
23
2011
Dear God/ess, This past weekend was the rolling out of “Epic,” the computer program that is now our hospital wide computer charting system. It was an experience tantamount to slaying the beast–and the beast, it turns out, is our innermost negative and humorless selves.
We tend to think everything is outside of ourselves, and Epic is no exception. The first few hours of “Epic Go Live” provoked me to start doing “A Course In Miracles” again, which I now conveniently carry around with me on my iPhone Kindle. One of my favorite quotes from the first few lessons is this: “There are no small upsets. They are all equally disturbing to my peace of mind.”
Ho’oponopono and ACIM are spiritual teachings that support the other. For instance, the purpose of the clearing and cleaning of Ho’oponopono is to wipe out memory and get the mind to a Zero State. The 6th lesson of ACIM is: “I see only the past” and what I see, therefore, is not real.
Epic is a great example. What came up for me, especially in the first few hours, was unbridled rage because staffing was low and the help to get through the mire was limited. Night shift is normally hands on help but when Epic went live and I was admitting a patient, people were huddled around a computer, as if wide eyed that “it” awoke from a slumbering coma. And “it” was going to eat us alive.
What was going to eat us alive? Memories and fear from our past conditioning.
Needless to say, I had to clean and erase for the next three days. Now I love to teach staff just coming on to Epic how to find the tabs where they can chart on their patients. Those of us on the schedule this weekend truly immersed ourselves in Epic, like learning a new language. Surely our brains are stronger for it.
I first starting doing ACIM in 1980. I remember buying the books from a used bookstore in Corvallis, Oregon, where I was going to Nursing School at the time. I knew nothing about it, except that I was drawn to it. The language was rooted in masculine language and because I did not know the background of the work, I promptly threw it away.
Helen Schuckman channeled “A Course In Miracles .” She and her colleague, Bill Thedford, were working in an academic environment, and as usually belies the modern workplace, people were gossiping and backstabbing and projecting their insecurities to everyone in their environment.
Bill said to Helen, “There must be a better way.” And Helen realized inwardly that there was a better way.
Thus the vision for ACIM was born.
I can’t believe I’ve been doing ACIM off and on for over 30 years. Now adding the practice to Ho’oponopono has automatically deepened both practices.
The inner life is indeed the only life there is.
Om Peace Amen
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May
20
2011
Dear God/ess, I learned today that a maple leaf is a Ho’oponopono cleaning tool, specifically for depression. It’s recommended to carry one with you, as some people carry 4 leaf clovers that they find. In reality, if my intuition tells me to use a cleaning tool, for example, a 4 leaf clover sounds like a great one, then I will definitely use it.
Another tool is to say “Ice-Blue” and touch a plant, flower or tree, rock or stone, and an instantaneous healing (by Nature Herself) is given to you. I love the idea of using this as an improntu, spontaneous clearing.
But mostly, we use the signal from within whereby when we feel anxiety, irritation or fear, we clean, erase and clear with the Ho’oponopono phrases: I love you. Thank you. I am sorry. Please forgive me. We sit with these feelings of unrest until we feel at peace.
So early this morning I am going into the hospital where the Epic computer system will have been launched several hours before. I am cleaning on this, and all the people I know who will be there, and the entire staff, from all three shifts throughout the entire health system. Yet I am cleaning on the feelings that come up within me. I am taking 100% responsibility.
I will be quiet and I will clean, erase and clear all the old programs that come up to bring me feelings of un-ease (which lead to dis-ease).
I will have to let you know how it goes next week.
Until then, we do what needs to be done, and let the rest go.
Om Peace Amen
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May
19
2011
Dear God/ess, Here is the Epic Screen, pale and not so clear, but you get the idea. Epic goes live at 2300 tonight, but actually jolts alive, like a sleeping giant, at 1 am 5/20/11.
The idea that the entire hospital wide system goes “Live” at once is cause for a celebration. Mainly I will be sleeping and working all weekend, but you can imagine how the beliefs of those using the system will dictate its success or failure.
Me? I have relinquished every belief I ever had or will ever have about Epic. It’s just a computer, after all. And maybe it is something other than that. But I have given all the meaning I used to have for it over to higher angels, guides and other worldly helpers.
It is just a gigantic hallucination.
And so is everything else.
Consider how people’s psychological status can be warfare or well-fare, just because of this moment in “time.” I have heard people say they are getting anxious. I have heard a group of nurses say they plan to have a few drinks after the grand opening, code word for, “Let’s Get Drunk.”
Just another excuse to get washed away!
So my go-live philosophy is to make another determined oath to myself to get this Prayer Blog published, to widen my sphere of influence on the Internet, and to make sure I make a decision very soon about going to Pat O’Bryan’s “Unseminar 9″ in Austin, Texas this July.
Epic has given me the gift of Action!
Om Peace Amen
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May
18
2011
Dear God/ess, The storms have intensified over the last 24 hours, but the river has not yet started to flow at high speeds with logs flying by at 25-40 miles per hour.
That may happen tomorrow.
But tomorrow is tomorrow and today is today.
What are all the things that keep us from the here and now?
Today, I was thinking of the shoulda’s, coulda’s, woulda’s that keep us in guilt and finger pointing. If I am thinking of all the things you should or could have done, then I am not being present for you, I’m not listening to you, and I am not loving you.
We always say here on this Prayer Blog that judgment of other people is no longer acceptable, nor is self-judgment, the shoulda, coulda, woulda kind of self-judgment. Often we’d rather project onto someone else our judgment, and in this way, avoid self-judgment all together.
It comes as quite a shock to realize we will not live forever. Or that the people we love may decide to move on. But as a friend of mine said today, at the end of a life, the real shock comes when you realize there is no separation between one life and the next, between this life and the here after, between this dimension and all the other layers of perception.
What a blow to the Ego!
Om Peace Amen
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