Day 21: Lost in Translation & Hope from the Hopis

Gregg Braden shows in The Isaiah Effect, how the most powerful way to get what you want in life was originally in the Dead Sea Scrolls but was translated and thus the meaning distorted. Compare the following texts:

"Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." Modern, condensed twelth century version.

The original, retranslated Aramaic version:
"All things that you ask straightly, directly...from inside my name, you will be given. So far you have not done this. Ask without hidden motive and be surrounded by your answer. Be enveloped by what you desire, that your gladness be full..."

Thus prayer, rather than asking that our creations come to pass, becomes giving thanks for what we create from having the feelings of our creation already fulfilled.

To further quote from the excellent The Isaiah Effect:
"As the hearts and minds of mankind become so separate that they forget one another, the earth acts to bring the memory of our greatest attributes back into focus. 'When earthquakes, floods, hailstorms, drought and famine will be the life of every day, the time will have then come for the return to the true path.' So said the peace-loving Hopis. In addition to offering the signs of such a time, the Hopi traditions go even further, recommending a course of action to bring the hearts and minds of man into alignment with the earth once again.

Deceptively simple, the prophecy reminds us that 'when prayer and meditation are used rather than relying on new inventions to create more imbalance, then they [humanity] will also find the true path.' The words of the Hopi serve as simple reminders of the quantum principle which states that to change the outcome of events already in motion, we are invited to shift our beliefs regarding the outcome itself. In doing so, we attract the possibility that matches our new belief, and we release the present conditions, even those already under way."

Gregg Braden details many impressive research projects from around the world that have established a direct link between prayer and reduced war and crime activity, with only a small percentage of a city's population needed to pray and effect the change.

So, experience what you want: see, feel, hear it completely. Then, you have it!

Day 18: Three Necessary Keys to Get What You Want

There are three necessary keys, as identified by Shakti Gawain in her excellent book Creative Visualization, to make creative visualization work. They are:

1. Desire. You must have a true desire to have or manifest that which you have chosen to visualize. By desire I don't mean addictive, grasping desire, but a clear, strong feeling of purpose. Ask yourself "Do I truly, in my heart, desire this goal to be realized?"

2. Belief. The more you believe in your chosen goal and the possibility of attaining it, the more certain you will be to do so. Ask yourself "Do I believe that this is possible for me to manifest or get it?

3. Acceptance. You must be willing to accept and have that which you are seeking. Sometimes we pursue goals without actually wanting to get them; we are more comfortable with the process of pursuing. Ask yourself "Am I willing to have this completely?"

Part of the process of me getting my book published is really about using all those three keys. The Isaiah Effect - Decoding the Lost Science of Prayer and Prophecy by Gregg Braden is another excellent book that can help to appreciate the power that we have in creating our futures through seeing them first. It ends with a story I read elsewhere too about a Down's Syndrome boy competing alongside eight others, who had become friends, in the Special Olympics but, seeing one friend had fallen at the start of the race, he turned back to help him up. Each of the others seeing this turned back too and all nine of them walked the race, arm-in-arm to the finish.

Achieving things in our lives can be done with respect and love for one another and what a beautiful story to illustrate that. The other point made here is when we are inspired and have positive emotions, then dreams, actions or resolutions made from those feelings are strong and transformational.

Gregg Braden ends his book after that story by saying 'above all other reasons, we have come to this world to love.'