November/December 2002
Feature Articles
Holistic Health Q & A
by Dr. Carol Anne Bates
The role of the liver in Oriental Medicine.
The connection between the liver and depression. How acupuncture can help.
What is... the Organic Movement?
by Robert Roman
Final part of a three-part article
detailing the author's personal experiences and the growth of the organic
movement.
UnCommon Sense!
by David Findlay
Iraq?
Articles on the theme "Miracles"
A State of Consciousness
by Rev. Susan R. Griffin
The real "reality" in which
miracles are part of everyday experience.
A Personal Course in Miracles
by Lisa Raphael
Miracles and the Big Picture. Co-creating
with the Creation.
Are Miracles Miraculous?
by Charles Larsen
A psychotherapist's attempt to define
the word "miracle."
An Everyday Experience
by Rev. LeRoy Zemke
The realm of miracles and how to get
there.
A Miracle?
by Dave Hunt
The "miraculous" effect of
changes in perception.
What Happened?
by Dr. Audrey Craft Davis
A first-hand account of two miraculous
events.
The Miracle of Life
by AnneMarie Dyer
Letting go of a personal perspective
and opening one's eyes to the miraculous possibilities of life.
Sharing the Miracle
by Rev. Pat Cross
Some personal miracles and some reflections
on the nature of miracles.
The Miracle of Life
by AnneMarie Dyer
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
I would like to acknowledge my inner guide which keeps showing me the way... reminding me how beautiful life really is. I wish to share with others the many wonderful things I have learned, which have deepened and expanded my experience and enjoyment of life.
Our potential is vast and deep for we are truly as infinitely creative as our imagination. We know that our physical universe is not really composed of "matter" at all its basic component being a kind of force or essence which we call energy. Things appear to be solid but actually we are all energy and everything within and around us is made up of energy which vibrates at different rates of speed. Processed images are released into the universe as thoughts and feelings, having their own magnetic energy. A thought or idea always precedes manifestation. An idea is like a blueprint, creating an image of the form. We get what we believe in, expect and ask for. The power of prayer works this way. Prayers are thoughts put into the universe. Most of us associate miracles with healing and prayer.
If we want to receive higher power guidance, it's helpful to begin by releasing our own personal view of our situation. Projection makes perception. Our inner experiences inspire events when we allow our higher power to transform our thoughts and perspectives. Many of our inner experiences bring peace to our minds and kindness to our hearts. They are like a ray of light that shines away our darkest thoughts. They come as soon as our minds are open to them. We all have the opportunity to fill our minds with our own dark thoughts or choose to accept the rays of miracles. Training the mind to be peaceful allows peace at all times. Just like an athlete we must practice to obtain our goals.
A miracle, according to A Course In Miracles, is an inner healing. A miracle is an experience of God's love and is what happens when we allow God to transform our thoughts and perspective. We can then experience true happiness. Listening for guidance is like learning to feed a bird from our hands. We have to become very gentle and still, feeling at peace. This opens one's self for this potential for enlightenment and highest wisdom. The unfolding of consciousness helps to increase understanding and to improve emotions, perceptions, insights and feelings. Surrendering your beliefs will result in seeing beyond the end into the beginning.
Most people identify with the traditional definition of miracles: remarkable events in the world. Life itself, however, is a miracle, considering we were created from a tiny gene. Which came first the chicken or was it the egg? Miracles will always withhold their meaning from doubters and the credulous. Miracles happen every day but we have a tendency to hold on to our personal perspectives. The innocence and faith of a child allows miracles to shine in with their love and thought process. Right now we are in a moment I could describe as a revolution toward a higher evolution. We should try to let them run down over us like raindrops in a shower that baptizes us with energy and stamina to push forward against all limitations. Let's try to make our main purpose to nurture and keep the objectives and dream.
In the past, many of us have used our powers in a relatively unconscious way. Because of our own deep-seated negative concepts about life we have automatically and unconsciously expected and imagined lack, limitation and challenges to be our lot in life. (We create ourselves.) One must be willing to be open to entertaining certain concepts as being possible. It is not necessary to have "faith" in any power outside yourself. Entertain a desire to enrich your knowledge and experience with an open mind.
Offer others what you wish to experience. Trade personal plans and goals for divinely-inspired inner guidance. Learn to see ordinary things in an inspired way as an opening to new peace. Miracles are always there, just open to it now. We need to trade in our old vision like a worn-out pair of eyeglasses.
Miracles are an effect in the physical world, which surpass all known human or natural powers. A marvel is a wonderful thing. A miracle is not the suspension of natural law, but the operation of a higher law. Kind acts are a shift in gears to super-natural powers like the 9/11 heroes in a life-threatening situation.
My love for animals has taught me much. Did you know a dog's sense of smell is at least 30 times more sensitive than a human's? This is what helps them predict seizures in patients before the seizure occurs. Neurons (brain cells that transmit nerve impulses) increase activity, leading to heighten electrical discharges. Even auras are observed.
How wonderful it is to be able to train the mind to move swiftly and seize whatever it wants. A well-trained mind can open the door to creation in the ultimate achievements.
We can all create miracles in our lives here and now!
AnneMarie Dyer is a resident of Clearwater (727) 725-0166. anne_marie@ij.net
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