Hi purplevibe,
Thanks for your post. My heart is full of gratitude for Project Meditation and this forum. I am currently on LifeFlow 5. So far my favorite has been LifeFlow 7. There is just something about falling rain that speaks to me. I'm no longer much of a regular church goer anymore. However, a while back when I was in a church where I occasionally attend, I heard a song that spoke to my heart. It was by Todd Agnew and is called "Grace Like Rain." When I listen to the chorus, I feel something shifting in me, and, for that moment, letting go. The chorus goes:
Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away
I am thankful that Michael recommended "The Sedona Method" for helping to release and let go of some of the "stuff" that meditation may bring up. I have purchased the book and the CDs and am going through the program. It is proving so beneficial to me. Lately, I have been feeling very loved. It seems that blessings & miracles are happening in my life just as quickly as I'm willing to accept them.
One of my favorite writers is the Trappist monk Thomas Merton. The following quote from his book "New Seeds of Contemplation" reminds me of what Michael "suggests" as a way of becoming aware of this love by doing "the gratitude exercise" at the end of our meditation sessions.
QUOTE: The beginning of the fight against hatred, the basic Christian answer to hatred is not the commandment to love, but what must necessarily come before in order to make the commandment bearable and comprehensible. It is a prior commandment, to believe. The root of Christian love is not the will to love, but the faith that one is loved. The faith that one is loved by God. That faith that one is loved by God although unworthy--or, rather, irrespective of one's worth!
In the true Christian vision of God's love, the idea of worthiness loses its significance. Revelation of the mercy of God makes the whole problem of worthiness something almost laughable: the discovery that worthiness is of no special consequence (since no one could ever, by himself, be strictly worthy to be loved with such a love) is a true liberation of the spirit. And until this discovery is made, until this liberation has been brought about by the divine mercy, man is imprisoned in hate. (pgs. 74-75) END QUOTE.
Finally, speaking of the "Law of Attraction" (LOA), I recently had an experience that demonstrates this principle. It was Sunday morning, and I was visiting with my wife about the thing that "really" bothered me about my family of origin. I said that I just wished that they could accept me and not try to "manipulate" me into doing as they think I should. Anyway, it wasn't five seconds after I said this that the phone rang and it was my mom on the line. She immediately started to use her loving????, but oh so manipulative ways to get me to change my behavior and do as she "knew" I ought to.
Anyway, it triggered me for a moment. But then I was able to smile and say to myself, "Dang, I'm an amazing creator. Look how quickly that thought just manifested in my life."
Take care and happy journeying. --Keith
