Daffodil, I'm sorry that you weren't able to view this.
And thanks for responding, Jim.
The part that was interesting to me was looking inside to see how one might have contributed to a situation and then asking for forgiveness. If we draw all the elements of our lives to ourselves through our thoughts, words and deeds, present or past, then somehow every difficult situation is an invitation to heal our negative programming and move on to love. I find forgiveness is every bit as powerful as gratitude. When I have occasion to do it, there can be a tremendous release in blocked energy.
You're right though Jim, there's an element of faith here, though it doesn't have to be faith in the man on the Sistine ceiling. I had occasion to use this technique in a difficult situation which resulted in a small miracle involving a lost cat who'd escaped from a house in downtown Montreal during a construction blitz. She'd never gone out before and didn't know her way around. After 2 days everyone had given up. Of course the good results could be explained rationally, though my intuition says otherwise. Either way, the releasing I did was a positive thing...
Happy meditating
Bhavya
