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There is Action and More Action

From Dr. Masaru Emoto, the scientist and author of Water. "I send the energy of love and gratitude to the water and all the living creatures in the Gulf of Mexico and its surroundings. To the whales, dolphins, pelicans, fish, shellfish, planktons, corals, algae, and all living creatures...I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.”

Today with the largest man-made ecological disaster in the Western World, there is every reason for us to feel fear and powerless. When we feel powerless we can stay in fear, search for action, or blame our leaders for not devising immediate solutions. As much as I would like Obama to wave a magic wand and clear up the Gulf I know he can’t. We however do have the power of positive thinking. We have the choice of not falling into fear, spreading rumors, and sitting alone with our fears. We can repeat Emoto’s prayer and visualize the ocean healing. We can focus our intentions on a positive outcome. The power of intention amplifies with groups, the more of us that join in with intention and prayer, the more powerful the effect.  

Still magical thinking or visualizations must be followed through with action or they stay just thinking. We can talk about what’s going on in the Gulf with friends. We can change our use of petroleum products. Lately a number of informative articles have been released about how petroleum is in everything we use from food dyes, to lip balm. We can make informed choices for all that we consume. We can choose to recycle. We can choose to buy bulk instead of prepackaged products. We can use amazing nontoxic environmentally products that are available “Made in America” from American ingenuity. We can make our voices heard with our local and regional lawmakers. We can boycott BP, EXXON, and whatever other company continues with their policies of greed, and pillage of the earth. 

When I posted Emoto’s prayer on Facebook I was criticized for offering Magical Thinking instead of action steps. I suggested that all action requires magical thinking to instill a positive outcome. I have to “see” what I am doing and “feel” that the prayer or visualization I am offering is real before I have a clear intention. My intentions begin with magical thinking. Where does magical thinking leave off and action begin? When I combine the power of belief, and trusting in the goodness of the world with magical thinking I know the power of prayer, and positive visualization. Magical thinking is not fantasizing. Fantasizing is an escape from whatever I term as my reality, and lacks any belief in a positive outcome. Fantasizing makes me feel powerless while magical thinking and focusing my intentions feels empowering.

This week’s exercise has three parts. The first part of the exercise is to say Emoto’s prayer several times a day. Or use your own words or visualization to help heal the Gulf. The 2^nd part of the exercise is to write about your perception of the difference between fantasizing and magical thinking. What does it feel like for you to fantasize about a new life? How is that different from focusing your intentions, and using the power of magical thinking? The 3^rd part is to examine the areas in your life where you have been fantasizing change, or a new direction. Now look at how you can change that fantasy to something more empowering. Imagine it as an intention that leads to a single action step. That single action step will eventually lead you towards changing your reality.

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Copyright June 15, 2010, Mari Selby