Heavenletters

What a great post! Several years ago, I actually used a graphic of a radio-dial to talk about prayer, or thought; and Jennifer named the "radio station" we were trying to tune-in to: WGOD Radio. If you've ever tried to tune-in an AM radio, you understand this metaphor and how it relates to the difficulty most people have getting centered, calm, and focusing their thoughts. On my diagram, if we were a little Left of center, we are tuning into the Past; and, if we were a little Right of center, we were projecting our thoughts into the future -- usually worrying about things that may or may not happen rather than focusing on our own inner guidance and wisdom. But, when we are "Centered," we can clearly transmit and receive. The operative word is indeed, "Clearly;" because we are absolutely sending and receiving all the time. Usually, however, our environment is drowning-out the incoming messages (or we just ignore them), and shaping the content of our outgoing messages. In other words, we listen to the din of our world rather than that still, quiet voice within; and we let our external conditions shape and drive our thought-life.

There is a verse by Emerson that I included in The Belief Formula because it speaks to this message perfectly:

"And though your knees were never bent,
to Heaven your hourly prayers are sent.
And be they formed for good or ill
are registered and answered still."

There is no "on-off" switch to your thoughts/prayers that is activated when you kneel, or clasp your hands together in front of you, or stand in a particular building; churches are not radio-stations -- you are. Where you go, there goes your Creator and Its Creation. Wake-up, tune-in, and turn-on to life! It's the thought that counts! ALWAYS.

Thanks for another wonderful letter, Gloria!