The Semantics of "I Want..."

This article, "I Want Peace," from the latest issue of Tathaastu totally ties in with one of the points I discussed yesterday. How we express what we seek is critical to receiving it.

The law of attraction is always at work whether we acknowledge it or not. The word "want" expresses a lack of something in your life. Confirming and repeating that lack prevents it from coming to you: love, material goods, success - everything. Here H.H. PUJYA SWAMI CHIDANAND SARASWATIJI explains it in "I Want Peace."

http://tathaastumag.com/index.php?hid=1774

LET the angels heal you

While strolling the Georgia Aquarium on Saturday, my lower back started really hurting me. I was seriously overdue for a chiropractic adjustment. I still am, in fact, and have an appointment Thursday. Meanwhile, as the pain got worse, I had a thought: Why am I not letting the angels adjust my back?

Really, this may seem like an "out there" concept for some people. For others, it may be a no-brainer.

Some people would say that this act would be impossible. Others, a miracle.

In my personal experience, I have had my kneecap and wrist bones physically move during Reiki sessions. When a bone snaps into alignment, it's startling, a little scary, and way, way cool.

Since I know this can be done, I was just like, "Duh. Why am I not seeking this healing? Why am I not asking right now? Why am I allowing my body to suffer in this pain?" The decision was not only easy but obvious.

How to pursue it? "Angels, can you please adjust my back?" Wait - of course they CAN. Besides, that's just a yes or no question.

"Angels, will you please adjust my back?" No, that's not correct either. I'm indicating lack. Try again.

"Angels, thank you for adjusting my back." I repeat 5-10 times not knowing what to expect. No sudden snaps, like with the Reiki. Is this going to work? Of course it's going to work! Is it working now? Am I supposed to feel something? Did I "ask" right? You get the picture.

Later that afternoon I realize, "Hey. I'm not hurting. When did that happen?" After some contemplation, I determined it was within 10 minutes of my prayer work. Very cool. While stretching that night, I notice that very few of my vertebrae are "popping" - and the ones in my lower back that always let loose are perfectly happy where they are.

I've been studying wellness for over 20 years and still forget to use some of the more obvious healing modalities from time to time. We often place too much responsibility on ourselves and don't let others provide the support that they truly want to give us - if only we let them.

It takes courage to trust others, which is what this boils down to. Where's yours?

I ate the last meal on the Titanic on the anniversary of its sinking.

I’m working on a summary from new friend Meghann’s event- http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/supportus/titaniclastmeal.aspx - I think that I have hit a new low in productivity. It’s like a hangover only without the headache and the fun drunk the night before.
Are you sure I’m not hungover? iTunes sounds way too loud.
So Meghann was like, Oh, Halloween’s coming up – let’s get some ghost hunters in here with the Titanic exhibit for an event (her job is publicity.) Imagine her shock when they actually found something – and not just with the Titanic exhibit but with the Aquarium.
Watch Ghost Hunters tonight @ 9:00 EDT on SciFi to see Meghann and what they found. Here’s the preview: http://video.scifi.com/player/?id=1082428 Wow – that was a cool preview. They didn’t share all that with us last night. Of course, they always hype them up. Still, go Meghann!

Okay, here’s the Cliff Notes actually smaller than that) edition:
Got there near the start with friends Nichole & Alice. Thank God N drove. Staff didn’t even look at the ticket I ran back to my desk to print. Champagne and some kind of quail egg hors d’oeuvres. I missed this as I got volunteered to do the tour with my new friend Hollis and another couple for the CBS-46 news crew 11p.m. footage as “people looking at the Titanic exhibit.” I didn’t even get to see if I made the cut (forgot Clinton could do distance Direct TV.) If you caught it, I’m in white with the retro pink shawl.
This was also my first ever visit to the Aquarium. It was gorgeous, especially at night and without the crowds. Dinner was really, really good. Wolfgang Puck’s folks did an awesome job of updating the actual menu of the last meal served aboard the Titanic. It was 97 years later to the day. That was eerier than anything else. Which really says something, considering the rest of the evening was focused on the paranormal.
We were totally and completely exhausted well before it was over with. The Atlanta affiliate of TAPS gave a presentation on their equipment, session protocol, and incident evaluation. We were then split into groups of 25-30 covering sections of the aquarium and exhibit in rotation. It was a cool concept, however the reality of sitting in the dark for half an hour with 30 strangers was not the best way of collecting data, in my humble opinion. I swear, I would throw all the data out without ever looking at it. There were just been no way to look out for every shuffle, cough, and shadow.
Nichole was sick with allergies, and she had the car. We bailed about an hour early. I was so tired I didn’t care. And I still had to drive home from her house. Here’s a summary from Hollis:

Subject: end of the night
“In the very last room there were "strange" things happening but honestly I think it was just that we were all beat by that time and we would believe or hear whatever we wanted."

So I’m excited to see the episode from a semi-been-there-done-that perspective. That’s all.