One reason words are so powerful is that they draw on more than one element. While thoughts of the mind are air and desires of the heart are water, our words can be compared to the condensation that occurs when the elements of air and water interact with each other; words are a product of both intellect and feeling, air and water. What’s more, they come together as an act of the will which introduces the fire element as well. We’ll also see that each word calls on one or more of all four elements, including earth. This chemical, scientific analysis comes from “Life Magic” by Laura Bushnell.

I would like to think of the above together with statements from my other favorite books like: “You Are What You Say”, “Finding Your Way in a Wild New World”, “Stepping into the Magic”, “Energy Prescription”, and even with the words of Aunty Mahealani in an interview included in one of the many Ho’oponopono videos that can be accessed via my website filed under the essays for Health.

Laura Bushnell adds: One way to understand the way your words take effect is to think of the way a picture taken with a Polaroid camera gradually emerges over time. The more often you repeat your words, the more results those words will create.

I suppose this can explain the power of the rosary. Personally, however, at this point in my life I’d prefer to keep repeating the Ho’oponopono prayer which does not have a load of stressful memories for me from my childhood and even my adult years. My mother and even Emil, both  believe in the power of the rosary and definitely it has worked for my mom and still does for Emil. I also believe in the power of the rosary but by choice I prefer the Ho’oponopno now, while I am still working on a change of consciousness.

My belief is at his/her level of spirituality, and given the amount and quality of information available one does his/her best.

To further explain my preference fr the Ho’oponopono at this point in my life: researchers are also discovering that the power of such disciplines also depends upon the Cognitive structure, or belief system upon which they are practiced.

“The Energy Prescription” continues: Our beliefs are important because, at the most basic level, they affect how we feel, act, and perceive our world and all the events on it. And our core beliefs, by skewing on perceptions and influencing our actions, often become self-fulfilling prophesies.

My comprehensive philosophy as inspired by Neale Walsch is: given his spiritual level, and given the amount and quality of information available to him, everybody does his best at any given moment. Thus inspired by Ho’oponopono I ask forgiveness from myself for blaming the external world for my illnesses and problems. I ask forgiveness from myself for not expanding my consciousness enough and as such caused problems to manifest. Inspired by Shamanism I want to re-story the story of Zachary today on the feast of St. John the Baptist.

(June 24)

I want to re-frame the story of Zachary who was rendered mute because of his disbelief of the angel’s announcement of a son to be born in his wife’s old age and his own. I want to re-frame his story and apply it to my own life. I want to be healed of my disbeliefs that may have caused my mild stroke in 2012. More specifically I want to be able to walk normally again.

I want to re-frame my story, one of complete belief and trust in the wonders of the magnesium spray created by Mary Jean Netario Cruz. after less than a month, I have observed great improvement in my walking, enough to dream  I can soon walk normally again without the use of a cane.

Let my belief allow the magnesium to penetrate my cells and activate the nerves and muscles associated with normal walking. Let my belief allow the magnesium to open up my blood vessels to normalize my circulatory system. Let my belief allow the magnesium to unclog my body parts so that they can receive the nutrients they need to function properly.

I believe that by September i can walk without a cane. But I will be prudent and bring a cane to Singapore and avail of a wheelchair to negotiate the long walk from the airplane to the lobby where our daughter from London will be waiting expectantly.

From an expanded consciousness I can understand why Emil follows a very hectic schedules. From April 27 to April 30 he was in Indonesia then shortly after he was in South Korea From May 14 to May 21. Back in Manila he had obligations to meet at San Beda even on a Sunday. And to think that San Beda is a Catholic university????

My lower self/Inner child felt abandoned. I reassured my Inner Child lest she act up and make me sick. I did exercises prescribed by Gill Edwards and followed closely guidelines outlined by Dr Christine Page.

To make matters worse, Korea did not have a Globe cell site and so there was no communication. I recalled Einstein’s saying about level of problem solving. I reached out for thoughts and feelings from a higher level knowing that problems
can’t be solved in the same level as its source.

Esther Hicks reminded me: …struggle… and it will never come into alignment until you approach the subject vibrationally through thought instead of through action.
So Ho’oponopono to the rescue. I am sorry.   Please forgive me   I love you   I thank you.

After almost 2 years of serious Ho’oponopono, I have realized how pervasive and persistent memories can be, truly like “monkey mind” – the reality of Original Sin. I used to resent Adam and Eve. But after experiencing the difficulty of cleansing memories a la Joe Vitale”s Ho’oponopono, I realize how important it is for me to claim 100% responsibility for my life.

I cling to God for doing what I can’t do, but in love and full trust. During these years I have personally experienced God’s abiding presence no matter what state I am in. He has truly become the god of love, no longer the angry, old man of the old Testament. I give credit to Neale Walsch for helping me to imagine a God who in reality is in me. aside from Neale Walsch, I went on even when I had misgivings about God’s love through the books of Michael Tamura and Mike Dooley.

This certainly did not come about instantly a la “The Secret”. This did not come about from mechanical saying of the rosary much less novenas.

I believe the masses that I attended even when I did not feel like going, the Eucharist and the sacraments must have helped me. To a great extent my prayer warriors among the dead must have helped me.

I know I have yet to arrive at my destination, but from now on it will be cruising rather than struggling.

The following attempts at individuation can be devastating when viewed from the logical perspective:
Urban Shaman:
…all meanings are made up and absolute truth is whatever you decide it is….
the meaning of experience depends on your interpretation of it, or your decision to accept someone else’s interpretation and the decision to accept a basic assumption is also arbitrary.

I almost hate to tell you this- things rarely go according to plan

Mike Dooley offers a consoling thought:
…whenever [emotions] are unpleasant, they serve as a reminder that our present perception is not based in truth but on misinterpretation of truth

Esther Hicks says: Before your physical birth, you were vibrationally intertwined with Source, or with what humans often call God, but the full integration of you with God was such that there was no relationship between the two – because you were all one.

Martha Beck:… the subjective awareness that there is no separatio between me and anything else in the universe. According to Lynne MCtaggart, things once in contact remain in contact through all space and time.
Quantum entanglement has been interpreted as : we are communicating with everything and everything is communicating with us, all the time.

You Are the Answer
You will discover that there is only one space to be who you are, you will discover that there is only one relationship: the one between you and your all giving Creator