Tag: spiritual healing

Waking up from a dream

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A few nights ago I had a nightmare. In the dream there was an image rushing towards me. I felt afraid, so, in my dream, I prayed. I closed my eyes and prayed “God is all”. Even in my dream, I felt and expected God would answer my prayers.  

The next moment, I felt a wet nose on my arm. My dog (in the picture) was waking me up. When I was awake, she went and lay down again.  My dog has never done anything like this before. And I knew it was really divine Love waking me up. Divine Love (another name for God) is with us where ever we are, whatever state of consciousness we are in. He/She is always able to reach us. We are never separated from this Love.  

The Bible talks about the Comforter that will be with us forever. My spiritual understanding of this ever-present, always available divine Love gives me comfort. Another translation of this Greek term in the New Testament is companion. Knowing there is a Science, God’s divine laws, that we can rely on and are there for us in any situation that comes to us is so comforting. And it’s like having a companion. This Science is with us everywhere. It’s like having an advocate – something always there to defend you.

A financial struggle or a physical ailment can often seem like a bad dream. How do we wake up? God’s love is there to wake us up. When we are praying about a situation, we know that God’s love is just like that wet nose waking us up from the dream that we are suffering. Waking up is the activity of God assuring us: “I love you”, “I’m always with you”, “I created you spiritually – perfect, whole and complete”, “We have never been separated”. How reassuring are these messages of Love! And this is the Good News that’s available to wake up to.

 

Pets and healing!

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I’m so grateful that Christian Science is applicable to many aspects of life.

My husband and I love animals and have cats and dogs.

One evening, we fed our cats dinner but they wouldn’t eat!  It was very strange.  They sniffed the food, pawed at it and turned away.

Well, my husband and I have the habit of turning first to prayer (by this I mean a spiritual and metaphysical way of thinking about things).

I was getting ready to go out for the evening so I asked my husband if he would pray about the issue.

He went into his office to do so and I felt a sense of peace and hope that there would be an answer.  I’ve been taught to expect results and healing from our prayer and that praying is practical!

When we returned home later that evening we tried to feed them again.  This time one of the cats ate – he had returned to normal – but the other had the same mysterious behavior.

This time I knew it was my turn to pray.  I considered this kitty one of my dear friends so it was wonderful to turn to God in humble, heartfelt prayer to strive to see what God knows about His creation.  I knew God made his creation spiritually and free from defect (from Genesis 1 in the Bible).  God’s spiritual creation is always harmonious, healthy and good because it is made in His image and likeness.

I went to sleep feeling peaceful from these spiritual insights.

The next morning the cat was eating again.  Over the next couple days everything continued to return to normal, and there has been no recurrence of that problem.

I’m so grateful for this healing.  And it’s totally natural – everyone can experience these same healing results!

Time management – improve moments!

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The past couple weeks I’ve been thinking about time management.  I know there are numerous human methods and theories about this; however, I went for some spiritual ideas, that I know to be true and helpful, when I was confronted with this dilemma.

There was a day, recently, when I wondered how I could accomplish all the things that needed to get done. I listened in prayer for divine guidance.  Immediately, an article entitled Improve Your Time by Mary Baker Eddy came to thought.  The author, who discovered the system of healing, Christian Science, wrote:

“All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours…They spend no time in sheer idleness, in talking when they have nothing to say, in building aircastles or floating off on the wings of sense…

Success in life depends upon persistent effort, upon the improvement of moments more than upon any other one thing. A great amount of time is consumed in talking nothing, doing nothing, and indecision as to what one should do. If one would be successful in the future, let him make the most of the present.”

I love this idea: that success is dependent on moments – on being consciously aware and focused every moment.

Instead of letting my long to-do list rehearse in my mind, I just focused on improving each moment.  This resulted in my being fully engaged in each activity I was doing and able to stay on task.  I finished the day with time leftover and could work on some other projects I like doing.

Using “improve your moments” as my mantra throughout my day has made me more productive, less lethargic and given me a greater sense of fulfillment and purpose.

I am so grateful for this simple practice – improving moments before they turn into hours – which makes such a difference in our lives and shapes our success.