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Hey Dude, affirmations, or the stating of intent, while profoundly relaxed in meditation really do work.  I know this because I have experimented with it.  The thing I have found, however, is the more we know about love and correct action, (the golden rule), the more we generally lead our lives according to how we should - and the less egocentric we feel.  For me then, I find myself using affirmations, not as often except for severe issues.  I too have wondered why I don't use affirmations more often...

I guess part of me sees the proper use of affirmations as "magic of old," and the game of life in some ways doesn't seem to require it once we live by the rules of love.  On the other hand, there are many many successful people who have incorporated the "secret" of affirmations into their lives with fantastic results.  

Ultimately, I realize that manipulating events in physical reality through affirmations are not pure good or evil, they simply are.  We therefore should use affirmations when we feel we need to, keeping in mind the highest good, and not looking only for selfish results.  

I have heard of advanced practitioners of meditation incorporating general terms and phrases such as "love," "grace" and the like to be sent out with intent but without, an attachment to a situation.  Affirmations, in my opinion are identical to directed prayers.  As such, we can direct them toward general issues or specific requests.  

When Thomas Edison was asked by a woman at a social event to define electricity, I believe his reply was something such as:  "Electricity is Madam, use it."  The same could be said for affirmations.


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Last night I had an encounter with my deceased great grandfather in the dream state.  He was living in a home with his best friend John who had died about 2 years before my grandfather did.  There was also an elderly lady there sitting near my great grandfather, but I did not recognize her.  My aunt, uncle, and cousins were with me visiting him.  We began discussing my cousin who is currently in jail.  My grandfather seemed upset about it.  We talked for a while, and the memory fades.

I am wondering if this was a real encounter with him or just a symbolic event.  It is interesting that he was with his best friend who is also deceased.

Your question is perfectly legit.  In fact, I am asking the same question.  The dream experience is so complex, I usually have to rely on my intuition to know "where" I was.  Some dreams are symbolic in nature, designed by our higher selves to teach us lessons, and some dreams are actually memories of journies into less symbolic nonphysical dimensions, such as those vistied during OBEs and afterlife explorations.  My intuitions are leading towards this being more of an afterlife exploration.

Hi Seeking,

It's difficult to know if you dreamed up your own thought /concern,
or
if you were connected for an instant with a suicide grenade-guy. Perhaps if you had thoughts and feelings related to his in that instant, your channels of thought might have matched up and you would see him in a vision.
For ex., you have spoken here about your love for your family--so what if his last thoughts before his suicide were about how much he loved his family?
We are all connected by love and other attitudes.
I googled 'suicide grenade' for both Mar 29 and Mar 30 and for both those dates, unfortuantely, there were such people who did that.

Bets

In his recent book Dannion Brinkley wrote something quite different. He stated that millions of souls are stuck in various states of being near this planet. He said this level is becoming so crowded, it's intermixing with this World in a problematic way (paraphrased).

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This morning I am pretty sure I did a retreival during my dream state.  I was with an individual who had passed over and had been stuck in an astral reflection of his neighborhood for quite some time.  He conveyed to me that he did not know where to go or what to do.

I basically told him that he could go where ever he wanted to.  The first step was leaving that place.  We walked up to a highway, and almost instantly a limo pulled up in front of us.  I had expected something like this to happen.  In the back seat of the limo was young lady who was happy to see us.  We rode for a bit in the limo, and I cannot remember what happened after that.  My feelings tell me that the female was a being who guided the stuck individual to a higher level.

This was a very cool experience.  At the time I was aware that I was helping this individual move on to the next level, but I felt very casual about it, as if it was a normal, everyday occurance for me to do this.  Perhaps I have been involved with these types of affairs all along and just haven't remembered any of the experiences until now.

Thanks nonphysicalguy! You the man! 

Dude, think for a minute...can you remember...was there any pie there?



I Am Dude wrote on May 1^st, 2009 at 5:09pm: