I thought to share this with you all. i got this information from that movie i mentioned before ," What the Bleep do we know??. If you can find it at your video store it's werth renting..
When i saw this bit of information in the show i coudn't shake the thought that we as NA members have the same affect on each other as this study had on Washington, D.C.
A collective group of people thinking, meditating and working towards one single goal, to help each other to stay clean and find a better life.
Now don't you think that with all of our members out there, the thousands and thousands of addicts in the program, that we don't have some affect on what's happening to the reality around us?????
In Washington, D.C., the so-called murder capital of the world...There was a big experiment in the summer of 1993....where 4,000 volunteers came from 100 countries...to collectively meditate for long periods of time throughout the day.
It was predicted in advance that with such a sized group...you would have a 25 % drop in violent crime...as defined by the F.B.I. in that summer.
Well, the chief of police went on television saying that..."Look. It's gonna take two feet of snow...to reduce crime by 25 % in Washington, D.C. this summer."
But by the end, the police department became a collaborator and author of this study...because the results in fact showed a 25 % drop in violent crime in Washington, D.C.... which they could predict on the basis of 48 previous studies...that had already been done on a smaller scale.
This leads naturally to wonder do people--- are people affecting the world of reality that they see? You betcha they are!!!!
Every single one of us affects the reality that we see...even if we try to hide from that and play victim. We all are effecting it.
Peggy, thanks for posting that and sharing your thoughts on the same. I completely agree with you. Everyone of us, merely by our existence, make a difference to the universe as a whole, we as individuals are a vital component, however small, to this universal balance. I strongly believe in that, and my experiences have also pointed me to this reality, many a times, in my daily life. The outer is the sign of the inner. I don't think that even a leaf lying on the ground doesn't turn around and move as the wind blows just as a coincidence and that it is something irrelevant. There is a reason for everything happening the way it does, be it the birth of a nation or a small plant.
Also, there was this experiment done somewhere in the south east asia based on Morphic Resonance on an island among many islands where the monkeys there were taught to peal off the skin of the fruit and wash them in the water before they eat. So the monkeys on that island started doing it. But strangely, within a short time, the monkeys on another faraway island that had no connection with these monkeys and this island, started doing the same. When I read about this experiment, it only confirmed my conviction that as long as a few in this world project a new dimension of thought or experience in this universe, this projection penetrates total consciousness as a whole that includes all of us, and as such does affect our individual day conscious sooner or later, in one way or another... otherwise, how could be ever explain the phenomena of 12 steps fellowships having grown into millions now all over the world from the consciousness of just two drunks who believed that this program and recovery thru it was possible in the 1930s?
Anyway, thanks for giving me an opportunity to express thoughts from my consciousness here at MIP even though there is rarely an opportunity to share and talk about these wonderful things and perceptions in a NA setting otherwise. So am glad that we did it here and now, Peggy. And believe me, that again, is no coincidence that this happened
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Tahir, i'm glad you enjoyed my look on things. ..you are in india, hmm...
i wish there was some way you could get that movie " What the Bleep do we know" you of all people would find it very interesting and inlightening. it takes you on a voyage through the worlds of science and spirituality and includes revelations by quantum physics experts.
the first time i watched the show i was blown away with all the possibilities i was presented to. for the next three days i ivited as many NA and AA members to watch this show at my house . because so many of the subjects in ti i could relate to our recovery.
for example; have you heard of a guy named " MASARU EMOTO ". you can look him up on your computer . masaru emoto messages from water. this part i too found very profound. this guy used prays and thoughts to change the physic shape of water with words like "love" thank you " and one saying " i hate you, i want to kill you" amazing the differant shapes these water crystals tranformed to.
like they said in the show if thoughts could do that to water , what can our thought do to us?
"US' being made up of 90 % water....lol...i'm rambling...but all this has me very excited..
i now have a water jug on my counter with the words " peace, serenity, and clarity, taped to it...
have a great day, chat with you later....always fun and good hearing from you...
I will check out if I can get this movie here in my town or online... Amazing stuff about thoughts influencing the shape of water. I am always fascinated by stuff like that... I will surely check that out too...
You have a great day too, my friend...
Glad I have you in my recovery,
Hugs, Love, Light ~ Tahir.
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
I was once locked up with a guy, he was mexican mafia and one mean SOB, he was also psychic and very powerful ( i'm pretty sure they were evil spirits he dealt with).
He once told me exactly what my Dad was like, what sort of vehicle he drove, how he dressed even, also my Dads girlfriend at the time he told me all about her describing how they looked even it was astounding how right he was.
He would have us put a prayer on a piece of paper and set a cup of water over the top of it, he said spirits came to water, they would know what we had written and our prayers would be answered. Well funny thing my prayer was answered I was looking at doing 11 years for several crimes but instead I ended up getting 18 months and I can't tell you just how that prayer was answered but it was by another person who helped me, another criminal I was always greatful for that,
amazing!!! there is SO much out there that we don't understand yet. but if we keep an open mind the possibilities or limitless . thanks for sharing that bigv.... i'll try it myself once i think of a werthy enough prayer to have answered....
are limitless.....there goes my bad typing again....lol...between my typing skills and my spelling , it's amazing you guys can understand anything i'm saying ..you're doing a great job thou...wink...ttyl. peg
peggy wrote: are limitless.....there goes my bad typing again....lol...between my typing skills and my spelling , it's amazing you guys can understand anything i'm saying ..you're doing a great job thou...wink...ttyl. peg
peggy wrote: amazing!!! there is SO much out there that we don't understand yet. but if we keep an open mind the possibilities or limitless . thanks for sharing that bigv.... i'll try it myself once i think of a werthy enough prayer to have answered....
You may be going over to the dark side Whoooooooooo
Heres how I do it, I lay down at night get nice n cumfy, and say YO GOD you up there man? waiting silently for a few moments usually get some sort of reply, a sharp jab in my side, itch on my shoulder you know something that tells me he's here then I say my prayer
HOLY SHIT!!!! i'm a "veteran member" i feel so pervilaged....thanks guy....lol what happened to my newbie status..?? and i haven't even gotten my 6 month tag yet..BUT TODAY IS MY 5 MONTH CLEAN DAY...god it seems like forever before i get the 6 month tag... they should have a 4/12 month tag...lol...would make it easier for me... this last month's been hard, hope the next ones easier... need to get my shit together..too much me, me, me i think....take care...ttyl. peg
Wow, Congrats on 5 months clean and serene, Peggy. I can never forget how I felt at 5 months clean. The most impossible having become possible. It is those first few days and weeks and months that are the biggest milestones for me, not so much the years that accumulate later as they now seem to... And yes, any one of us is a member here at NA if we have paid the price of addiction, and have a desire to stop using... I have read somewhere in the literature that even an addict with one day clean has something to offer, and it is so true. I have drawn great hope and strength from many newcomers at times when I would be cribbing about getting a flat tyre or not having enough money to buy more cigarettes than a pack, and then I see this clean addict, in withdrawals, with no house to go back to, but still, sitting in a meeting room and staying clean inspite of it all, instead of being at his using yard and getting stoned... That sight, for me, is witnessing the biggest miracle of our Higher Power...
-- Edited by Tahir at 08:10, 2006-10-25
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peggy wrote: amazing!!! there is SO much out there that we don't understand yet....
Like an author ponders, "Why should we be surprised? And have we gained or lost something as a result of our modern suspicion and skepticism?"...
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isn't that an awsome movie ?! but now you know where all my wonderful insperaton comes from. LOL. Ssshh...don't let on that i'm not all that brilliant...just kidding
I really got a lot out of that movie, some things i still have a hard time wrapping my brain around,but i found all of it fasinating.
was i right to suggest it do you think? to me it was all about recovery, but then i've had recovery at the for front in my mind . just woke up and hadn't had my morning coffee yet , brain hasn't kicked in fully , I'm glad you liked it.. ttyl. peggy
Heres how I do it, I lay down at night get nice n cumfy, and say YO GOD you up there man? waiting silently for a few moments usually get some sort of reply, a sharp jab in my side, itch on my shoulder you know something that tells me he's here then I say my prayer
My attempt to fallow your advice din't go as smoothy as one would thing...
i got compy, i said yo god, then my brain would start wondering...daydreaming etc.
so i'd start over , yo god , you there, more daydreaming, i'd catch myself and try again.
every time i said yo a smile would form on my lips....lol..
so to stop the daydreaming i'd say yo god you there? yo god you there yet ,yo. being the patient person that i am i'd call this out every 3 seconds....
when i thought i'd finally got his attention ..... i didn't know what to pray for ( how do you word your prays and what do you ask for, serious monent here)
so i figured when in doubt say the serenity prayer...but here my mind started wondering too, back to the people, times and places of my using days.
god grant me the sernity to accept the thing i can not change ( flashback , f#*king asshole) oops !!! not good thinking like that in the middle of a prayer ..try again..the courage to change the things i can , ( YOU used me and i'm pissed a*#h#le) oops...start again...
lets just say it was the longest prayer i ever did say, every time a nagative thought would pop in i'd just bac with some part of the prayer . saying in and parts over and over again.. think i fell asleep saying them...
and i thought this would of been a slice of cake...i (we) can complicate the most simpitest of things...
hoping for better results tonight, practice makes perfect.....or at least improvement....
Solvejg, welcome to Miracles In Progress Group of NA. Glad we have you here with us. Keep coming back and sharing with us, or better yet, stay with us. We need you.
Hugs, Love, Light ~ Tahir.
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welcome solveig glad you are here with us and keep coming back.
when i thought i'd finally got his attention ..... i didn't know what to pray for ( how do you word your prays and what do you ask for, serious monent here)
I first start off by saying thankyou for the day and ask for forgiveness of wrongs i've done, even past stuff that is on my mind. I then have some special prayers for others and then say the Lords Prayer. I do sometimes have brief talk with him and I always address my prayers thru Jesus Christ that is my way, thru Christ onto God .
I'm usually so tired too I pass out right afterwards, with a clear mind most of the time I try not to go to sleep angry at anything or anyone not always able to do that but most of the time.