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How to Pray For Money

how to pray for moneyIf you’re like me, you may have found that sometimes your prayers are answered and other times they aren’t.  Particularly if you pray for money.

So what’s the secret to a successful prayer?

Bear Heart taught me a prayer for money many years ago.  It works.  But you have to be clear that it’s what you want.

Here’s how the teaching came about:  While I was working on The Wind Is My Mother with Bear Heart, I had a full time job in a law firm.

It was a good job, and I liked it, but it didn’t make my heart sing.  Working on The Wind Is My Mother is what made my heart sing.

Being highly observant and more than a little bit psychic, Bear Heart knew I loved the writing process much more than my law firm job.  So he taught me how to pray to be able to make my living as a writer.

The prayer isn’t so much how to pray for money as how to pray to make your living doing what you love.

Checklist for A Perfect Day

perfect dayHow does one start a good habit?  Particularly the habit of having a perfect day?

I admit that a checklist for anything, particularly a perfect day, might sound too unspontaneous to be a spiritual undertaking.

But to accomplish anything, we have to be intentional, and really work at it.  And work takes time without interruptions, which means being organized.  And checklists help with that!

This is my checklist for a perfect day [work day; days off are not so scheduled].  I am a person who finds routine productive and comforting.  If you are, too, you may find this checklist helpful.  By doing them in order, it guarantees they get done.

Change it to accommodate your lifestyle.

A tip:

If you have a commute to work, put commute time on your schedule.  And I highly recommend doing something peaceful or productive during that commute.  Listen to a motivating CD, do breathing exercises, or, if you’re a passenger, meditate.  Commute time doesn’t have to be wasted time.

The Perfect Day Checklist

Commitment

commitmentI have always believed that commitment to a goal or cause is essential to its success.  One can’t be lackadaisical about the intended result.

For 30 years I have carried around in my personal organizer a statement on Commitment written by W.H. Murray in “The Scottish Himalayan Expedition” in 1951.

It seemed about time to share it.  Because every word is true:

Why An Open Mind is the Way to World Peace

an open mindMy father taught me many wonderful things, mostly by example, which is the best way to learn. One of the things I most admire about him was that he had a very open mind and respected differing viewpoints. 

That is refreshing in this day and age when people are quick to “unfriend” people who don’t see things the way they do. 

I recall the time my father was at a football game sitting in front of someone rooting for the opposing team. His friend asked why he wasn’t upset about it and my father’s response was simply, “Well, that’s what makes a horse race.” 

When I joined a cult in the 1970s, my father maintained a very open, wait and see attitude before judging me and my guru. He and my mother came to hear my teacher speak and to learn more about what I was involved in. I really didn’t know many parents who were doing that at that time. 

In fact, my father told me about a conversation he had with someone critical of my guru: 

What Were You Doing While the World Was Falling Apart?

what were you doingWhat were you doing while the world was falling apart?  

Imagine your great-grandchildren asking you that question.  Can you be proud of your answer?   

The “seventh generation” principle taught by Native Americans says that in every decision, we must consider how it will affect our descendents seven generations into the future.  It is clearly not embraced by most governments and corporations in the world today. 

It is also at the heart of the Idle No More movement of the Canadian First Nation People. 

The Idle No More movement started in Canada in December 2012 as a response to Canadian Bill C-45 which lowers environmental protection standards for Canadian waterways, much of which passes through the land of indigenous [First Nations] people.   

It’s important to remember that before our ancestors came to North America several centuries ago, this entire continent was indigenous land. 

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