Carolyn Myss - Invisible Acts of Power

Carolyn Myss, an American medical intuitive and mystic, describes what she calls the "energy of grace." According to Myss, the "power of love, kind words, kind thoughts, and a compassionate response" are a few examples of those actions we can choose that will fill us and others with the energy of grace. In her book Invisible Acts of Power, she lists some of the most powerful things we can do in any moment that we have an opportunity to practice them. They include:

1. Hold a door open.
2. Smile.
3. Offer a kind word and encouragement.
4. Give a compliment.
5. Listen without interruption.
6. Make a call when your intuition tells you to.
7. Offer a prayer for a homeless person.
8. Pray – Period.
9. Forgive others and yourself.
10. Prepare a meal for a friend.
11. Refrain from judging another person harshly.
12. Remember that life is full of miracles and have faith that every difficult situation can change in the blink of an eye.
13. Remember the truth that there is no such thing as a small or insignificant act of service.
14. Keep your power and attention in present time.
15. Begin and end the day in appreciation of either doing or accepting an invisible act of power.

From p. 258-9 in Invisible Acts of Power: Channeling Grace in Your Everyday Life

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LIFE IS A GIFT - POEM BY LALLA

Life is given.
Nothing is earned,
so learn to serve others,
not your own desire and greed
and ego. They steal your energies,
whereas devotion builds your strength
and protects the intelligent flame
that leads to the truth within.

- Lalla
14th Century North Indian mystic


From Naked Song
Versions by Coleman Barks

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service & signs of God - a quote by Auden

The mystics themselves do not seem to have believed their physical and mental sufferings to be a sign of grace, but it is unfortunate that it is precisely physical manifestations which appeal most to the religiosity of the mob. A woman might spend twenty years nursing lepers without having any notice taken of her, but let her once exhibit the stigmata or live for long periods on nothing but the Host and water, and in no time the crowd will be clamoring for her beatification.

— W. H. Auden, "Introduction to The Protestant Mystics"
anthologized in Forewords and Afterwords

[photo is Saint Francis embracing a man with leprosy]

Create joy for others, and know true joy yourself :)

“It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.”

—Dr. Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998); author, professor of special education