— CAPTAIN PICARD. SAMARITAN SNARE. 42779.1

Actually, the statement isn’t as benign as it might seem at first glance. Because our “wishing” for something can often prevent that something from ever coming about.

The same holds true for some forms of prayer. As they are practiced on many planets, both wishing and prayer incorrectly place all the power of “fulfillment” outside of ourselves. We see ourselves at the mercy of some dictatorial Power which usually doesn’t want what we want—or at least doesn’t care one way or the other. According to this mode of thinking, we are impoverished. We lack. We suffer neglect unless we continually petition this Power, or otherwise show how desperate our need is and how granting our wish would make us so happy.

But what we desperately need is to change this attitude of desperation. What we need is to stop practicing our own spiritual disempowerment.

At this very moment The Universe is ready to give us our heart’s desire. Our desires will often be fulfilled even if we later come to regret it, since taking responsibility for those desires may be an important life’s lesson. For most of us, realizing this—practicing this—is the key.

Think about it: When you raise your arm you don’t wish for it. You just do it. “Making it so” is not that different.

The ability to make my dreams come true lies in my own attitudes. Prayer is the technology for “making it so” by aligning my Self with The Universe.

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The above meditation is taken from Going Boldly on Your Inner Voyage © 1999-2004, IF Books.

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