Checking In & DVD Recommendations

Hello dear readers,

Well time is fleeting these days. A newborn baby is an amazing thing, a spiritual journey in itself. There is a long post I am working on about energy, "matter", and the connectedness of things, but I want to formulate that a little more.

In the meantime, I've been exploring DVD's way past The Secret - wanted to let you in on them:

1) What the Bleep Do We Know - Down the Rabbit Hole edition: with all the extended interviews in it, and the ability to have it show you stuff randomly, this is a fun one to watch over and over again. Interesting to watch the movie that really presaged The Secret, which borrowed greatly from WtB in many, many ways.

2) Introducing Abraham - The Secret Behind the Secret: for many folks, the idea of this (channeling) will cause a dead-stop. That's OK, it did for me for many years. But I've decided to stow away my disbelief and see what I thought. There is interesting stuff here.

3) You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) - Extended edition: what I loved about this was Louise (and the other people featured, especially in the extra interviews on the extended edition), and the learnings they were drawn to, almost as if they couldn't escape them. The learning comes from pain and passion, but in some ways these are ordinary people who just ask "why"? That's how I feel about metaphysics. What about you?

4) Consciousness: this is a multi-disc set of one-on-one interviews, apparently done during a conference on consciousness. The production values are minimal, and some of the interviews (I think there are like 25 or so) annoyed me (some poet blathering on in ryhme, etc.). But others fed me new knowledge, and stoked the fires of curiosity. This stuff is good for therapists in their work too - it touches on existential issues and mental health issues too.

That's all from baby-central. I wish you the best, Your Grateful Guy

Intentions Get Answered - In Big Ways

Folks, this is a personal one today.

Last night, as my wife got 5 hours sleep, I sat with our newly adopted infant son in my arms. He was fairly fussy but I got him to sleep finally lying on me (he likes warmth).

You may have heard the adoption process can be long. Overall, it was, but our wait once "in the queue" (that's after all the trainings, background checks, interviews, etc etc etc) was really only 4 months.

We were at our spiritual community on Sunday and the talk was about intentions, and setting them. This has been a very intentional process all the way through (basically, each hurldle makes your re-affirm your intention.....hmmmm, sorta like being a private practice therapist). When I got home from service, I listed my intentions for 2009. One of them was about fatherhood. And the call that we were to be parents came the next day.

Back to last night - I had Louis Hay's "You Can Heal Your Life" DVD playing (for me) in the dark while the boy tried to sleep (highly recommended, by the way, especially for those with medical issues - much deeper advice than The Secret, etc) - and I cried as I told him that he was an answer to our prayers, and that I'd always remember that, and that he should always know that.

I know there will be struggles, and times when he is less lovely to be around (2, 13, etc), but I figure we set the firmament now.

I feel quite warm and open and just want to share that love with you all. I truly wish you all the experience of having your intentions manifest wonderfully in your life.

Namaste, Your Grateful Papa