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(if we can get twelve people to read this, it is guaranteed to work)
This exercise is an effort to expand honesty, openness, sincerity, clarity, and truth. We will meditate on a mental tableau that will strengthen and assist the Karmic forces that are independent of us all. Our purpose is to promote the good, not to punish the evil. Karma works in its own way.
These are only words that are symbolic of actions that are beneficial to good Karma. Thoughts are only words that precede all actions and Karma is the result of the actions themselves. With our words, we wish to create thoughts. With our thoughts, we wish to create actions. With our actions, we create Karma - whether we wish or not.
The first step is to imagine yourself at your favorite lake and the waters are very still. It is a warm day and there is no wind. The sky is blue with several large white thunderhead clouds above. They are reflected perfectly in the still waters of the lake.
You have five pebbles, one for yourself and one for each of four friends. You stand at the edge of the lake. It is very quiet. You pitch the first pebble underhanded out into the lake. Ripples flow from the impact and the perfect reflection is disturbed from the
small waves created by the pebble. After about a minute, all is still once again.
You pitch the second pebble and meditate on the ripples as they come closer to you. For just a moment, the sun glistens upon the water. You squint your eyes.
You pitch the third pebble and you reflect upon the beauty of nature. The reflection in the water transforms into another reality. The water ripples to the edge of the bank before it finally settles and returns to a level and tranquil canvas of nature.
You think of your friends as you pitch the fourth pebble into the deep. You hear the pebble hit the water and you see the water jump at impact. You watch the ripples race each other until they finally disappear into stillness.
You look at the perfect reflection that lies before you as you hold the last pebble in your hand. In an instant it is gone, as you pitch it high and far out into the lake. In the middle of the lake, you see a large fish jump out of the water and you see the small
waves as they ripple outward in concentric circles. After a couple of minutes, the waves are lapping the shoreline. As you turn to walk away, you feel a slight breeze upon your forehead. You sense that something has changed.
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One of the purposes of this exercise is to instill faith and restore hope in our friends that may feel all is lost. Your words and your thoughts are precious. We cannot know the impact of our words, but we know in our hearts that words spoken with honesty and truth have so much more strength and possibility than those spoken with intent to deceive or spoken not in earnest. Words have colors. Some are green and are poison when spoken. Others are red and are as lovely as a rose.
But it is words that compose our thoughts and reflect what is in our hearts. And it is our thoughts that create actions. And it is actions that give birth to Karma.
Peace to all.
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