Dear Friends,

With the advent of a new year, there is a sense of hope and possibility as well as serious challenges confronting us all.

The zeitgeist of this moment is the co-creation of a different future, transforming both our world and ourselves in extraordinary ways. In Washington yes, and also inside our minds, we are making different kinds of decisions and embracing new possibilities. Within all dimensions of life, something old is passing away and something new is bursting forth.

I hope you will find in my work a valuable contribution to your journey, as you seek to become a serious player in the transformation of the world. It's to time for us to support each other in changing our lives from the inside out. It is certainly time for all of us to step up our prayer and meditation work on behalf of world peace.

A miracle is a shift in perception, and we can have miracles in every facet of our lives. Please check out my articles "Towards a Miracle in the Middle East" as well as "A Spiritual Response to Terrorism."

From personal issues -- dealing with relationships, career and health -- to your global citizenship, I hope you will take advantage of the many offerings I make here. From daily podcasts and radio I'll be doing on Oprah.com, listening to my lectures on MiracleMatrix, reading my books, attending my lectures and/or seminars, traveling on my Study Cruise in March, listening to my meditation tapes, please check out whatever else calls to you. There are other plans as well that I will be announcing over the next few months, so I hope you will stay close via my website, newsletter, etc.

I wish you a year full of blessings. Most of us feel the stress of this moment as well as its opportunities. So let's remember that everyone is doing their best, and all of us are in this together.

Here are some tips for Miraculous Living:

Every day, meditate. Five minutes minimum will change your life (if not the Workbook of A COURSE IN MIRACLES, then some other serious path involving a specific technique. No, just staring into a candle is not meditation! It might be great relaxation, but it is not meditation.)

Every day, pray for the world.

Every day, place any problems, burdens, hopes or dreams you have in the hands of God. Don't just think about it; actually do it.

Every day, forgive -- or at least be willing to forgive -- everyone and everyone.

Voila. There's your recipe for a transformed life. At the very least, let's all try...

All my best,

Marianne

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A Spiritual Response to Terrorism

With your thoughts, you can help build a system of spiritual quarantine for terrorists and would-be terrorists.

You don't have to know who they are. The Creator does.

Just do this.

For a minimum of five minutes every day, meditate in the following way:

Pray that anyone even thinking of committing a terrorist act, anywhere in the world, be surrounded by a huge golden egg.

The eggshell is made of the spiritual equivalent of titanium. It is impenetrable. Any malevolent, hateful or violent thought that emanates from the mind of the terrorist cannot get past the confines of the eggshell. Before the violent thought can turn into violent action, it is stopped by the force of this meditative field.

Energetically, the terrorist is quarantined.

On the inside of the egg, see a shower of golden Light pouring from the eggshell into the heart and mind of the terrorist. Pray for your lost brother. See him or her being healed by the force of divine Love, wrapped in the arms of angels, reminded of who he truly is.

Five minutes. Every day. Tell everyone you know.

by Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
 
----from A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson.
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