A.R.E.'s Thought for the Day and my experience of Thought

Greetings!

One night in 2011, I went to a forum.  Before the gathering was over, there was a drawing for prizes.  There were about 12 prizes.  Seeing the filled auditorium, I thought, "Those who win a prize deserve the prize, and I am happy for them."  So names were called, and people went up the stage to receive the gift.  I said in my heart to every person that won a prize, "I am happy for you."  Near the end, a thought came, and I ended up getting a prize!  (Re My thought and the outcome )

In that post, I wrote it was interesting how my thought correlated with the outcome.

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As an A.R.E. member, I receive Thought for the Day *  on my phone (through my email acct.) every morning around 6 a.m.  ( * excepts / words of wisdom from Edgar Cayce channeled readings)  Some mornings I wake up and grab the phone to read the Thought for the Day .  If not, I  read it while I am on the computer later in the day.  I may have many unread emails, but Thought for the Day is not one of them.

Over the years, I found the excerpts uplifting and helpful in my spiritual journey.  Occasionally, Thought for the Day  turned out to be the answers to the questions that I held before I went to sleep.  When this happened, I logged in to read the whole reading.

On May 28, 2025, I received the following Thought for the Day -

"The mind governs the body more or less; consequently, the mind should dwell on beautiful things if we would have a healthy body."

I recalled my reaction was 'Ah, our mind governs the body."  It was somewhat interesting, but I did not search for the reading.

In the afternoon, I thought of what to eat for lunch.  (I ate when I felt hungry.  I did not have a fixed time for meals.)  Before cooking, I tried to open a glass jar of seasoning.  After a few tries, I just could not move the lid a bit.    

I had difficulty opening jars from time to time.  Sometimes I used the techniques ** I knew, and still could not open a jar / bottle.  (** e.g. put the jar under hot tap water for a while, turn the jar upside down and tap at the bottom a few times, or use paper / towel so as to have a better grip of the lid / jar)  I normally tried and tried to do it by myself before I asked for help.  My son often opened it with ease.  Seeing how easily he did it, sometimes I wondered if I had not applied the strength in my hands correctly while I tried to move the lid.  But then, I had to admit he was stronger than I was.  He was a bodybuilder, and I was not into exercise.  I saw other women lifted up a 24-pack of bottled water with ease.  It was not my case.

My son was at work that day.  When my son was not home, there had been times I asked my guides and angels to help me.  Amazingly, sometimes I got an idea as what to do, and was able to open a jar.  That afternoon I did not pray for help.

Holding the jar in my hand, I decided to give it one last try.  It did not work.  Disappointed, I thought "Oh, my hands are so "  Right then I paused (my thought).  I recalled the words in the Thought for the Day, and realized it was a negative adjective/label for my hands .  With a smile on my face, I said in my mind, "I am going to open the jar with ease."  I put my hand on the lid of the jar.  Incredibly, I did not need to apply any force!  I simply lifted up the lid.  It was as if the jar had already been opened.  To be honest, when I replaced the previous thought with a new positive thought, I was like a little girl who was trying to have some fun; I held no expectations.  I am a senior now.  It was (is) this little girl within that helped me see the fun, joy, magic and beauty of life.  

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While I was writing this post, I noticed A.R.E. had sent out a circulating file on The Nature of Mind on May 12.  I had not read the file.  It had 69 pages which included everything that Edgar Cayce said about the mind during his channeled readings.  In the same email was a short video on Thoughts Are Things.  In the video, John Van Auken shared his own experience in focusing on positive thoughts, and the importance of getting into a pattern of pausing before thought / capturing a thought before you let it become too powerful.  He said Edgar Cayce had said during one of his channeling sessions that new thoughts overshadowed old thoughts; therefore, it was important to focus on positive thoughts.

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The two experiences I shared were almost 14 years apart.  In other words, I had not paid enough attention to my thoughts in between those years.  The experience on May 28, 2025 certainly reminded me of the importance of my thoughts.

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It is never too late to begin focusing on positive thoughts and getting into a pattern of pausing before thought / before reacting to life situations.

Thank you, Loving Divine, Edgar Cayce, and all the wonderful teachers / friends at A.R.E.

Love and Blessings,

Q of D

  

I got a name in a dream, and police cars in the parking lot

Greetings!

One morning, I woke up from a dream.  

Here was the dream -

Two sisters were talking to a male friend.  I seemed to be the younger sister.  The older sister in the dream was not my sister in life.  We seemed to be in our late teens to early 20 s.  The male friend was tall with above average built.  Suddenly, we heard men chatting and footsteps.  We were on the top floor of a 3 or 4 story house.  The older sister said, "Oh, No!  Father and his friends are coming up the stairs!  Father does not like XXXXXXX (the male friend)!  What are we going to do?"  The me in the dream thought for a brief while.  I walked to the top of the stairs, and said loudly, "Father, you are home!  XXXXXXX is here.  He comes to visit us.  He is about to leave."  Then I walked back to where they stood.  I said, "Don't worry!  Father will not get mad in front of his friends.  And, XXXXXXX should leave right away after greeting our father."  (The characters in the dream were Europeans.)

I woke up from the dream.  Later, I wrote it down in my journal.  At the end, I wrote "Who is XXXXXXX?"

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A few days later I went to a lecture on mantras.  

I had gone to this place before.  The founder (deceased) dedicated his life for service to humanity and peace of the world.  His students in U.K. and different places in U.S.A. continued with the mission.  This place had good energy.  It showed the devotion of the students to the founder as well as their dedication for service.

Later I learned those of us who had learned the mantras were welcomed to participate in the prayer service for world peace which was held once a week at night.  I raised my hand to tell the lecturer that I did not drive much at night in recent years, and would join them in spirit from home.  The teacher / lecturer was kind and accepting.  She said she had friends that did not like driving at night too.

While I was about to leave, a man volunteered to pick me up for the service at night.  (He was one of the ministers.)  I thanked him, but declined to accept his offer.  I told him it was too much trouble for him to pick me up and drive me home.  He asked where I lived, and said it was no trouble at all for him to do that.  Then he said his name.  He was tall with above average built.  I smiled and accepted his kind offer.  After all, peace for the world had always been important to me.

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On the night he was supposed to pick me up, I waited outside of the apartment.  Later, I got a call that he had been driving around and could not find the building that I lived.  I learned he drove a truck.  While we were on the phone, I spotted his truck in a distance in another parking lot.  I told him to stay where he was while I walked over there.  

There was a traffic jam on the way to the place.  We were half an hour late for the service.  I got to participate in 3/4 of the service.  It was a new experience for me.  I was grateful to take part in the service for peace.

The drive home was smooth.  However, the second this brother drove his truck into the parking lot, I could sense we were being watched!  The parking lot was usually not full at all at night, but it was different this night.  I saw a few unmarked police patrol vehicles!  (I saw these vehicles in the school parking lots from time to time.)  One of the vehicles immediately drove right in front of the truck and kind of blocking the truck.  The policeman looked directly and intensely at me.  I realized what might have happened.  I smiled at the policeman to let him know I was fine.  He moved his vehicle to the side and drove away.  

The brother had a big truck.  I did not know much about cars.  His truck was much bigger than the regular trucks.  Somebody in the neighborhood might have seen this unfamiliar big truck driving around, and thought of the news about crimes such as kidnapping.  He or she might have called the police after seeing me getting into the truck.  

The brother might not have noticed anything unusual that night.  I had not talked about it.  After some thought, I decided not to participate in the service at night anymore.  It was too much trouble / time consuming for the brother to come to my place and drive me home afterward.

I attended their Sunday service once in a while.  Last month I went to join their service for peace when it took place during daytime on a Saturday.  They had always treated all that came with kindness and respect.  I felt at ease sitting among them.  

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In zoom meetings, sometimes channels and readers gave short readings for those that attended.  Most people did not know much about me because I rarely spoke up.  One day, a channel said, "You are pretty established in your dream world."  Some people went to sleep with an intent of what to dream or explore.  I did not.  It was interesting to find how closely my dreams and the reality were interconnected.

Good Night!  Have Fun Dreaming!

Love and Blessings,

Q of D

   

A Woman's Words of Wisdom

Greetings!

I went to a store.  Later, I lined up at a checkout lane behind a woman who was probably in her 30 s.  

The woman looked back at me, a senior woman who was carrying a shopping basket.  Immediately, she moved all her items close to the register.  She signaled for me to put the shopping basket on the conveyor belt.  With a kind smile, she said, "Sometimes it gets heavy carrying a shopping basket."  I smiled, and put the basket on the conveyor belt.  The woman's kindness touched my heart.  I thanked her, and said, "I can see kindness all over your face."  She let out a beautiful smile, and said, "Kindness has no price.  It does not cost us anything.  We should be kind to one another."

Many people wanted to know what was their life purpose.  Some set out to do great deeds.  The small deeds we did day in and day out were not any less than what the society deemed as great deeds.  In Who are we and the meaning of life, the Being of Light stood by and kindly told Dannion the meaning of life.  

"Humans are powerful spiritual beings meant to create good on the earth," he said.  "This good isn't usually accomplished in bold actions, but in singular acts of kindness between people."   The little things count because they show who you truly are.  You do it spontaneously.

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As we go about our daily life, let us remember the woman's words of wisdom -

Kindness has no price.

It does not cost us anything.

We should be kind to one another.

Love and Blessings,

Q of D