Greetings!
I came out of a store with 2 bags and the receipt in my left hand. I had the keys (incl. the car key) in my right hand. I opened the trunk of my car. While I was putting the two bags into the trunk, the wind blew the receipt away. I chased after the receipt. It was a cold, windy day. My running toward the receipt could not match the speed of the blowing wind. In desperation, I yelled at the receipt, "STOP!" I caught the ridiculousness of my action, and at that very moment, I saw the receipt stopped where it was! The wind was still blowing, but the receipt remained still on the ground. A smile had begun to form on my face when I caught my silliness of asking the receipt to stop flying away; then, it blossomed into a smile of awe and gratitude. I walked forward and picked up the receipt. I thanked my angels and guides.
On a hot, humid day last summer, I went to a store to buy grocery. I came out of the store with many bags of groceries. In two of the bags were four boxes of popsicles and a container of ice cream; they were the brands I liked, and, they were on sale. I knew it might not be a good idea to buy them because they might no longer be frozen by the time I got home. I convinced myself the frozen goodies will be fine because I would drive home right away instead of going to one more store as planned. While I was loading the groceries into the car trunk, rain began to pour. In the car, I had to turn on the windshield wipers at full speed because rain was pouring. In my heart, I said, "Oh, no! How am I going to bring the popsicles and ice cream home? I don't want to get myself soaked!" I prayed for the rain to slow down. The rain was pouring in full force as I got off the main road and turned into the driveways of the apartment buildings. I drove past the apartment building next to ours. I said out loud, "Please stop raining! I don't want the popsicles and ice cream to melt!" In the pouring rain, I turned into the parking lot. I parked my car. Right then, the rain stopped! In disbelief, I opened the car door. I put my hand out, and not a single drop of rain fell on my hand! In joy and gratitude, I sang my 'thank you' song *. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, thank you . . . . " (* In moments like this, I sang 'thank you' in my heart because I was outside. Whenever I had a good day shopping, I sang 'thank you' song after I was home. Sometimes my older son joined in the singing too because 'joy is contagious'.)
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I had other past unexplainable experiences, but the old ** me could not recognize the magic of those moments.
** When I had the mystical experiences in the last quarter of 1999, I knew nothing about spirit guides / angels. Some time in the year 2000, I began to read many spiritual books so as to find answers to my experiences. The December 2001 reading by a known angel channel answered some of my questions. The 'Night Vision - Pieces of A Dream' - an incredible phenomenon helped me to recognize the magic and wonders of life. Therefore, when I said the old me, I meant the me before all of these happened.
I had this experience when I was a child. After taking a bath, with my arm extended and hand faced upward, I said, "Give me the towel!" The next thing I knew the towel was in my hand. (The towel used to hang on a bar a little distance from the bathtub.) For a second, I wondered what had happened. I had never said "Give me the towel" before. I did not understand why I did what I did. I did not say anything about it to my family. I remembered that incident, but did not know what to make of it.
One winter morning in the restaurant years, my husband, our younger son and I were in the restaurant getting things ready before opening time. My husband could not take off his jacket because the zipper got stuck. Our son tried to help him. I was doing what I had to do such as filling the steam table with water and getting other things ready. At one point, my son said, "Mom, I cannot help Dad to take off his jacket because the zipper is stuck right below his neck!" In a hurry, I leaned forward with my fingers pointing toward where they stood and chanted "Namo Amituofo". Right then, I heard my son exclaimed, "Mom, how did you do that? Your hand had not even touched Dad's jacket!" My son saw the zipper unstuck and slid down smoothly right in front of his eyes. I shrugged my shoulders because I had no answer to his question. I leaned forward because they stood by the other corner of the steam table. Therefore, I did not see what happened. I knew "Namo Amitufo", but had no idea what prompted me to chant that. Afterward, we continued to do what needed to be done. We did not gather to acknowledge the moment of wonder or give thanks to the Loving Divine as in The Divine knows what will happen and an earth angel awaits .
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In Stories of Birds, Bees, and other signs from the Divine , I shared some wonderful experiences too. I would always remember the afternoon we visited the city park for the first time. I had hoped to see lots of white birds ( seagulls) flying above the artificial body of water, but was disappointed that I did not see any. My husband explained to me that I should not have expected to see any seagull there. I closed my eyes. I said in my heart, "But, I have come to see the seagulls!" I continued to walk along the body of water. Suddenly, a few white birds came, and then more and more white birds came. They put on a show flying gracefully in the air. I was grateful and joyful beyond words. After the first visit, we went to the park once in a while, I saw ducks, but did not see white birds again.
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Some people might brush off those experiences as wishy-washy experiences or might consider those incidents just happened by coincidence. It was their opinion. It was fine. I might have the same opinion if I had not gone through the experiences I had in the last 20 plus years. How true it was that Life Must Be Experienced ! If not for the purpose of this blog, I would have kept most of this kind of personal experiences to myself.
In my Dec. 2001 reading, I learned the names of my spirit guides and angels. I learned they were (are) always present to love and support me; I could ask XXX (one of my angels) to bring in the vast experiences of God / the Loving Divine. I am grateful for the loving presence of my angels and guides.
Do you recognize the moments of wonder / magic in your life?
Ask your angels and guides to bring in more touches of God / the Loving Divine. Recognizing the wonders / magic / grace / beauty in life is a blessing to ourselves. The more we recognize, the more joy we live in. No matter what happens in the outside world, we know our connection with the Divine, and ALL IS WELL.
Love and Blessings,
Q of D
