The Art of "B L E S S I N G"

Here we see a beautiful picture of the outward expression of BLESSING a newly married couple. This is a natural out pouring of love at this special time in life.

Years ago I was introduced to the idea of BLESSING all situations when I picked up the book, "The Gentle Art of Blessing" written by Pierre Pradervand. In this beautiful book, Pierre shares his personal story about how he learned about the power of blessings, when he was forced to make a very difficult decision in his career. If he kept his job, the decision he would have to make would violate the most elementary professional ethics, so he quit.

However, in the following weeks he observed that he was developing a deep-seated resentment against the people who had put him in such an impossible situation. He had never experienced anything like it before. He said he felt and behaved like a total victim.

Then, he came across a writing that said to BLESS everything, even those that do wrong against you. And that was his doorway into healing his own situation. In addition, it became the these of the very powerful book, I mentioned above "The Gentle Art of Blessing".

For me, I was looking for what I might do, as an antidote for "judging". BLESSING became the answer for me!!

In today's world, we are exposed through the media, television and newspapers about SO many situations, which we can't really handle personally. SO, why not BLESS them. In this way, the burden of them is taken away and you've actually made a difference in the outcome.

Although you may not see an immediate change, each BLESSING or PRAYER is heard and does make a difference.

I spent much time BLESSING so many situations as I was reading his book. It became a practice for a long time. As I write this blogs, I'm reminded of Ageless Wisdom Truths, this being one of them and it helps me to fine-tune my practice refining it once again day by day.

Here is another way, in which "little" things are really "big" things. Practices such as this help us to align with the energy of the planet and in doing so, we uplift our own vibration, aligning more deeply with the nature itself. And as we align with nature, we become in the flow...and life becomes easier.