by Cynthia Sue Larson

There is much we can learn by studying the ancient wisdom of indigenous people regarding manifestation, by which inner desires create outward effects in the physical world.

Major world religions also support the idea that our thoughts and feelings manifest in the physical world, when they recommend prayer as the best means for reaching desired results. While there is general agreement within spiritual communities that our thoughts and feelings create reality, much of the modern world has chosen to forget these ancient teachings. Ever since the western world split science apart from all things spiritual, we have been cut off from retaining a sense of the divine in much of our daily lives.

This separation between science and religion seemed like a good idea at the time Rene Descartes suggested it, because scientists were losing their lives for making heretical statements like, "the Earth revolves around the sun". Western science was able to flourish once it was free from those within the church who wished to suppress scientific exploration, so the division between science and spirit seems to have served us well for the most part. The problem many of us now notice is that when spirit is relegated to a mere compartment in our lives, we lose much more than we bargained for.

Fortunately for us, all is not lost. Cultures with a long tradition of oral history going back thousands of years, such as the Aborigines in Australia and original native Americans such as the Hopi, have long known about the importance of keeping in touch with the divine. Their ancient wisdom resonates with us today, because it transcends cultural and social boundaries, and reminds us of a way of living uncompartmentalized lives.

Open Your Mind to Spirit

Most all indigenous cultures know the importance of feeling interconnectedness and honoring all life. Even the simplest acts of gathering food, whether that food is plant or animal, is understood to be sacred. All food is talked to, sung to, and honored by most indigenous people before it is consumed. The sacred is felt in every stone, every drop of rain, every breeze, and it is known that feeling connected to spirit is necessary for living healthy lives. Inspiration comes from spirit, and can be accessed every moment when we keep our minds open to it.

The Hopi Indians have a word for the "door to the top of the head", or crown chakra. They call it kopavi. The importance of keeping one's kopavi open is that this is the only way to guarantee passage at the time of transition between the ending of this fourth world complete, or Tuwaqachi, and the beginning of the fifth world. Even before the end of this world comes, the Hopi tell us that keeping our kopavi's open and remembering the divine in our lives is one of the most important things we can do.

Open Your Heart to Love

Indigenous peoples keep a sense of integrity in their lives by wanting what they need. They know the greatest wealth we can ever hope to have lies not in material possessions or things, but in loving relationships with others. When we feel loving, we are able to grow and expand our viewpoint and our concept of what is possible. When we don't feel loving, we can easily become obsessed with righteous anger about what or who has wronged us, and worries about what may go wrong in the future. Our bodies are healthiest when we practice the art of loving.

Photos of the Hopi prophecy rock petroglyphs described in LaVan Marineau's book, THE ROCKS BEGIN TO SPEAK, depict two paths that people choose to walk. Those who try to out-do and hold themselves above others find themselves on a dead-end path to a point of no return. The true path of everlasting life is a straight line to the great spirit.

Feel What is Hoped for is Coming True

The word tunatyava means "comes true, being hoped for" to the people of the Hopi nation. This simple word conveys a sense of gratitude and joy that there is no room for doubt in what is coming, because one's prayer has been made fully with open heart and mind. Wishes come true when we keep our faith, and when our idea of what we want and the reality of how we feel about it are in perfect alignment. When we truly know who we are, we find we don't spend time feeling the lack of what we think we need, but instead feel a joy in knowing that what we intend with our mind is exactly what our heart needs.

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I've talked to many people who say, "Yes, yes! I already know all this - it's very simple stuff, really - but I still don't get everything I wish for. I meditate, and I use affirmations to get what I need, but it's not working."

If you feel frustrated because your wishes and prayers are not being answered, you can take heart in knowing that meditation is an excellent tool for self-knowledge, and self-knowledge is essential for manifesting what we truly desire - but we still need patience and self-discipline to continue the practice of meditating. Sometimes it can take days, weeks, or months before the benefits of meditation and self-knowledge will become clear to you, and that's alright. If you feel you are too tired or fall asleep too easily when you meditate, try meditating touching the earth, or a tree, feeling contact with these natural energy sources. You may find yourself feeling much more energized, which gives your wishes and prayers a big boost.

You may find you receive answers in your dreams, in coincidences and synchronicities in your life, or even in sudden inexplicable flashes of insight. When you take time to meditate, open your mind to spirit, open your heart to love, and feel what is hoped for is coming true, I know you will slowly but surely find your dreams starting to come true.

© Cynthia Sue Larson, June, 2001

Cynthia Sue Larson holds a bachelor's degree in physics from UC Berkeley (1982), earned in conjunction with her pursuit of a more complete understanding of reality. Following completion of her MBA degree in 1984, she worked as a project manager at Citibank for seven years at the California Data Center. She is the author of the forthcoming books, Shift Your Reality: How to Create Miracles in Your Life, with preface by Dr. Fred Alan Wolf, and the young adult novel Karen Kimball and the Dream Weaver's Web.

Cynthia writes articles for Magical Blend and Parabola magazines, and Enlightenment.com, Conscious Creation Journal, and Themestream on the internet about reality shifts. She teaches reality shifting workshops, and has been interviewed by Elliot Stein for his Stein Online talk show, and Charles Grotsky on the Technology Trends television show. Cynthia's passion is helping people realize how we all create reality, and that we can consciously improve our lives and the world around us to make our favorite dreams come true. Check out Cynthia's website, where you can subscribe to her fascinating (free!) RealityShifters News monthly ezine.