I was published again this past August in Nature’s Pathways Magazine (page 14). The article is titled, Power Prayer and How It Works. I actually wrote this article many years ago. In re-reading it I became focused on a story about “Weather Modification Experiments.” Here is a summary version of what I wrote:
When my two boys were young they were avid soccer players. I used to spend a lot of time going to their practices and games. Living around Chicago, there were many times when bad weather threatened this happy activity. One time as I was driving to a game in a distant suburb of Chicago, I couldn’t help but notice the menacing dark clouds gathering over the area of the soccer field. There was that smell of ozone in the air associated with lightening. I felt myself start to ‘buy into’ this dark scenario and imagining that the game might be cancelled due to the bad weather. But then I suddenly caught myself and snapped out of it. I had the thought that ‘things could be different.’
I decided that I would try a ‘weather modification experiment;’ I would conduct a ‘power prayer’ requesting better weather for the game. I then let it go out of my mind and by the time I arrived at the field the dark clouds had already begun to part. Within a half an hour there was a circle of blue sky up above and then sunshine for miles around with the soccer field located right in the center! This type of scenario played itself out many times over the years my boys were growing up.
When it comes to this type of activity many people become upset that weather might be modified. They would argue that no single person could be entrusted to this, if indeed it could actually be accomplished. The way I see it, if I am the only person using my thought to influence the weather, then I am the one to do it! Most people exclude themselves and therefore have no power or influence.
I feel I should give another example, more recent. Over the past five days the local weather forecasters in the San Francisco Bay area have been telling us to brace for an extremely hot heat wave. This prognosticating started on a Thursday and was relentless throughout the weekend. As I generally hate very hot weather, I started to think that it might be a good time to conduct another ‘weather modification experiment!’ I discussed this with my partner who is also familiar with the concept. You could call it a ‘Power Prayer.’ What we do is to respectfully ask the Spirit of the Weather if we might have more moderate temperatures in place of the forecasted extremely hot heat wave. We also ask that this request be ‘for the highest good of all concerned.’ That way the request gets processed by Higher Mind which removes any possibility for a negative unforseen outcome.
I am writing this on Monday evening. I walked outside a little while ago and it was definitely cold! The heat wave was supposed to have started on Sunday evening and rolled into Monday and Tuesday, but the temperatures Sunday night were moderate and even cold as the famous Bay Area Fog suddenly appeared as if from nowhere. And late this afternoon as I was driving north to Brisbane I noticed the fog was once again moving in to keep us cool. And indeed it has been warm today but not as hot as they predicted. Earlier on they had stated that it would be just as hot on the coastline as elsewhere. This has definitely not come to pass.
If you live in the Bay Area you know that what I am saying here is all true. Of course if you live east of the Bay Area you will be closer to the desert and would at all times experience higher temperatures.
I tell this story so that you can start to believe that you too might have some power over events predicted. You don’t have to watch the boob toob and believe everything they tell you. Take your power back, but do it with “the highest good of all” as your over riding concern and you will start to provide many blessings for man and nature.
