Using Miracles and Fairy Tales For Spiritual Healing and Spiritual Renewal

Allow yourself to wander back in time when miracles were natural - when running on the beach and a speck of sand sparked splendid visions; when l you dreamt of traveling to Never never land, believed that the Emerald City was around the coma- and you talked to imaginary friends.

In each generation we have inherited tales that have sparked our imagination and fulfilled our dreams. Remember... The good witch that gently stroked Dorothy on the head and said, "Tap your feet three times and make a wish." Dorothy clicked the heels of her red ruby slippers and whispered, "I want to go home. I want to go home. I want to go home." Remember... Peter Pan hovering above Wendy and saying, "think beautiful thoughts." So she imagined candy canes, snowy days and beautiful sunsets, and to her amazement she was lifted up to the embedded in it, moving through it, part of by Marvin Barrett, author of "Spare Days," ceiling, out the large bedroom window and flew across the moon.  

Fairytales, legends and myths are filled with mystery and miracles. It is customary to read these thrilling tales to our children and stimulate their imagination and awe of life. However, after we tiptoe out the door we leave behind our childhood innocence and go back to "reality." Our hearts try to hold tight to the extraordinary stories of virgin births, parting seas, candles burning for weeks on end and ordinary humans talking to angels and gods.   Unfortunately, the stress of daily living dims our inner sight and at times blows out the light. Tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, wars, poverty and illness are headline news. Sometimes we have to thumb through many sections of the newspaper before we find a story that leaves us with inspired goose bumps. Often, without realizing we lose our reverence and faith.  

The child in us has fought too many life-dragons and we put Wendy and Peter away in a vault. We forget how and why miracles happen. However, Dorothy and Peter's story demonstrates how miracles occur in our lives. If you truly want to peek behind the starlit miracle curtain you have to be ready to enter the unknown; ready to take on what you fear the most. YOURSELF!   Dorothy traveled through Oz fighting and killing the wicked witch. Wendy battled pirates and fairies. Both young girls carried with them an ancient understanding that helped them manifest the miracle they wished for; the threefold knowledge of intention, passion, courage and belief. Creating an intention is a powerful energetic seed for miracles.   Look around. Everything around you is energy. Even the dust particle floating through the air is energy. Your dog, roses in your garden, the moon, the sun, the hamburger you just ate, your curtains and you yourself are energy. All of life is a phenomenon. Physicists know that supernatural energy fields connect the material world. They know that everything down to the bottom of the germy barrel of grime consists of moving, wiggling atoms.  

Physicists agree that your relationship with others and the world, how you see, feel, receive, perceive and experience life is how life will be. As you change your perceptions, turn the kaleidoscope 360 degrees; you can change what is attracted to you. Therefore your thoughts, your emotions and your beliefs are magnets. There lies the secret of miracles. Within you!   In their inspirational and motivational book on universal thought, "A New Beginning," Jerry and Ester Hicks state. "Your natural state is that of well-being." Now, who was taught to believe that as a child? Well, maybe some of you were told to "think" positively as Peter instructed Wendy. Maybe you were inspired to follow your dream, as Glenda the good witch encouraged Dorothy.

Our parents may have loved us, but they also wanted to protect us from catching a cold, getting hit by a car, being hurt by a friend and whatever else; thus unconsciously taught us to doubt.   The Hicks teach, "The creative life-force, or energy of the universe, flows through you and literally connects you to all that is. Through your attention, or focus of thought you draw the specifics unto you." The Hicks continue, "If you are feeling negative emotion, you are. in that moment, in the mode of attraction. Most often you are, in that moment, resisting something that you want."  

Born in poverty, Abraham Lincoln became President and abolished slavery; Thomas Edison made numerous attempts until he discovered electricity; Einstein, an academic failure had a daydream that led to his theory of relativity. Traumatized by rape Maya Angelou was mute throughout her childhood and went on to become a famous author, poet and advocate for civil liberties. All mythical and religious heroes had one thing in common; they created miracles through their passion, courage and belief. These ingredients are the "life force" that the Hicks claim "flows through you and connects you, attracts you to all that is." "As you are focusing upon...and thereby attracting... that which is in harmony with that which you consider good, your inner being offers you the feeling of positive emotion as acknowledgement of your positive connection," state the Hicks. Simply put. what you focus on you attract.  

That's what miracles are all about... unleashing the source of power; the life-force energy that vibrates in every cell. This takes deep concentration; willful-power and intention, focus and the release of emotions that block your belief and faith. The power of legends and myths helps you identify with the ordinary person whose heroics obtain the "big" goal.   Dorothy didn't know if Oz existed and yet she never gave up. Along the way she met the lion that had no courage, the tin man who had no heart and the straw man who didn't have a brain; together they followed the yellow brick road. Together they were triumphant and gained an audience with the wizard, who then told them that the courage, love and insight they sought, were inside of them; the wizard himself held no power; they held the power.   Miracles are ordinary. They are happening around us every minute; the birth of a baby, the earth rotating on its axis, a rainbow after a storm, the citizen who saves a drowning dog or the fireman who risks his/her life to rescue a child from a burning house. As you light the bright holiday lights this season, remember, miracles are everywhere for you to create and receive if you have the courage to live from your heart. For more information on finding miracles in your life visit my website at www.MartaLuzim.com                                                                 

Copyright 2009 Marta Luzim.    

Marta J. Luzim, M.S., is a psychospiritual therapist, novelist, poet, and playwright. For more information on Spiritual Healing, Holistic Healing, and Spiritual Awakening, please visit her website at http://www.martaluzim.com