The Master of the House

This morning Hubby was watching a movie called "What the Bleep Do We Know?" I think it was interesting, because the last time we tried to watch it, the disk wouldn't play. We thought it was corrupted somehow. He said he got it to work without doing anything special. Which was interesting, because he did the same thing for a ceiling fan that stopped working a few days ago. Just his touch seemed to do the trick. He is the Master of the House.
I bring the movie up because it's a documentary wound around a fictional story of a woman learning about the cosmic side of life. There are interviews with quantum physics professors and chemists and spiritual advisers all explaining the spiritual side of matter and our physical presence.
I remember the first time we saw that film. We were on a family vacation with our teenage son, and I sat between Hubby and Sonny boy. Hubby was entranced and elated by the film; Sonny boy was distracted and pissed off by it. And when I sit next to someone who hates a movie, it bothers me to the point of not enjoying it myself. Funny, now that Sonny boy is studying molecules and quarks and atoms and such, he might like this movie.
We've always taught him that thoughts are things, our minds are the blueprints to our lives, and spirit is eternal. All this is so easy when he was 5, so hard when he was 15. A few years ago we were driving somewhere and he was telling me, "I always forget things." In my motherly advice/spiritual guidance counselor voice I say, "if you rephrase it in your head and say I'll always remember, it will be more productive." To which he responds. "the universe does not respond. " Then mumbled under his breath, "I hate you." I only laughed. Deep inside I know we've planted seeds in his head to cosmic thinking, and like it or not, they grow......what else are parents for, anyway?
So, I will tell you some of my favorite affirmations because they are the positive thoughts and brilliant life builders that can bring you goodness. And if not that, at least replace negative thought patterns that deliver more negative thoughts, emotions and physical disruptions. Not that affirmations can relieve serious, horrible things like huge catastrophes such as wars, hurricanes, meteors, or the coming of 2012 (haha), but affirmations can be calming.
Like lately I've wanted to create more friends in my life. I went to my little Metaphysical Meditations book that I've had for 40 years! There isn't a Create more Friends section, so I decided that friends are like prosperity and picked this one: In helping others to succeed, I shall find my own prosperity. In the wellness of others, I shall find my own well being and create a deep well of groovy friends. I added that last part.
So instead of wondering why didn't that person text me back, answer my email, invite me over? I repeat my affirmation lovingly. It makes me feel in control.
When my Hubby was working on a really tough project a few years back, we went to the little worn blue book and found the most perfect " boss" type affirmation. It went like this: I am the prince of peace sitting on the thrown of poise directing the kingdom of activity.
And I will always remember my first affirmation. I was 20, the 20 year old sister of a friend had been killed in a motorcycle accident, and the family was a collective emotional wreck. The friend who introduced me to Yogananda and his Metaphysical Meditations had me flip through the little book until my finger rested on a random saying. It was this one. I will help weeping ones to smile, even though it is difficult.