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A Simple Manifestation
By Mohammed | September 20, 2007I have a story of a simple manifestation. I debated as to whether or not to tell it as it was a just a small thing, a simple thing really. But sometimes those small and simple things so easily show us how close the big things can be. My favorite spiritual teachers have a saying “It’s as easy to manifest a castle as it is a button”. And that is perhaps true, but of course, we are more resistant to the castle as the button seems so unimportant.
Tuesday afternoon my 2 year old daughter had yet another appointment at the Children’s hospital. K needed a test, the kind of test that a 10 year old could be told to sit still and not move during but a 2 year old needed to be sedated. Yes, the sedation is the scary part for me. She just seems to be lost in a sweet dream but I know that the sweet dream did not come naturally so it is not quite so sweet for me as Mom.
On Tuesday, it was just K and myself. My husband was not able to go with us as there was not a babysitter available for the other girls. It was okay with me. I figured I can always entertain myself with reading or knitting and it would be okay. But of course, there were some nerves leading up to the day.
So Tuesday morning before we went, I spent some fun time taking a bubble bath with 2 of my daughters, some quality time reading inspirational material, a little time writing. Essentially, I just used the time I had to get into a wonderful frame of mind of “All is Well”, counting my blessings, being grateful. It worked because I was really in a happy and connected state of mind.
As I was getting ready to go, Kevin reminded me of the parking at the hospital and how difficult it can be to find a parking place. It really is, you can drive around and around and around the parking garage and still never find a spot.
I laughingly said “I’ll use the Law of Attraction to get me a ‘parker’”. We laughed about that.
As I got in my car I reminded myself of the parking. So I imagined what I considered to be a perfect spot. I thought that it wouldn’t matter which level it was on but the end spot of the row on the first section, that was the ‘parker’ I wanted. Then I took off on the 45 minute drive without giving it a second thought.
As I drove up to the hospital and into the parking garage, I thought again of my wanting that parking space. I drove onto the first level and my parking space was filled. As I drove up to the second level, I actually had a thought of “well, do I deserve that parking space? I mean after all, my child is not really as sick as so many of these children, maybe their parents deserve the parking space” Those thoughts filled my mind as I then passed some empty stalls with a sign that read “Reserved for Bone Marrow Transplant Patients”. My heart stopped for a moment, my breath caught in my throat and I whispered a small prayer of “Thank you God, that I can’t park there and please God, give those children and their parents the strength that they will need” and I drove on.
On to the second level, and my parking space had a car in it. On to the third level, and my imagined perfect parking space was also filled.
I started thinking, “oh well, a parking space is not even important today, I just want K to be okay”.
I drove on up to the roof, the last level of the garage. As I drove out into the bright light I thought, “wow, what a relief to be out of the dark and into the sunshine again, I’d rather park on the roof, any day!” But as I drove up I could see that the parking space that I had envisioned in my mind was again already taken.
But I drove just a few feet further and straight across the lane from my envisioned parking space, in a spot that is on the edge and therefore only available on the roof, was the most perfect parking space I could imagine. It was at the edge, up to the wall so I could look out at the trees and the country club below. The two cars beside it were parked far enough away so that there was no chance in touching them as I unloaded my bag and got my beautiful daughter out of the car.
The parking space was perfect. Much more perfect than I could have even imagined. And while a few years ago I would have just considered that a “lucky break”, I know too much now to think that it was not a deliberate creation on my part.
I felt the gratitude well up in my heart and laughed a little at myself because it did seem like a small thing, a small but magical and wonderful thing. I was grateful throughout my whole being for everything at that moment.
As for the test, my daughter woke up a bit too early from the sedative, she fussed and cried, and had to be put back to sleep for awhile longer. When she finally did wake up for good and I drove her home, she screamed for the entire 45 minutes. But it didn’t matter to me, I was in such a wonderful and grateful state that I just calmly and joyfully drove on home, thankful that our ordeal was over and we would soon feel the comforts of being at home.
And the really good news is, all of her tests from Tuesday came back completely normal.
I love this post! I really do. I think it just has all of this love for my daughter
and a memory of a day that was really wonderful even though the situation could have
been stress-filled. This post brings me Happy Feelings!
So I am honored that this post was included as a “featured writer” post in the
Personal Development and Happiness Carnival: Issue 20
from December 9, 2007. My friend, Alex Blackwell hosts the carnival at his amazing blog
The Next 45 years.com.
September 20th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Im glad to hear the tests all came back normal.
September 20th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Thank you, Yes that was very good news and of course a wonderful relief!
September 20th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
What a day! I’m glad your daughter’s tests came back normal and that you had a peaceful day despite all that happened.
September 20th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Thanks, Mary,
You know I think “peaceful day” comes down to your own state of mind rather than any circumstances that happen!
September 20th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
So glad to know that things went well…taking time to look around is the most important gift we can give ourselves in finding peace.
Hugs,
Holly
September 20th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Thanks Holly,
Yes, I think it is that consciousness of gratitude and the blessings in our lives that can really make our lives better.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
I seem to remember testing the LOA like that with a button once. Like you said to me then “You did it!”
I finally posted that meme you tagged me for. Sorry it took so long.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
No problem Priscilla, there are so many memes that it seems that we could do a new one every single day, so I actually am feeling more protective of my time and which ones feel the best to do and forgetting the others!
But that one was sooo much fun!
Yes, you are right “I did it” and it was a wonderful and awesome experience!
September 20th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
What a beautifully-told story. And I’m so happy you had good news in the results!
September 20th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Thank you Kelly! (Especially for that first sentence)
I appreciate you stopping by!
September 20th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
So glad that all the tests came back normal.
What a wonderful post!
September 21st, 2007 at 3:52 am
How lovely to read your happy ending. There’s nothing more stressful than your children being unwell, and to be able to keep calm under that stress is a real gift. Very inspiring post!
September 21st, 2007 at 6:52 am
Yes, Hopeful Spirit, I am so grateful that those tests came back normal.
Thanks for stopping by!
September 21st, 2007 at 6:53 am
Emma, you are so right but really the best gift we can give to them is our calm energy and connected love.
Thanks for stopping by!
September 23rd, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Good to know all is well. I can totally relate to the story. Some time when we are inspired and grateful and joyous we feel connected and any unintentional/intentional thought in that second seems to manifest itself. Dream->Desire->Let Go. I guess because we think it is so stupid and laugh at it we unintentionally let it go and are not even bother as we are on an unknown level certain that it will happen. Great post !
September 23rd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Thanks Biggs!
That is truly such a sweet and wonderful state to be in. If I could only learn to stay in that place of perfect gratitude, perfect “all is well”, perfect Joy……..
September 29th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Hello Karen,
It is a nice story of a grateful heart and how this has brought peace and calm to you and anyone who is grateful. I am glad your daughter’s report is fine.
This is so true, when I practice to be grateful to even small things, like being able to enjoy a nice cup of hot coffee sitting near my window watching the rain..I am already very thankful. Recently, I have had a few good encounters on the law of attraction. It is too long to share it here, you can read it here
http://www.mindthinksuccess.com/self-confidence/the-secret
Be Blessed
Gamy
September 29th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Gamy,
If Gratitude did nothing else but this it would be wonderful enough. Gratitude feels good, Gratitude feels awesome, Gratitude feels so joyous!
But the bonus is how much more gratitude can do!!
Thanks for stopping by!
September 30th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Hi Karen,
As you see I’m going around your site, and I’m liking it a lot!
Let me tell you that finding a parking space in a place where it’s normally ‘impossible’ was the inflection point for me from “well.. this LoA thing sounds good” to “it DOES work!”.
As I was driving towards this place I envisioned a parking space “at the door”. And I found it. From then on, I believe in LoA.
Small achievement and huge at the same time.
I also want to say that I’m happy your daugther is healthy.
Love to you and her,
Patricia
September 30th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
[...] In A Simple Manifestation Karen Lynch describes the action of momentum in an incident in her life. In this post she describes visualizing a parking space, then letting it go. She didn’t get the parking space she visualized. She got one better. A small thing, but one for which she was grateful. The gratitude colored her day, allowing her to be face the events of the afternoon with equanimity as the momentum of the feeling carried her through. [...]
September 30th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Be my guest Patricia! It is my pleasure to have you check out my entire site!
Thank you for your kind wishes!
October 1st, 2007 at 7:42 am
Karen:
What a wonderful, uplifting story. I kept reading, hoping that you would finally announce that you found your perfect parking spot. It read like a mystery novel, even though that probably wasn’t your intent. LOL.
There was something about your writing that made me feel as if I were there. When I got to the last part about your daughter screaming on the way home but you remained in a state of calm and gratitude, I suddenly had this image of a smiling, mother behind the wheel of the car while the little girl was screaming at the top of her lungs. It made me smile b/c that’s the state of mind we all should strive for – being calm in the center of a storm kind of thing.
GREAT article!
Stephen
October 1st, 2007 at 9:42 am
Thank you Stephen!
The image you had of the smiling mother was exactly how it really was! I was smiling and she was screaming. I was trying to drive carefully and some guy even flipped me off on the freeway, I suppose for not going over the speed limit and he must have been in a hurry!But that didn’t even bother me!
Thank you Stephen, I really love to write and your comments make my day!
October 19th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
I stumbled upon your page, something in the first few lines got me interested so I read all the way thru…want to tell you that as I read thru each level my mind was picturing the outdoor parking space I ended up in on a similar journey with my son. I was so delighted to be outside and not in one of those awful parking garages (I hate them, but it was the only option) I was delighted to learn that you had found a similar “end of the tunnel” … hope you took a few minutes to enjoy it before you headed to the dr’s office/lab.
October 19th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
I did. It was really so wonderful to be back out into the sunlight and it was such a beautiful day!
Thank you for your comment.
Thank you for stopping to read.
You made my day today!
November 4th, 2007 at 10:05 am
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December 9th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
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Akemi
December 9th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Karen…I am glad to hear all tests were normal. Many more blessings to you and your daughter.
..on castle and button: maybe the button is more likely because we worry an unexplained button would be much easier to explain than an unexplained castle.
peace and wonder,
CG
December 9th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
I suppose you are right! An unexplained castle would be a bit difficult to explain!!
What a fun and happy thought!
thanks for stopping by!
December 12th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Thanks for sharing your story of your perfect parking space. At my Unity church, we usually end a prayer request with the words, “or something better”, acknowledging that God always know what our limited mind doesn’t. We are unlimited.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:50 am
[...] Back in September, I wrote about finding a perfect parking place (A Simple Manifestation) in a place where it is often very difficult to find a parking place at all, let alone a “perfect” one. It may have been a small thing. It was just a small thing. But I was so happy and grateful about it and that day, which could have been very difficult, turned out to be a very good day. And the parking space was just a part of that gratitude. [...]
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