Words have always been used as a tool for creation. If you have ever read the Bible, you may have noted something very interesting in the Book of Genesis and in the New Testament which tells about the creation of our present earth. When the earth was void and without form, the power that we now call God existed as a vapor (spirit, life force, or energy) full of potential, just waiting to differentiate into liquid and solid form that we now know as our daily reality. How did God create the world of dense matter? Through the creative power of words!
First, was the word, and the word was with God. The spoken word was used to manifest atmosphere, bodies of water, water creatures, lush foliage and trees, birds, animals and human flesh. This could have happened instantaneously or it could have happened over a period of thousands of years, but the point is that the spoken word made things happen. Words are the powerful, creative forces by which "something-ness" was brought forth from nothingness. Each thing the spoken word created was given the ability to continue the creative process by reproducing in like kind, but humans were a cut above. Being made in the image of God, humans could continue the creative process in the same manner as God -- by speaking things into existence. From this account of creation, we realize that words contain powerful vibrations. For example, in Genesis 1:3 "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light." With no other tools or building materials, the Creator engineered the very world we live in and the planet we live on by speaking it into existence. Many people do not realize that humans also have the Divine ability to speak and create. For that reason, we take our words for granted.
There is one scripture many folks would rather not deal with because it calls us to be responsible for everything we create. Many devout and faithful folks want to avoid Genesis 1:26 which says "Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over all the earth.'" Rule over the earth? That means to be responsible for everything that goes on here and to give an account to the Universe, or God. We are responsible for our own lives and everything we create with our words, thoughts and deeds.
I am always surprised and inspired by the world we live in, the wonders and purpose of nature, the concept of time, and the reason for the existence of each being on planet Earth. When we contemplate on these things, we discover our place in the scheme of creation and we recognize that there are unseen forces at work wishing to communicate with us. These unseen forces are Universal Laws which cannot be broken regardless of whether we believe they exist or not. You do not have to believe in the Law of Gravity, but if you jump off the roof you will not fly like Superman; you will land with a thud. One of the laws of the universe is the Law of Reciprocity, better known as the principle of sowing and reaping which means that what we sow, we will reap. If we sow harmful words, they will produce harmful results. If we sow loving and kind words, we will reap love and kindness. Think of words as boomerangs. What you believe and speak will come back to you.
Getting a Clear Signal
When we empty our minds of social clutter and learn to listen to the forces of nature, and cooperate with the Laws of the Universe, God becomes our Instructor.
The American Indians understood the principles of nature's symbols, cycles and instruction. They "listened" to the voice of The Great Spirit and then "spoke" the reality to their tribes. They projected these varying degrees of divine intelligence into consciousness through words and rituals and experienced the resulting fruits of the Spirit. They not only heard the voice of Spirit, they respected nature and every being on Mother Earth for they are vehicles for the voice of God.
It is said that we create our own reality in an altered state of consciousness, but I declare to you that we also do this consciously and unconsciously on a daily basis through the secret power of our words. The subconscious mind is the storehouse of everything we ever were and will become. We carry the cellular memory recorded in it. The mind carries spoken messages to every cell in the body; each cell having its own intelligence. For example, we take the beating of our heart and our breathing and sleeping for granted, yet this is one of the mysteries of the subconscious mind.
Look at the Bible Scholar and Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce. He used his spiritual gift of prophecy to give over 14,000 documented clairvoyant readings to more than 6,000 people within a period of forty-three years. While in a trance-like sleep he gave medical diagnoses and remedies that cured people and answered metaphysical questions. This caused quite a stir among the religious folk of his day because it didn't fit their theology and limited thinking. It tends to be that anything out of the ordinary that we can't explain with doctrine, is automatically considered taboo before it has a chance to bear fruit.
As surely as false prophets are in the church, true prophets are at our New Age bookstores and psychic fairs. Don't be alarmed if someone uses divination tools such as Tarot cards, Runes, gemstones or tea leaves to "read" the word of the Lord. The priests of the Old Testament used divination tools called the urim and thummin (probably gemstones) to determine a "yes" or "no" answer in seeking the Lord for guidance. It takes being in tune with your own Divine spirit and intuition to sense the difference between a prophet who hears from God for the benefit of encouraging others and those who are in the business for selfish or harmful reasons. You can't judge a book by its cover, nor can you judge a prophet by whether his or her prophecies come true.
Activating the Broadcast Channel
Many ancient holy men received the "word" while contemplating God, or perhaps they were in the temple performing a holy rite or ritual such as prayer and meditation when an angel appeared to them. Through the rite or prayer they activated something that spiritual people call the Stellar Circuit, which is a part of the mind or spirit embedded in the chakras. The term chakra may be unfamiliar to you because our western psychology and medical teaching and practices have left out this vital part of the human's subtle anatomy. It is intuitively discerned by those who are able to sense the flow of energy. Chakra is a Sanskrit term meaning "wheel." These spinning wheels or vortexes of energy are different colors and are located in different parts of the subtle body, or soul centers in each person. There are seven major chakra located on the body, and others above it. They are numbered from the base of the spine to the top of the head. The root chakra is located at the tailbone; the second (sacral) chakra between the genital area and the navel; the third chakra just above the navel; the fourth (heart) chakra between the breasts; the fifth in the thyroid region of the neck; the six (third-eye) between the brows; and the seventh in the crown of the head. The chakras exchange energy and messages between the physical body and the auric field surrounding the body. Because each of these energy channels have a specific physical, mental, emotional and spiritual function, they are important to the overall health of an individual. Through these centers, we receive the messages of clairaudience, clairvoyance, clairsentience and other Divine abilities to perceive what the Spirit is communicating.
Clairaudience is the divine ability to hear beyond the physical auditory level. Clairvoyance is the divine ability to see with spiritual eyes things not visible to the physical eye. Clairsentience is the ability to feel etheric energies or pick up on the feelings of others. Some will call this form of communication "psychic ability" while the Bible calls it "gifts of the Spirit." Terminology is not as important as the results. How do we actually "activate" these channels so that we too, can have this experience? By clearing away falsehood, self-pity, emotional pain, unforgiveness, co-dependency, judgment and other lower aspects of consciousness that block the chakras and prohibits spiritual growth.
Jesus and His Use of Words
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it." (John 14:12-14)
Greater works than Jesus? He performed a lot of miracles as recorded in the Bible. Are you walking on water yet? From the above passage, we should be able to do the same and even more! Jesus gave numerous demonstrations of healing, he talked to the wind and calmed a storm, and He called Lazarus forth from the dead. His use of words should be encouraging examples to us. They illustrate that we, too, can repeat or chant words of power and create positive transformation in our lives and the lives of others.
Jesus was assertive in His faith. It was through the spoken word that Jesus healed the sick and raised the dead to life again. At times He would ask His "patient" a question to test his or her faith, and get a reading of their willingness to accept the changes that would be coming as a result of the miracle He was about to perform. Jesus also used other tools such as spitting into the dirt to make a poultice for the eyes of a blind man, but He didn't carry a bag of paraphernalia with him. His word had authority and He used it as His primary tool for creation.
Jesus told us that we could ask anything in His name, and He would do it. His offer is very generous, but there seems to be a gap between His willingness to give and our ability to receive. We are born on this planet with supernatural power just as Jesus was. Aligning with our spiritual self and having faith will raise our energy levels to match His in order to invoke the same power He used and offers us.
While words allow us to shape our world, only those words spoken with conviction (belief or certainty) are fueled with power to bring concrete results in your life. When you speak with conviction, belief and faith, you create your reality with your will. Sometimes you aren't aware of your hidden beliefs, motives or convictions, but they still affect your ability to create and shape with words. Words + Conviction = Results.
The Subconscious Mind
Certain words spoken as suggestions by a hypnotist are said to create an altered state of consciousness, (or trance) that can induce emotional and psychological healing. There are two distinctly different realms in the human mind: the conscious and the subconscious. You are using the conscious part of your mind right now to read this book. Your conscious mind is the most "awake" part of your mind while your subconscious mind seems to be in a "screen saver" mode. You may do something and not remember it. For example, you may get half way to work and wonder, "Did I shut the garage door before I left home?" You can probably recall times when you have done something subconsciously like driving right past your intended exit on the freeway or arriving at your destination and not remember getting there. Obviously you were driving your vehicle in a safe manner, but your attention was on something else. You were in a kind of trance-like state. Some may call it daydreaming, but it is very much like hypnosis. The subconscious mind and its beliefs can direct our body to do something without interfacing with the conscious mind. Many of our beliefs are buried; we don't even realize they are affecting our lives.
Knowing that our thoughts and words are the broadcaster of our unformed universe and that they carry authority and creative power, we must consciously remember to guard what we say. Our power should be used for the improvement of the quality of life for everyone. We should set our intent to heal rather than to cause harm.
