Cosmic Postcards -- Synchronicities and Little Miracles

As a writer, I always love the way the Universe comes in near the end of a project and sometimes sooner. It feels as though something I can’t see or touch is being playful with me. At the same time these synchronicities or meaningful coincidences enhance what is being written. This is delightful and sometimes can remove the often tedious nature of how we compose the details, not to mention the validation from something we can't put a name to.

Here’s an example from the chapter on Cosmic Postcards that’s going to be in my new book The Natural Soul:

“Not too long ago, I was up early, around 7 am and went to my computer to check my email. I had two new messages. I skipped the first (from a researcher at the University of Texas) and opened the one from my friend, Robynne. She wrote that she read my first draft of the chapter on Soul Parenting from this book and loved it but was bothered by one sentence. As she spelled out her objection and used her 17-year-old daughter Frankie as an example, I copied the few paragraphs she wrote and pasted them into the text.

“Next, I opened the letter from the researcher at the University of Texas. She gave me several codes for several steps to be able to access the research over the net, and my final step with my personal password that was only mine was Frankie17.

“My heart jumped. My Soul sang. It didn’t change my world. It didn’t change anything. It just tugged at me in a way that little miracles do. There’s no logical explanation. The odds of this happening may be a billion to one. But these little miracles only qualify as miracles because they can’t be explained. There has to be something higher going on.”

My manuscript is being copy-edited as I write this. A few weeks ago, I got a profoundly beautiful poem from Chris Norman. He wrote me because he had read my book Final Passage: Sharing the Journey as this Life Ends. (Health Communications Inc, 1998). Chris was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the day before his 50th birthday about six months ago. The name of his poem is What I Have Learned. I started scanning my manuscript and within moments found a place where I had written, “I have learned much from my dying patients.” And then I dropped that idea and went on to something else about being with people that are dying. Had the Muse perhaps decided that I needed to back up that statement?

Maybe, so I cut and pasted Chris Norman’s poem and a little introduction explaining how his process has become a spiritual journey into the manuscript. Here a just a few lines from his writing:

I have learned that the most important things in life are the ones done with love.

I have learned that playing and laughing are some of the healthiest things we can do.

I have learned that we live in a world full of miracles: The love we have for our mates and friends, the birth of our children, and the sounds of laughter are all miracles.

I have learned that it is impossible to be grateful and not be happy.

I have learned that an individual who has cultivated forgiveness has a sense of peace.

I have learned that we have the support of the Universe, whether we acknowledge it or not.

I have learned that our minds are part of the mind of God. Our hearts are part of the Heart of God. We eventually return to God and our thoughts will share the thoughts of all creation and our heart will beat with the heart of God.

I have learned that we are God's agent with our hearts faintly echoing His song.

We are to make ourselves a part of that song, so those who have lost the tune may remember it again.

All I could mutter as I reread my chapter was, “Thank you for all the other postcards that come to me in the way of little miracles.” They are my Soul confidence because over and over they validate that our lives are woven…guided from something higher. This “something higher” may be a Divine Mystery, but It shows Itself in these cosmic postcards. And even though I still have the final say on my decisions, it’s so great and Soul energizing to realize that we are not alone.

Barbara Harris Whitfield is the author of five books and numerous articles on the near-death experience and natural spirituality. She is a near-death experiencer and respiratory and massage therapist. She spent six years at the University of Connecticut Medical School researching the psychological, emotional, and energetic after effects of spiritual awakenings and recently retired from teaching at Rutger’s Institute for Alcohol and Drug Studies. Barbara lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, author and physician Charles Whitfield, MD. They share a private practice helping adults that were repeatedly traumatized as children. Barbara’s new book, The Natural Soul, will be coming out in 2009 with SterlingHouse Publisher. For more information go to http://www.cbwhit.com and http://www.barbarawhitfield.com