All ideas, all thoughts, have their vibrations at their unique frequencies. A thought of anger has its own frequency, the properties of which are destructive for the individual, and a thought of peace or calm has its own beautiful frequency of vibration which is constructive and creative.

When we are being constructive and creative and doing things to the best of our ability, more spiritual knowledge and ideas begin to flow into us. Those who are just starting out, or have recently begun to start out on this path may find that they get ideas and thoughts which are not spiritual in nature. The reason for this is that we sometimes slip back into our old pattern of thinking.

Dr Kaity Cama

The way to find out whether the idea or thought that has come to us is spiritual in nature or not, is by measuring that idea or thought against the spiritual ideal we have established. For example, let us take a real-life case. A young lady had a lot of trouble with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, both of whom she said had ‘ganged up’ against her and would complain about her to her husband. This caused a lot of domestic friction between her and her husband. The husband would get stressed out, would not be able to relax, and gradually his work at his office began to drop in quality. The young lady in question was very depressed, very unhappy indeed, by the circumstances which had surrounded her in her married life, and it had reached a point where she was seriously considering a divorce.

She decided to give it one more chance for three months only, before actually approaching a lawyer for the divorce, and she took up meditation on a daily basis even though she found it difficult in the beginning. At the same time, she established a spiritual ideal for herself. That ideal was harmony. Every morning, she woke up half an hour earlier for the meditation, and made a daily intention to think, speak and act in accordance with the qualities of harmony.

What are the characteristics of harmony? They are evenness of nature (not being temperamental or having outbursts of temper or tears), a complete absence of discord in the mind. To achieve this, she realised that being of service to her husband, mother-in law and sister-in-law were of paramount importance, regardless of their behaviour towards her.

Her intention and desire to save her marriage was so strong, that within a week, her thoughts centred not on her happiness but on the happiness of the household. Instead of complaining about others to her husband, she became very supportive towards him. Instead of bursting into tears every time there was a taunting remark from her in-laws, she would think, “How can I serve them? How can I make them feel happier within themselves?” Remember this: it was not “How can I make them happier with me?” but “how can I make them happier and create harmony within themselves?”

Two weeks went by, and gradually the taunts became fewer and less hurtful. Towards the end of the month, an amazing incident took place. The husband realised that both his mother and sister were unnecessarily interfering in his marriage, and made a decision to move away to an apartment with his wife.

The mother and sister were worried. And the young lady said, “This is my mother, and my sister too. I will never leave them to fend for themselves alone in this house.” The husband, his mother and sister were all astonished. From that moment on, everything just fell into place. It was not just the words that she spoke, it was the fact that she actually meant them as they were real vibrations of her thoughts.

This case had a happy ending and today if anyone, including her husband, dares to say anything to this lady, the mother-in-law and sister-in-law (who is now married and living away from them) defend  her immediately. It happened once that dinner was a little late, and the husband made a comment jokingly about his wife delaying the cooking. The mother said, “Dinner is not late, it is you who have come home early!”

What did this young lady really do? She made a small shift of awareness, a small shift in her consciousness and this small shift led to greater awareness of spiritual ideas and thoughts.  Putting herself in the background, she put the peace and harmony of the household in the forefront. That one single thought, brought her more and more thoughts of similar vibrations. She actually raised her vibrations to such a level, that in her presence everybody felt calm and joyful.

Is that not a glorious way to live? And the young lady herself is so much more fulfilled, more at peace with herself and with all around her, contributing to the welfare of others. Her health has improved dramatically. There is more money coming into their home with all material comforts, and she has begun to teach meditation to both her young children, along with instructing them to uphold small spiritual ideals, which are possible for their ages. This lady is not a spiritual leader; she is an average wife and mother. And she changed her entire life simply by making one determined effort to save her marriage.

So you see, one does not need to be a guru or great sanyasi to create what seems like miracles. These miracles are the natural forces of nature responding to our determined intentions when we wish to change our life for the better.

The vibrations of our spiritual ideals give form and substance to the ideas that proceed from it―it is a natural phenomena in our mundane life.

(Excerpted from the book, How to Create Miracles in Our Daily Life, edited by Oswald Pereira and published by Vitasta Publishing)