My own personal Manifestations

Well folks, I hope that I am back on schedule now and posting my thoughts on either Thursday or Friday.  I got two comments on my last post and the one from
Role Models and Other Fine Things stimulates the subject for today. She wanted to know how this has worked for me.

The first time I was conscious of something of a manifestation was when I was in the process of divorce.  I couldn't believe that this could happen to me.  I was married to my high school sweetheart for 16 years and we had two very fine children, a girl and a boy.   We had money, position in society, and really what some people could say was a good life.  But something was not right.  The only solution that seemed to make sense was separation and later on divorce. 

This was the emotional environment that I was in at my middle to late thirties as I was confronted with living alone for the first time since my college days.  While our separation was amicable and my ex-wife helped me move in and get started there was this imensely oppressive feeling of loneliness and 'where do we go from here' feeling.  Then I had a mystical experience. 

A stray cat come around my ground-floor apartment.  A friendly little animal and of course I fed it and looked forward to it being there when I came home from work.  One night as I was playing with the cat. Shadow by name, I had this strange thought that it would be nice if it would change into a real-life female to fill the gap in my world.  Pop! I felt the world shift when that very night I met a single parent just about my age.  We became friendly and she later introduced me to her room-mate and the three of us formed a fairly stable group.  But there still was something missing and a just-before-the-storm feelng.

At about the same time I formed my association with the Sabian Assembly, which has lasted until this day.  My activities with the Assembly introduced me to a young women.  She was single, attractive and quite intelligent.  Our intellectual activities lead to more social leanings and eventually we got married.
The marriage lasted over 34 years and we had two very fine sons as a result.

This I can say was the first time I recognized a manifestation of a burning desire.

Next week I will tell of the second time this happened to me and the circumstances surrounding it.