Prayer and Manifesting at a Critical Time

My daughter lives in another city and was recently involved in a serious accident and fractured her skull. One of the fractures could have caused her death because it was next to her brain stem. My husband and I flew up to be with her and I immediately started praying and visualizing her full recovery with her return to vibrant health. I refused to see her as brain impaired or any of the other terrible outcomes that tried to come into my brain. My husband wanted to talk about some of those outcomes and understandably so, but I kept telling him to focus on her recovery, not on his fears. I continually expressed gratitude for her healing as I saw her beautiful self getting on with her life, healthy and happy.  I stayed with this visualization over a few weeks and I never lost the vision, gratitude and certainty that she would be ok. Within a few days she was lucid and clearly herself mentally. She had a lot of concussion symptoms but without and symptoms of brain damage.  She came out of the hospital and slowly continued to improve. It has now been 3 weeks and I continue to picture her healthy and recovered. I am expressing enormous gratitude for all that has transpired. She is much better and hoping to return to work next week.  I am so, so grateful! I have to say that there were a lot of people praying for my daughter. I also asked all my non-praying friends to focus on her recovery and send healing thoughts, wishes and energy.  So there was a lot of positive energy being channeled towards her.  I also realize that we cannot manifest an outcome for a person that is not right for them. I chose to do my part as sincerely and as full of gratitude and emotion as I could. I understand that there were many other factors involved and the final outcome is determined by a much greater and higher reality. Cynthia In the most uncertain of times with a lot at stake, it is easy to be overcome with fear and complexity. At a time of great trial, Cynthia used two great tools: prayer and manifesting. She brought in more people to add to her own prayers and steadfastly imagnied a future with her daughter’s positive result. There is so much to be thankful for here and I so admire how Cynthia quickly took action and brought others in to help. Thank you for your beautiful story. Ken Have a manifesting story to share?  Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you! Photo credit: unknown

Money Was a Real Concern Until I Manifested My Big Break

K. writes: Recently I decided to make a big change in my life, to leave a comfortable, safe situation and relocate to Colorado. I am pulled to be there, so off I go! I have accumulated years of things that would fill many boxes but I am only keeping what I need and the few precious things infused with good memories. There is much to plan but you can’t foresee everything. I know the minimum of what I require for a home but that place has not yet been found. I have calculated and considered all that I can think of and I’m moving forward. There is one consideration that nags at me and that is to have enough money to make this move and continue to pay the bills going forward. I’m on my own with this, so it is a nagging concern. This move will be an expensive one and my available money is tight. I am an artist without that guaranteed paycheck, so I have been working on manifesting quick sales of my art to make this move go smoothly. I can cover the moving expenses but just barely. Some new sales would provide a financial cushion. That is what I expect will happen because I am visualizing it. Also, I’m seeing my future where the move is complete and I’m living happily in my new home. I can see that everything worked out just fine and I’m so very grateful! Lately I’ve been too busy with moving preparations to paint and sales from my existing works haven’t materialized. My current plan is to keep up my manifesting and prayers for success while keeping my expenses to a bare minimum. I am not going to fall into the worry trap over money and create a negative outcome, but the money bit sure comes up a lot! After reading Manifesting 123, I created some success stories that showed up in this newsletter last year. Thanks to the book, I understand how manifesting actually works and that gives me a real stick-with-itness and determination. This is all going to happen with an Ease and a Grace, just as the book suggests to specify it. I caught a break from a mysterious envelope that arrived in the mail the other day. It was a letter explaining a class action settlement that had been in the courts for years. Basically, it was about a woman that was in an accident years back. She was an employee of the state, same as I was, and this woman did not fully receive some of the benefits allowed for a state employee after her accident. There was a check inside for $2700, made out to me! I had also been in an accident years ago and apparently the state had also been a bit short on helping me with my additional time off or benefits. The interest on the original amount was substantial and made for a very nice settlement. I had no idea of any of this! It was like money out of the sky and it gives me just the cushion I need to confidently go forward with my relocation. I am so very happy and grateful for my personal miracle! K. Thank you for your story K! In my conversation with her we had some great laughs and her calm was contagious. We had a happy call and it got even better. K. felt the amount of her windfall was more than enough and it got her to thinking. She had a couple of friends in a financial pinch and a little something would help a lot, so she sent some of her gift their way. There was also a charity that pulled her heart and she donated some of her new wealth to that organization as well. I was very touched and told her what we have all heard many times, that if you give it away, it will come back to you. We agreed that there are better motives beyond getting a quick return, that those ‘returns’ come in many forms – that giving doesn’t require a reward. Here is an additional idea. Something else happens when we give, particularly when we are giving from what feels like a sacrifice of money, time or energy. In a way, we are making a statement that we are in a place of comfort and abundance. We act as if we can easily afford to share that wealth with others. This act is an intention, a thought that has the power to create. You can also direct this to you by treating yourself, even modestly and giving yourself the gift of more time by taking a few minutes to just rest when you need it. Giving freely and lovingly creates a powerful pathway to receive. Holding on tightly to something can create an intention of lack, backed by fear. In each case, a thought is in play and those thoughts can make anything happen. To make any thought more powerful and create more efficiently, just add the emotion of love or fear. It’s a simple recipe and an opportunity to decide what you wish to consistantly create in your life, love or fear. There is power in both and they have very different outcomes. Ken Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you!   Photo credit: unknown

I Put Manifesting to the Test in Three Different Ways

Thank you Sue for your three stories. She is new to this and did not have any special skills or gifts but just followed the information in the book. She also had the very big advantage of understanding how her thoughts can actually create change. This is not wishing and hoping, but literally building by using thoughts and gratitude, simply and powerfully. It’s all in the book, so make it work for you! Note: The woman that is central to Manifesting 123, Judy Goodman, will be holding a workshop, “Why Do We Hurt” in the Denver metro Sat. Nov 5.  compete info Ken Dear Ken, I heard your radio interview on manifesting and was highly intrigued!  I immediately bought your book and have been reading it. I’d like to share some stories where I deliberately used the ideas in the book to manifest something. #1 First I thought I’d try to manifest hearing from a friend whom I hadn’t heard from for a long time. I pictured her contacting me, either by email or by phone (I tried not to be too specific) and then I pictured myself hearing from her and getting very excited. I kept on doing this during the day whenever I thought about it. Each time I did it I expressed gratitude for hearing from her and really put as much gratitude and excitement into it as I could. I did occasionally have some doubts, but I just pushed them away and went back to my visualization. That night I checked my email and there was not just one, but 2 emails from her! I was so excited, just as I had pictured, and immediately gave thanks! #2 The second occasion was when I was helping my mom-in-law to move. It had been a long and difficult process and now it was the day of the move. Everything was packed into the moving truck and I was driving in front of them to lead them to her new house when it began to rain very heavily. We are in Florida where it really pelts down. I started manifesting that it would clear up before we needed to unpack the truck. I visualized the sky as clear, without rain and I expressed my gratitude. This idea was a little harder because I kept thinking that I couldn’t influence the weather and such, but I told myself that it was for the higher good of helping her and it could rain again after the truck was unpacked. So I quite intensely saw that there was no rain and gave thanks as it continued to pour. When we got to the gate of her community it was still pouring and I was ignoring the doubts that were trying hard to intrude! As we drove up to her house it suddenly stopped raining and a few minutes later the sun even came out!! I was very, very grateful and grinning from ear to ear! #3 Last is the example of my deliberate manifestation with a flight back home. My husband, who has Parkinson’s disease, and I were both exhausted and emotionally drained from the visit after assisting someone close to us that was in an accident. We had upgraded our tickets to first class, wanting an easy flight home, but they gave us seats in economy. My husband was very upset and all his pent up feelings about assisting after the accident came out. Before boarding, we were told that there were no seats left in first class and that they were very sorry, but we’d have to write to the airline to get a refund. He was understandably angry, called for a supervisor while I decided to manifest seats in first class. I sat down and really focused on getting seats in the first class section. There are only 12 first class seats so I had to push away thoughts that I may be wanting something impossible or that it would cause other people inconvenience. That took a bit of extra focus but I was determined to see us in first class and I was so grateful for those seats. My husband tried to talk to me about how frustrated and angry he was but I asked him to please let me concentrate and to try to focus his energy on seeing us getting the first class seats. After about 20 minutes they started boarding the plane. We went over to the desk and the supervisor handed us 2 boarding passes for first class!!!  I started grinning from ear to ear and after expressing huge gratitude, said to my husband, “Don’t you see what just happened?”  I’m not sure he did! I can’t explain how this came to be. Perhaps 2 people had to be moved to economy or they didn’t show up for the flight, but I figured that’s not my business. That’s for the universe to sort out. This manifesting experience was fun!!! Thank you so much for your book and for explaining these simple tools and how they actually work to help us consciously create the life we want.  I’m telling everyone about it! Many blessings and grateful thanks to you, Sue Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you!  

A Serious Disease, My Troubled Past and Manifesting a Healthy Solution

M. writes: This summer I was diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism.  This is a silent and deadly killer that often goes undiagnosed. The four parathyroid glands control the amount of calcium in the blood. When one of these glands develops a tumor it becomes hyper and sends out too much calcium. The result is that the bones dump much larger than normal amounts of calcium into the blood. What follows is a weakening of the bones and the high levels of blood calcium can do serious damage to many of the organs and systems in the body. This disease presents itself in many different ways and is very difficult to diagnose. Chronic fatigue is common as well as problems with different organs, blood pressure, altered moods and many more. If this is not treated the person usually dies from major organ failure or stroke. A good source of information about this disease can be found at www.parathyroid.com I don’t believe that illnesses are always the result of ”wrong thinking.” Our bodies are very complex and so is the environment in which we live. As a nurse, I understand things like viruses, superbugs, chemical imbalances and lifestyle choices.  As a spiritual person, I believe we can be greatly influenced by our own thoughts and feelings. We know that what we think and feel can be translated into chemical responses throughout the body. Fear triggers a different response than being in love. I reviewed my life and some very interesting facts emerged. I was in a “traditional” marriage for 40 years. My husband was the head of the family and my job was to take care of him, the kids and keep a happy home. I was the good wife. I held my tongue and did not stand up for my needs. I buried my hurt deep inside my heart and worked to exhaustion at times to make sure everyone was cared for. I didn’t rock the boat and I remained sweet and supportive. The disease I was suffering with attacked my body and soul in symbolic locations. It hit my bones, throat, heart and drained the energy of my spirit. I felt a correlation between my bones and the fact that I didn’t stand up to my needs in the past. I had tumors entangled in my throat, perhaps from a lack of using my voice to express myself. My heart experienced high blood pressure and palpitations. I was carrying the weight of unfulfilled dreams, hurts, longings, and disappointments. This disease drained my spirit of energy so I was fatigued all the time and suffered erratic sleep patterns. It affected my concentration and memory as well. I was not in good shape so I set forth an action to be healed. I used the techniques and information in Manifesting 123. Since the book explained how my thoughts actually create what I think, I felt empowered to imagine a future where I had been returned to perfect health. I did this every day using the simple movie technique and I expressed gratitude for my healing. I did a lot of research and came across a hospital with the doctors and experience that felt comfortable to me. This hospital was across the country from my home but everything I needed for the trip fell into place beautifully. I was assigned to a team of surgeons and the head of surgery took the lead on my operation. I’m very grateful for their work. The head surgeon told me afterwards that the procedure was a challenge because the tumor has grown around my vocal chords. The surgery went wonderfully and I had a very fast recovery from my debilitating disease. Further, I have forgiven myself for any negative thoughts and choices I have made. I’m committed to remain healthy by standing up for myself and speaking to my needs. I allow my heart to feel safe with my emotions and I lovingly feed and take care of my body and spirit. I still can’t believe how everything fell into place so quickly and how dramatically I returned to health. Looking back, I can see how my past thoughts and actions may have played into my illness. My friend Judy Goodman, who plays a large role in the book, makes a statement, ”Our thoughts raise up to meet us and create the path we travel on.” Did I manifest all of those? I’ll let you decide for yourself. As for me, I now examine my thoughts, roles and relationships very carefully. I understand how our thoughts and choices create reality so in my life, I am manifesting a beautiful future going forward. M. Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you! Photo credit: Tiny Buddha

I Received the Greater Gift

I recently hit a rough spot financially and my worries were really kicking in. Years ago, as a young mother of two, my existence was week to week and paying the bills was a constant worry. I had to constantly watch even the smallest purchases. That was years ago and I have been very fortunate until lately. The money worries were back, pulling on me constantly. How was I going to meet my obligations going forward? I am now a homeowner, so I am thinking longer term, from year to year and the numbers are larger. I had a feeling that something would happen. I was thinking wouldn’t it be nice if some money came in. I remember thinking that there would be a check coming in and I said, “Thank you,” in advance. That was it. Later that afternoon I got a call from my brother. Surprisingly, our family lawyer had been contacted by an organization that was holding a very old deposit from my deceased grandmother.  The amount of money on deposit wasn’t known, but my siblings and I were instructed to sign documents and release the funds to us. As you can imagine, had some fantasies about what that dollar amount could be. Now I between worrying about my lack of money or thinking about how much could be coming in. Things were happening quickly and I was a jumble of thoughts. My goal was to manifest a solution to my financial problems in the long term and to lessen my concerns about money. I began to do some focused manifesting and a did some asking with prayers from time to time. Once the paperwork was submitted, I waited to hear back from the lawyer. In the two-week interim I thought about how quickly my asking and manifesting had produced a response and I was thankful. Something shifted inside me and my worries began to be reduced. I was being filled with a greater gratitude for all that I have. Finally, the answer came back from the lawyer and I was informed that $400 was being mailed to me. I smiled. As it turns out, this episode was a rich one for me. My worries were greatly diminished. A decades-old deposit was quickly directed to me and I gained wisdom and peace along with the way. What are the odds of that? But there was more. It was like I got a friendly tap on the shoulder saying, “It’s OK. Here’s something for now and we are working on the bigger things. It will take a little more time but it will be delivered to you.” I can’t explain how it happened, but I love this new calm and happiness. Also I can see how the financial concerns will now work out to my benefit. Now I have the calm and patience to see it through. My life is one of service and now that I have less personal concerns, I am more available and valuable to others. How interesting that this new tranquility came in advance of the full financial solution, but am very happy with that. This is not what I planned or expected, it’s much more valuable. I will keep asking and manifesting, something I didn’t do enough of before, but much has changed now. I am grateful to feel more in charge of my life and for my many blessings. S.   Have a manifesting story to share?  Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you!   Photo credit top: unknown

I Got the $6000 I Wanted – OUCH!

I’m an East Coast artist in a small, tourist community. When Ken came to town to teach one of his art classes, he reserved the last evening for a Manifesting 123 lecture. From that talk I felt like I had a real understanding of how manifesting could work for me. I read your book and began a plan that would specify the amount of art sales that I wanted each month. I started by visualizing a future where I had sales of $2000 to $3000 a month. Happily, I saw that materialize, a really big deal. Now I’m on a roll. Getting those sales was a real confidence builder so it got me to thinking I can do more. I developed a new plan that was even more ambitious. Every day I made sure to say that I want $6000. I’m going to double my income simply by thinking it. This is really exciting stuff. Because the rewards are so great, I had plenty of incentive and the need to stay on track to want that $6000. I opened my mail the other day and got a shock. There was my number in a letter, the $6000. It was a past due property tax bill exactly in the amount I had been working on! What the heck is going on with that? I gave him a call and he had me go through my story a couple of times. How could I have been a quick success one month and be doubly backwards shortly after? As Ken pointed out, there was a distinct pattern in my story. Every time I made mention of the $6000, I prefaced it with the words ‘want’ or ‘need.’ Congratulations were in order. I was powerfully manifesting that I wanted or needed $6000, repeating it every day and I made it happen. When the tax bill came in, I was quickly in need of exactly that amount. Since then, I have learned that what what we say creates form in a very literal way. Fortunately, the $6000 wasn’t going to be a major problem since I had it in savings, but DURN IT ! Back to plan A: I visualize that in my future I am bringing in $6000 a month, the equivalent or more. Further, I am very grateful for how it all came about. I have not tied this income to art sales or even money. This visual allows for a variety of positive results including a reduction in the bills and expenses I typically pay. That is the equivalent of income too – I get it! I am a believer and further, I watch what I say, particularly when it comes to statements using want or need! No being wanting or needy again for me! Ella  View Ella’s artworks   Photo credit: Wise Bread

Here It Is: Manifesting that Lottery Win!

Nicki has been keeping a gratitude journal on a daily basis for many years now. Recently she has begun to use what she learned in Manifesting 123 every day as well. She has seen positive results in a number of ways and she is very happy with the direction her life is taking. There is a feeling of being more in control of events, health and increased happiness. Her recent successes emboldened here to try something new with her daily gratitude journaling and manifesting. So two weeks ago she wrote, “I am so grateful that I got a winning lottery ticket.” A little background on Nicki’s lottery experiences. She hasn’t bought many lottery tickets in the past but when she did, it was only for the large Powerball drawings. In an average year, she would buy 8-12 individual lines per visit, not tickets of 5 lines at a time. She had only purchased about a dozen of the lesser prize Lotto tickets in about thirty years. A couple of weeks after her lottery journal entry, Nicki was grocery shopping and she got the urge to buy a lottery ticket. Not the Powerball that she was accustomed to, but the smaller Lotto drawing. She bought a single line for $1. A few days later, I was out on errands and I had the ‘hit’ to call her. Without hesitating, I dialed her up. I was a few sentences into a conversation when I heard her say, “Oh wow! Oh WOW!” I laughed and said that those were Steve Job’s last words. (An intriguing, true story: link) She told me something unbelievable just happened. When I called out of the blue like that, she felt compelled to check her lotto ticket online while we were talking. Nicki got 5 out of the 6 numbers on her Lotto ticket! We were both laughing and practically screaming at each other. 5 out of 6! What are the odds? Actually, they are 1 in 5,245,786 for all 6 numbers and 1 in 24,287 for 5 out of 6. She won $500, just one number short of the 7 million that day, but there is more to what happened here. Nicki set out an intention by writing it down, using a journal of gratitude and visualizing her future where she was a lottery winner. She got an exact result. Note that she didn’t specify the jackpot exactly, only that she won the lottery, and so she did. (Go for the jackpot next time!) With gratitude and intention, Nicki created a result that very few people experience. She learned to go for something beyond her usual experience. She is worthy. Her win was a personal validation. Trusting her instincts, she bought the smaller prize  Lotto ticket, something she had done less than a dozen times, ever. She learned that the impossible is well within her reach. When Nicki redeemed her ticket, the counter clerk was a bit shocked and very excited. Together, Nicki and the clerk relived the joy of that moment and marveled at the rarity of it, a double treat. It was a bolt out of the blue, as they say. Note that your odds of being struck by lightning this year are 1 in 960,000. In your lifetime those odds drop to about 1 in 12,000. When I mentioned to someone about a manifesting story where a person had manifested $500, we agreed that it wasn’t that special. But when I told them Nicki won it with 5 out of 6 lottery numbers, my friend said it was incredible, an ecstatic event and just about impossible. 20 years ago I knew a friend of a friend that got 5 out of 6 numbers… that’s it, until now. Manifesting the idea of a lottery win is just fine, but it is actually a very limiting idea. Allow for the equivalent of that jackpot and increase the potential outcomes dramatically. In the end, what would you do with a big jackpot? Better health? Financial security? Freedom? Happiness? 

Manifest those ideas and imagine that they have already happened in your future. Make a point to think of your 7 grateful things every day. Remember that your thoughts are literally taking form as you think it. Manifesting 123 gives you the How and the Skills to make anything possible. Time to write your own ticket! As the Lotto slip says, ‘Expect the Unexpected!” Ken Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you! Photo credit: top: Nicki’s winning ticket

Here’s a Miracle: Getting Mom on a Plane to Las Vegas!

Hello Ken, I’ve been here before with other stories and it’s amazing how I have manifested so many situations. Sometimes I just forget this and I go back to my normal life, but for some reason I keep listening to your interviews again and again because I want to fully understand and use this important tool every day. I like listening to your interviews on the website and sometimes I feel like we have known each other from a long time ago. I know you have a lot of heart, clarity and love. It is as if we are dear friends when I hear those interviews. I’m so glad you shared your Manifesting 123 discoveries with us. Here is a new manifesting story about my recent trip to Las Vegas – something I have wanted to do and happily, it manifested for me! A few months ago I made a vision board with a number of things on it, among those was my wish to to go to Las Vegas. I do not know why, but it was on my mind all the time. On my vision board and I wrote on the Vegas photo, “My free trip to Las Vegas in August 2016 for one week.”  Hummm… I wondered how this would happen. I was obligated to see my family in Mexico that month, so Las Vegas didn’t seem likely. Regardless, I stayed with that vision board and also visualized myself in the future there. When I arrived in Mexico, my mom wanted to go on some kind of vacation but she is afraid to fly. She could not decide where to go and with an eye on her budget, she decided to invite me on some kind of local trip with my son. So as a joke I said, “Well why not fly to Las Vegas?” knowing that the flight was long, outside the budget and that she would not get on a airplane. To my great surprise she said yes! We all went to Vegas and when I arrived and walked the streets that I had seen in movies and on the YouTube videos, it was like a déjà vu. I’m still processing the information, but of course I am so grateful. I can’t believe I was there, a delightful surprise. In some of my manifestations my mom has been the means by which the money comes to me. I wonder if I should add at the end of my manifesting movie, “… and the money comes perfectly from a new source “???  I do not know Ken, but I am very happy to have made this trip with my family. Thank you dear mom! Thank you for your story Martha and I appreciate your kind comments. Nicely done to get mom on that plane and everyone happily happily vacationing in Las Vegas! I wonder what you will manifest next? You have a great idea, imagining money coming from other sources and removing the limits of how the finances can be taken care of. As you are aware, there is the equivalent of money and it can appear in seemingly magical ways. I applaud you!! Here are some stories about the equivalent of money idea. Keep in mind that there are many equivalents, not just money when you are manifesting, so be mindful of any limited thinking. You can create anything, or that equivalent. There is the Equivalent of Money The Equivalent of Money Here’s Another One of the Equivalent of Money Stories Keep creating wonderful things! Ken Have a manifesting story to share? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you! Photo credit: from unknown source

Manifesting and My Worthiness

Thank you, Stephen for this story. When I first read it, the subject of the knife was a bit jarring but I know Stephen to be a kind, considerate and ethical person. At the core of this is the idea that our thoughts can create anything: knives, cars, lawnmowers and concepts like happiness, less stress and abundance. I keep coming back to his statement about worthiness and his resulting success. Ken From Stephen: I’m really interested in primitive skills. I love being in wild places looking for interesting and useful things. When I’m indoors I sometimes chat about my interests on internet forums. Related to this is my appreciation of cutting implements like axes and knives. I have more knives than I need, but I still make or acquire a knife from time to time.  There is often a ‘better’ knife for a particular task. For most of my life I’ve been interested in the connection between our thoughts/beliefs and what we experience.  I was raised in Christian Science, a religion in which it is considered normal to change things through prayer or ‘right thought’. In more recent years I have explored meditation, the use of affirmations, and visualization.   I recently enjoyed Ken Elliott’s book “Manifesting 123…” and I think his method of visualizing a future ‘movie’ is a great idea. I am fairly certain that our thinking, attitudes and beliefs do affect our experience. Possibly to a much greater degree than I’m prepared to admit to at this stage. As I look at my own life and the lives of others, I think I can see a definite connection between the mental and the physical realms. Here is a recent example…. Earlier this year I visualized ‘knife satisfaction.’ I did not own a decent big knife that would be useful for heavier work like chopping, so I was looking for that tool. This was before I had downloaded Ken’s book, but I think what I was doing was pretty darn close to playing one of Ken’s movies in my mind. ‘Knife satisfaction’ is probably a subject that isn’t considered much by many students of manifestation and the topic may not seem as worthy as ‘world peace.’  However…. charity starts at home, and until I can demonstrate some manifesting success for myself, I can’t be sure that I can do much to help the world. Furthermore, I’m inclined to think that when individuals are passionately doing their own thing, the world must become a better place (provided that the ‘own thing’ is motivated by high ideals). A short time after the visualization exercise, I uploaded an outdoors story and some photos to an internet forum.  Another member made a comment saying that he thought my story would have included a ‘BK9,’ this being a well-respected, large knife that would be very suitable for heavier tasks in the bush. The BK9 is a Becker knife made by Ka-Bar in the USA. I responded that while I’d like a knife like that, they were relatively expensive to buy from New Zealand. Another member said ‘you must have a BK9.’ I could buy such a knife but I couldn’t really justify the purchase considering that I had other tools that would suffice. It was possible that one day I might buy one. Within a few days of posting my story, two guys in the USA contacted me to get my address because they each wanted to give me a BK9 knife. This was a bit hard to deal with in a way. I guess I felt a bit unworthy of being given things that I hadn’t earned. Perhaps I needed to learn a bit about my own true worthiness. Outwardly I’d be inclined to say that everyone was worthy of good stuff, and this is something I believed in theory, but inside things could be a bit different where my own history and feelings of worthiness were concerned. Even as I type this story I feel a little awkward about the generosity of those nice guys. Anyway, I supplied my address and I now have two beautiful knives that are proving to be excellent tools. This experience has given me some great food for thought about worthiness and what may be possible. Best wishes from New Zealand.. Stephen   Photo credit:  Manifesting New Zealand