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Once you have understood this law, that everything you do, think, say or feel is recorded, then you must take care to utter only words of prayer and good wishes wherever you go. ‘May all who come this way be touched by the forces of light, kindness and brotherliness. May their lives be transformed.’ Why not get into the habit of pronouncing blessings like this along your way? Suppose you go for a stroll in the woods, for instance, why not pray that all those who go through those woods in the future become better people, children of God, working for peace?

You will probably tell me that no one has ever talked to you about this kind of thing before. But why should you need anyone to tell you? When you have a baby of your own, or someone you love very much, do you need anyone to suggest that you wish him all kinds of blessings? No, you do so spontaneously because it comes from the heart, your feelings urge you to express certain wishes and pronounce certain words. So why not do the same, spontaneously, for the whole world? Look at how people behave when they travel: either they do nothing but amuse themselves or they are bored to tears. Wouldn't it be splendid if they learned to work mentally so as to be able to help all the people living in the areas they are travelling through, and all future travellers?

Now, some of you may ask, ‘But do we have any right to go about influencing Nature and leaving our imprints on it?’ What a question! Has anyone ever questioned the rose's right to perfume the air? Of course you have the right to act upon and influence the whole of Nature, but on one condition: that you leave only beneficial, luminous imprints wherever you go, so that people who come that way after you, may receive particles that will help them to think better, to feel better, to act better.

Similarly, if you travel by ship on a lake, the sea or a river, you can write a note and address it to the entity who has dominion over the waters. Your prayer will receive attention and thousands of creatures will set to work to answer it. Anybody can do this, anyone can formulate prayers for the world, but only someone who is very advanced will get great results. His prayers will be answered because of his light and purity, because of his great worth. Your work in the invisible world will get results in proportion to your preparedness; it will be productive if it is backed up by qualities and virtues. And this holds good for what concerns talismans, also. Many people buy and wear a talisman under the illusion that it will automatically bring them success in all their undertakings. Not so! Even a talisman prepared especially for you by a great magician will not help you for long unless you, yourself, put life into it and nourish it with your thoughts and feelings and the purity of your life. Otherwise, after a while, it will simply lose all its power and die. No talisman can be made to last eternally. Its life depends on the person who wears it.

You must get into the habit, therefore, of saying and even of writing words of blessing. When we are together you have often seen me writing something on a piece of paper. Today, for the first time, I shall tell you what I write: it is a prayer, ‘May Thy name, O Lord, be blessed and hallowed for all eternity.’ And why, you may wonder, do I do this? I do it because it does me good. And you can do the same, all day long: think of blessing God's name, say it out loud or write it down. Of course, God's name is already blessed by the angels. What you do will not add very much to the holiness of God's name! But it will do you a power of good and others, too, for the sacred words will purify the atmosphere around them. And if you are wondering whether this can make any lasting impression, the answer is that it all depends on the intensity of your thought and the firmness of your will.

From The Living Book of Nature by Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov,