I wonder if we ever loose the need for, and the benefit from, practice.   Even the greatest musicians, having achieved the highest accolades for their performances and gifts, continue every day to do their scales.   I guess even the greatest creative geniuses find value in practice, practice, practice.

I’m reminded that this same truth applies to my spiritual practices as well.  No matter how “evolved” my spiritual experience seems to be, the need for practicing my “scales” never goes away.

A few weeks ago I ran across a great reminder of this as I returned to the “40 Day Prosperity Plan”.   The practice comes from John Randolph Price’s “The Abundance Book”.   It’s a short read with a very powerful message in it.   Using a series of ten affirmations, you are invited to meditate on one affirmation a day for 40 days, thereby moving through all ten affirmations four times.   The caveat is that if you miss a day, you are asked to start the 40 day count over again!   What is amazing to me, is that by simply spending a few minutes each day with these affirmations,  I have never failed to realize amazing prosperity experiences!   It seems to hone the edges of my spiritual awareness and the principles that assure my Good.  No matter how long we’ve been a student, practitioner or teacher, there is simply no time when practicing our “scales” does not pay off.

So what have you learned that could use some brushing up?  Where might you benefit from going back to the basic practices that you may have engaged in when you were a beginner?  Perhaps a 40 Day Plan is in order.

You are Precious.  You are Awesome

Rev. Kristin

P.S.   If you want to utilize the 40 Day Prosperity Plan, I’d suggest “The Abundance Book”.  Perhaps even consider forming your own practice group … setting a time each day to call each other and share your scales and the experiences you are having.