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Tomorrow, Monday, 23 January, is John Hancock's birthday! In honor of this, it is also National Handwriting Day. So pick up your pen and write a note to someone: Thank You, Get Well, Congratulations, or just Thinking of You. Receiving a handwritten note is a real treasure these days!
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Sometime right before the holidays you were on a radio show where people could call in with questions. My sister shushed me when I came into the room and whispered for me to sit down and listen too. So I did. A caller said she was expecting a baby yet she and her husband couldn't decide on a name. When she asked about the significance of names, you really perked up! Apparently you had already explained that every letter has a specific meaning, so you went on to say that the initial of our first name holds the qualities that offer us the greatest opportunity for spiritual growth. I remember that you laughed and said, "I've learned that when I start to say or think 'challenge' I flip that around and say 'opportunity for spiritual growth!' I invite you to do the same."
Before you told us why our first names are special, your voice became really happy when you explained that the two most powerful names in the English language are Elizabeth and Alexander. You explained why, "without," as you said, "teaching a class!" but you shared lots of information. The caller was really excited because the only name that she and her husband could even "almost" agree on was Alexander! Your comment: "If you agree to name your son Alexander, do not ever call him Al or Alex. Let him BE Alexander from the day he is born! Such power! Such clarity! Such compassion!"
Then you said that "fair is fair," and in the time remaining, you wanted to give equal time to the name Elizabeth, and you did. I was so grateful because although all my life I've been called Betty, my birth name is Elizabeth. You explained that just as there are 26 letters, there are also 26 ligatures, which is the name given to some double letters. You became very clear---in fact your voice became like that of an ancient sage; I don't know how else to describe it. You went on to say that to have even one ligature in your name indicates that you have been given a special grace in this lifetime to excel in a specific area of your life. The name Elizabeth begins with the Letter  representing tolerance, the attitude that, as you indicated, "will keep you on your spiritual toes throughout your life," and within the rest of this name are the  ,  , and  right in a row! Now THAT'S spiritual power!"
As you went on to explain the significance of those three ligatures, I was more than deeply moved; it felt as though my very soul had been hit by lightning. You struck a place inside me that felt as though it had been in hiding my whole life, and by admitting that "I am Elizabeth!" I gave myself permission to be who I really am. You said lots more, but I'm writing this note to let you know that I changed my name to Elizabeth everywhere it said Betty, and with a smile, I gently correct people who called me Betty, by letting them know that my birth name was Elizabeth, and I prefer to be called by that name from now on. After being only on the 30th day of my first 40-day handwriting cycle, I feel as though I am no longer wearing a costume, but am my real self---and happy at who that is! You can guess which letters I chose to adopt, right?!  , , , and ! Lines of them each day, prefaced (as you suggested) by a line of  ...Oh Vimala---I am alive! I am tolerant! I am Elizabeth! And above all, I am so grateful! Thank you again and again...and once more---Thank you!!
Elizabeth M.
Perth, Western Australia
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I MAY BE WRONG...
In the '90s, when our Institute was based in Palo Alto, I had many students, all of whom were committed to writing every day and bringing the transformational power of the letters into their lives through the most proactive practices possible. When we began to study the Letter , the students decided to declare their commitment to personal tolerance by having a bumper sticker made and putting it on the rear bumper of their car. By the way, in those days, bumper stickers were considered gauche in Palo Alto, but none of the students cared. The sticker contained only four words:
I MAY BE WRONG.
Of the 60+ of us that did indeed apply the bumper sticker, we all learned so much about a human being's basic need to be right. How? Again and again---and again! people would read the sticker and ask, "What does that mean?"
Our standard reply was this: "I'm not always right, and I invite feedback from people whose viewpoint is not aligned with mine."
...which continually elicited this response: "No. What does it REALLY mean?"
No matter how sincerely we spoke this phrase, and no matter how many times people heard us say it, precious few---maybe two or three?---accepted it. Most people responded with a puzzled look on their face and simply walked away. Others replied with the equivalent of "Yeah, right." There were other responses of course, but almost no one of the hundreds that asked, accepted the fact that we could speak and mean, I MAY BE WRONG.
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As you practice writing the Letter and living the Declaration of Intent, you may have similar experiences. And, as you've heard me say repeatedly: Don't believe anything I say; truth lives in experience.
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After years of study and research, Vimala Rodgers developed The Vimala Alphabet. Each letter shape is designed specifically to bring your hidden talents and abilities to life. As you begin to adopt self-affirming writing patterns, you naturally release those that are self-limiting, and at the same time you reconfigure the neurological patterns in your brain. This process is invaluable for people who are determined to let go of the past and stride ahead fully expressed in life. In scientific circles it is called neuroplasticity or cortical remapping. All it takes is pen and paper.
Does it work? You bet it does! -- every time. Pick up your pen and experience it for yourself.
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If you are among the courageous visionaries who want to transform their lives through the Vimala Alphabet technology, choose at least 3 letters:
- The first letter is the initial of your first name - not nickname, but your real birth first name. If you adopted a new first name after your 35th birthday, use that as your first name. By writing this letter, you will experience profound personal changes.
- The second letter is the Letter of the Week.
- The third letter is one you have chosen in order to bring about a specific transformation in your life. Choose a letter from the Vimala Alphabet Guidebook.
Follow these steps:
- Write at least 3 lines of upper and lowercase letters.
- Write on unlined paper in the landscape direction.
- No pencils, please. Use a pen.
- Begin by writing once, at the top of the page, the Declaration of Intent of the initial of your first name.
- Write the first and third letters for at least 40 consecutive days. If you skip a day, start over. 40 is the number of transformation; it takes 40 days for the neurons in the brain to realign themselves, which is what the process of adopting self-affirming handwriting patterns does.
- Write the third letter for a single week.
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Just as you have gifts unique to who you are, so does each letter. I call them "aspects." I'd like to begin our new venture by sharing one of those aspects, perhaps the most important one of all: the Guardian Protector.
Through the years I've studied hundreds of traditions throughout the world, and have found that within each one, there are such beings that we call called "angels" in English, yet are called by a different name in many traditions: devas in the scriptures of India, Al-Malaikah in the Qur'an of Islam, Malakh in the Hebrew Bible--and on and on throughout the world. To avoid religious distinctions, I call each one a Guardian Protector, because that is their role.
Trust me. They are as alive and attentive as you and I--just invisible, that's all--but fully present nonetheless. Create a conversation with them--then you will know. As with everything I teach, I insist that you do not believe what I say. To know in your heart of hearts that what I say is true, I suggest that you experience it by adopting suggested writing habits, along with applying the aspects of each letter, especially that of the Guardian Protector.
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Tolerance does not mean agreeing with people whose lifestyle, behavior, or belief system are different from yours. Not at all. Tolerance means showing respect for people you may not agree with. If you find this difficult to do, and you'd like to give up the need to prove a point and would rather learn to stand back and listen---this is the letter to master. If this is your goal, when you write the lowercase, use this one:  .
Guardian Protector: K�lar� (Kai-LAH-rai)---the angel of peaceful thinking.
Tolerance and peaceful thinking are soul mates,
skipping hand-in-hand through life, inviting you to embrace and express who you are at the highest level possible. As the guardian of peaceful thinking, K�lar�'s assignment is to release your tendency to
judge, your tendency to want to change people so they agree with you, and your tendency to make yourself right and others wrong. In their place she instills acceptance of what is, an openness toward others, and transforms your bottom line into a sincere willingness to change yourself, your view of life and those in it. If this sounds appealing, begin today to strike up a personal friendship with K�lar� and religiously write the Letter . Miracles afoot!
Declaration of Intent: I may be wrong. Never "I may be wrong, but..." Simply "I may be wrong" then add, "Please tell me more so I can better understand."
How to inscribe the most self-affirming letter
Uppercase:
Beginning at the top of the upperzone, inscribe a reverse  occupying upper- and midzones.
Caveat: No loop in the center stroke.
Lowercase epsilon ( ) : Same as uppercase, occupying only the midzone.
Lowercase teardrop () : Beginning at the baseline, reach to the top of the midzone, then inscribe a gentle loop as you descend to the baseline; ending with a soft curve to the right.
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 A dynamic speaker and workshop leader, Vimala Rodgers brings to her presentations a vast knowledge of her subject and a warm enthusiasm for people. Her presentations are offered as 90-minute to 3-hour interactive talks, one- or two-day seminars, or weekend retreats.
Although Vimala will be teaching an advanced course in 2012, she is currently not available for keynoting, in-house presentations, retreats, and private consultations, but will be, once she finishes the book she is writing. Radio shows? Any time!
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Founding principles of the
International Institute of Handwriting Studies
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Last year, several "Handwriters for Peace" members requested, and we formed, an Alphabetical Prayer Circle through which members could ask for specific prayers in emergency situations and we would hold both those intentions with our own intentions in our prayers.
Because it's time to expand the Circle, I'm inviting you to join us. There is no need to become a Handwriter for Peace, nor do you have to give me your name, only your e-mail address, as I send all Prayer Circle Emails as BCCs. If you choose to join us, please send an e-mail to vimala@vimalarodgers.com with PRAYER CIRCLE in the Subject Box and this message: I'd like to join your Alphabetical Prayer Circle.
To strengthen our intentions, each day we agree to spend a precious 10 seconds once---or many times a day---offering our Alphabetical Healing Prayer:
Fill each of us with Your Healing Light:
those of us in this Prayer Circle,
all those we love,
and all those we have difficulty loving.
Thank You.
Also...In the course of the day, each of us devotes a few minutes of quiet time to write, on unlined paper, one line of the initial of our first name (not nickname) in both upper- and lowercase. Just one line; that's it...more if you care to. Read more online...
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