Ab'ra KeDab'ra

Most of us know the magic word Abracadabra from Disney films wherein the hero opens a secret door, or lets a genie out of a bottle to grant it three wishes. In fact, this is a Hebrew word with Aramaic roots meaning “I will create as I speak.”

In the past, member Kevin Townley has extensively spoken about the mystical power of the 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, along with the Jewish belief that words have power, allowing us to create our reality by the words we use. A-Bara (I will create) Ke-Dab’ra (as I speak) is a personal reminder to monitor one’s speech and to watch out for what we wish.

Even the agnostics amongst us realize the power of prayer lies not in it’s communication with some higher power in the hope and expectation to create magic in our lives. Instead, the act of prayer is the vehicle through which words allow us to define and create the reality we seek to manifest.

I bring all this up in relation to Highland Institute’s recently-published A Shared Vision For The Future, which many people have told me found to be off-the-wall, even grandiose, as they asked “what did you expect to gain by publishing it?” 

As expressed in the Vision Statement, it took me nearly twenty years to manifest this idea, but ideas are of no use without action, and there is no better way to act than by first envisioning an idea and then verbalizing and sharing it with others.

Two weeks ago I shared a clip from the movie Network and asked everyone to get Mad As Hell. This week I would like to invite all of you to commit to something big, say Abracadabra, and see what happens. There is a lot to do. Please get engaged and help repair the world.

— Sina.