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Effective Prayer
~By Beloved
originally published in Inner Change Online Magazine-
April/May 2003
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It
seems there is so much to pray for
and so many who "need" our prayers!
Through the very act of calling forth divine
intervention,
it may be that we are overlooking a very
important fundamental truth.
We are all One
So if....
We are all One and one with All,
we are already that which we seek.
Nothing is outside us.
The love we seek is within.
The abundance we grasp for never left us,
and
The peace we dream of is a state of being
And, by living and understanding this,
we can all know the joy of the universal,
inner magic that can be accessed
through the divine inner dialogue and
relationship of self with Source.
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 Whether
we are praying for ourselves or others, for many,
praying is a statement of desire and many do not realize
this wanting implies lack. As the universe responds to
our thoughts with a mighty "YES!", our statements of
longing/lack keep us from that which we desire most. We
draw to ourselves that state which we affirm, our
wanting. If we will only remember that we ARE the same
creative force and love that animates the universe, we
can redirect our prayers and intentions to responsibly
manage our own thoughts and energy; thereby creating our
lives from a place of empowerment.
Empowerment lies in the level of responsibility we are
willing to take for ourselves. Do we believe in our own
divinity? Do we trust what we believe? Do we know
ourselves as truth? Are we willing to be the love and
the peace we seek for ourselves and the world? Are we
willing to model this level of integrity for our
children and each other? Can we follow the song of our
own heart with joy, passion and conviction?
If we truly have faith and believe in the power of
prayer as setting conscious intention, then we only need
state it once. We know by affirming our power as divine
beings that we have set a desired course in motion. We
have all heard, "So BE it!" This is what that means. I
add, So LIVE it!! And then, the next step is letting go
in trust. We do not need to re-focus on our prayer,
because it is already done. All we need do is carry on
with our lives, knowing that what is for the highest
good of All WILL occur.
During a meditation a few months ago, I saw before me
the word "HOPE" and I heard the meaning of it: Heaven
Opens the Path Effortlessly. I really like that. Hope is
not wishing something will be true. Hope is trusting in
the flow of divine timing, guidance and perspective. How
comforting it is to release the need to direct
everything! Life in the conscious flow of hope totally
supports effective prayer.
Often we pray for what we believe is best for a
situation or another. But, can we truly know what is
best for someone else? The gift of prayer is in offering
our hearts and energy to support that which serves the
highest good of All~ THAT which already IS ~ And the
beauty of this gift is we don't have to know what it is
and we don't have to manage it. It is simply for us to
let it go. The act of flowing our love in support of
what best serves All IS the gift. |
