My Personal Experience With Prayer And Meditation

"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." --Baha'u'llah

PART SIX: My personal experiences with prayer and meditation.

I find that prayer helps me to quiet my mind, turning off my internal dialog. Prayer sets the tone for meditation which allows me to become more detached from my ego centered self image. Sometimes when I am trying to make a decision to solve a problem, I find that my mind is clouded by my emotions and prejudices, and I am unable to think things through clearly. Prayer helps me get past these two barriers; then I am able to meditate. Meditation allows me to witness my whole being from the center of the medicine wheel and I can clearly see the solution to any problem I have focused my attention on.

We all need a vision or goal to work towards. We need to know what actions we need to take to achieve our goals. We also need the will and determination to carry out the necessary actions to achieve our goals. Prayer and meditation will help you to achieve all of this.

All prayers are answered, however sometimes the answer is no. Prayers can only be answered by the actions you take. I find that if you are going to pray for something, it is best to pray for guidance. After prayer and meditation, if you look for it - then you will find the guidance that you need. Sometimes you will find it during the meditation. To have a prayer truly answered you still need to take action. If we do not take action then nothing will happen.

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Sixteen Principles for Recreating the World: (second set of five)

-Interconnectedness. Everything is connected to everything else. Therefore, any aspect of our healing and development is related to all the others (personal, social ,cultural, political, economic, etc.). When we work on any one part, the whole circle is affected.

-The hurt of one is the hurt of all; the honor of one is the honor of all. The basic fact of our oneness as a human family means that development for some at the expense of well-being for others is not acceptable or sustainable.

-Unity. Unity means oneness. With out unity, the common oneness that makes (seemingly) separate human beings into "community" is impossible. Disunity is the primary disease of community.

-No participation, no development. Participation is the active engagement of the minds, hearts and energy of the people in the process of their own healing and development.

-Spirit. Human beings are both material and spiritual in nature. It is therefore inconceivable that human community could become whole and sustainable without bringing our lives into balance with the requirements of our spiritual nature.

("Sixteen Principles" taken from "Recreating the World a practical guide to building sustainable communities" by Michael and Judie Bopp - e-mail: fourworlds@telusplanet.net)

To be continued next post, thank for your time and have a wonderful day!! --Larry
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