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Post by caressa on Oct 19, 2005 19:00:18 GMT -5
What forms of prayer and meditation do I use to communicate with my Higher Power?
How often do I pray and meditate?
Of the things that concern me the most, which ones do I leave to my Higher Power?
What are the reasons that there are still things I don't trust to my Higher Power?
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Post by caressa on Oct 19, 2005 19:19:09 GMT -5
The biggest tool is knee-mail. I was told God answers it and I found that for the heavy duty 'stuff' it has been a proven commodity and tool.
Sitting and quieting my mind (which isn't easy) and finding what Zen calls the state of "no mind" which brings about a state which takes me out of the way so God can work through me and I can hear the messages if I listen for the quiet like it is suggested at the end of Step Three.
Of course there is the four-letter 'help' which is good in all cases of emergency. I don't think God needs us to be orators, pastors, etc.
Personally, I use angel, animal, native teachings generally in the form of cards. Some people call them tarot, and although I do have a couple of those, I don't look at these types as such. I am a firm believer that it is the person's motive and intent behind the actions he takes which termines the outcome.
Playing music and lighting candles also works. It quiets the mind and gives me a feeling of closeness and connection to the God of my understand.
I also believe my Higher Power to be the Creator, the Master Physician, Creator, Helper, Confident, and through Him, I am the Co-Creator of my own universe.
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Post by caressa on Oct 19, 2005 19:23:14 GMT -5
It makes me sad when I hear people that are too busy to pray.
I make it a practice to pray in the morning and evening, but prayer anytime I come upon life's challenges and gifts always seems to be an opportunity to ask for help or to give thanks.
I meditate at least once a day, often twice, and have done it more often. I call meditation a time to hear the ansers. When I am so busy praying and asking for help, direction, strength and courage, if I don't take time to find the quiet, I can't hear form the incessant chatter and chaos that I can create in my own mind.
A healthy mind makes for a healthy body. A healthy body comes as a result of healthy body living for my Highest Good.
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Post by caressa on Oct 19, 2005 19:24:36 GMT -5
I believe this is a living program. God doesn't do for me what I can do for myself, yet I can only do when I turn things over to Him and ask for direction.
I do the footwork and leave the results up to Him.
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Post by caressa on Oct 19, 2005 19:25:35 GMT -5
How often do I pray and meditate?
Of the things that concern me the most, which ones do I leave to my Higher Power?
What are the reasons that there are still things I don't trust to my Higher Power?
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Post by caressa on Oct 19, 2005 19:27:12 GMT -5
For me, there are no reasons, only excuses. The biggest one being the fact that I am acting out in my dis-ease and trying to handle life on my own terms.
When I am I-centered, I forget that I am not the Great I Am, and that only through honest surrender can I stop playing the God of my own life.
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 18, 2017 10:25:38 GMT -5
Good thoughts, I don't meditate as much as often or in the way I use to. It is much easier for me to find the healing white light and feel the spirit of my God with me.
Before I need things to quiet my thinking and internal chatter. Crystals I still use, but for their message and healing powers more so than just holding them to get grounded.
When I am really hurting and not liking where I am at, my angel, animal, and Native teaching cards come out. It makes me smile when I shuffle the cards, generally because I don't like what I see, I will shuffle them again and get the same cards back. The other day I did this three times and the card kept coming up. The one that gets me is in the Native teachings, it is about self-sacrifice. I take it too literally, and Ii see it as me getting hurt, rather than me hurting, probably because I sacrificed my time and didn't take care of myself. It says what do we need to sacrifice in order for our lives to be restored. It an be a doubt or a fear getting in the way or we are limiting ourselves with habits, new and old. Over indulgence and recklessness can impede our dreams. This is according to Jamie Sams' Sacred Path Cards.
In other words, we can be our own worst enemy.
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Post by majestyjo on Jun 19, 2020 1:25:50 GMT -5
So grateful for meditation it has been the back bone of my recovery.
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