Do We Need to Pray? What Is Prayer to You?
Is Meditation Help?
We all remember the prayer we did as a child or been told to do. Please god help me with my…Please god take care of my loved one or the child we saw somewhere in need. Many of us changed it later in life to a new form of prayer that is to envision peace, wealth, health and happiness for those we love for the world we live in and for ourselves. I myself do that most of the time. Whenever I wish to help peace in a family or a part of world, I start with creating a picture that represents peaceful living to me, for myself, for an individual or the area which is experiencing misery and distress at the time. I then hold on to the picture for a few minutes and enjoy seeing them in peace and harmony. A sense of gratitude and joy follows the picture I see with my inner eye. I find myself in peace and blessed. Now I know it is the time to trust and let go of both the picture and the thought knowing that all that it is has heard me. I will receive it soon or later, its a universal law. This is an example of prayer, it is an example of being a creator rather than a victim and connected to the creator and all that is, asking and believing the connection and oneness at the same time.
Is this considered prayer? Yes a powerful one. It is recognizing oneness of all that is. The ability to see hope, to see one in wellness, health, wealth…. with strong belief and surrender trust to the point that you could feel the joy and satisfaction of already experiencing the desire, is a powerful prayer. Prayer is our ability to see the picture in a way we desire to see, either it is peace on earth, wealth for a family or health for a child pray and see the result before it becomes physical reality. However the ultimate prayer is not your words or the picture you are able to hold in your mind by the act of surrender itself. Surrender to oneness. True prayer is happening when you completely surrender. When you are not saying nothing at all,
When you reach to the surrender trust, the moment you are there, what happens to you, it is Prayer. Because the one who is listening to you is not outside you but within you. Do not ask him anything, he knows everything. The moment you start asking him for something you start getting away from him. He is aware of everything. Nothing hidden from him. Don’t ask him fro anything yet receive everything. This is Meditation.
The moment you recognize the voice within you can do everything, yet you don’t need to do anything. Be aware and stay aware of one thing and only one thing that we all want” happiness”.
The idea is that you know what you want and have the ability to see it with your mind’s eye; never ask for it yet, know in your heart that all is well. We are all one, when one person is not able to imaging peace in his/her situation, the other can do it for her. They will feel it from one heart to another heart therefore they will receive what they need sooner or later depending on the number of hearts sending them love. I feel so empowered and satisfied each day sending love to the individuals and or places in the world for any reason.
If you can do this for yourself, for those you love, for your neighbour for your enemies, for this world, for the animals and nature, you are ready to see the connection! When you start feeling the oneness then effortless living will be the way of living.