When you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites who love… people to see them praying, but… go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret place.
- Matthew 6:5-6
Pray without ceasing.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Today, the vegetables would like to be cut
By someone singing God's name.
- Hafiz
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand,
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying [to ourselves] that we are born to eternal life.
- Saint Francis, from The Little Flowers of St. Francis
Be our shelter Lord, our companion when we are away, and our welcome guest when we return.
- Catholic Households Blessings and Prayers
"Song of Reality" by Seicho-No-Ie
(1)
God is all of everything, every being.
God is the Almightly Perfect Life.
God is the All-knowing Perfect Wisdom.
God is the All-loving Perfect Love.
Within everyone and in everything
Almighty God's Perfect Life resides.
All-knowing God's Perfect Wisdom exists.
All-loving God's Perfect Love prevails.
God is All, the Absolute, Supreme One,
All is of one body, one existence.
He is back of all things and every being.
One Power, Absolute, gives life to all.
The Creator of Heaven and Earth is one.
One God's Life Power permeates all life.
Heaven and Earth in Truth are only one,
Filled with God's harmony and wondrous light.
I exist in this wondrous World of Truth.
I am a child of God, child of Light, the Almighty.
Perfect peace and grand harmony shall reign.
Radiant world of omnipresent light!
(2)
God is Life, Perfect, Whole, and immaculate.
I'm a child of God, His spirit within me.
I let live and give life, strength, and hope to all,
As all things give me life and uplift me.
God is Love, perfect, pure, and all-embracing.
I'm a child of God, His spirit within me.
I love all through and through, seeking to return.
All things also love me and nourish me.
God is Wisdom, unerring and knowing all.
I'm a child of God, His spirit within me.
When in Oneness I pray, Heaven and Earth respond.
When in Oneness I move, the Universe moves.
God is all of everything, everywhere.
I'm a child of God, His spirit within me.
When in Oneness I pray, Heaven and Earth respond.
When in Oneness I move, the Universe moves.
I exist in this wondrous world of Truth.
I am a child of God, child of light, the Almighty.
Perfect peace and grand harmony shall reign.
Radiant world of omnipresent light!
Charles Paulsen - "Traveler's Benediction"
I pray your heart to ever sing,
To ever sing the song
Of the Soul of the Universe
As you travel along.
I know the Light of God will fill
Your heart and guide you through
As you look up, your soul beaming
In happiness anew.
I pray that every setting sun
And each pure golden dawn
Will fill your heart with wonderment
As you go traveling on.
Bye Traveler! Bye!
- quoted on p. 447 in The Christ Consciousness
"To Him That Was Crucified" by Walt Whitman
MY spirit to yours, dear brother;
Do not mind because many, sounding your name, do not understand you;
I do not sound your name, but I understand you, (there are others also;)
I specify you with joy, O my comrade, to salute you, and to salute those who are with you, before and since—and those to come also,
That we all labor together, transmitting the same charge and succession; 5
We few, equals, indifferent of lands, indifferent of times;
We, enclosers of all continents, all castes—allowers of all theologies,
Compassionaters, perceivers, rapport of men,
We walk silent among disputes and assertions, but reject not the disputers, nor any thing that is asserted;
We hear the bawling and din—we are reach’d at by divisions, jealousies, recriminations on every side, 10
They close peremptorily upon us, to surround us, my comrade,
Yet we walk unheld, free, the whole earth over, journeying up and down, till we make our ineffaceable mark upon time and the diverse eras,
Till we saturate time and eras, that the men and women of races, ages to come, may prove brethren and lovers, as we are.
- Walt Whitman, from Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)
Elizabeth Clare Prophet - "The Head, Heart, and Hands Decree"
Heart
Visualize the violet flame within your heart as a pulsating violet light that softens your heart, transforming anger into compassion, bitterness into sweetness, anxiety into peace.
Violet fire, thou love divine,
Blaze within this heart of mine!
Thou art mercy forever true,
Keep me always in tune with you.
Head
See the violet flame leaping up from your heart and penetrating into your head to clear your mind of all mental blocks, negative images and limiting concepts about yourself or others. See your mind becoming filled with the brilliant light of God.
I AM light, thou Christ in me,
Set my mind forever free;
Violet fire, forever shine
Deep within this mind of mine.
God who gives my daily bread,
With violet fire fill my head
Till thy radiance heavenlike
Makes my mind a mind of light.
Hand
Visualize the violet flame dissolving the cause, effect, record and memory of those things you had a “hand” in that you wish you hadn’t done.
I AM the hand of God in action,
Gaining victory every day;
My pure soul’s great satisfaction
Is to walk the Middle Way.
Tube of Light
Visualize the dazzling white light from your I AM Presence, brighter than the sun shining on new-fallen snow, coalescing to form an impenetrable wall of light around you. Inside this scintillating tube of light, see yourself enfolded with the violet flame. From time to time throughout the day, you can reinforce this spiritual protection by visualizing the tube of light around you and repeating the decree.
Beloved I AM Presence bright,
Round me seal your tube of light
From Ascended Master flame
Called forth now in God's own name.
Let it keep my temple free
From all discord sent to me.
I AM calling forth violet fire
To blaze and transmute all desire,
Keeping on in Freedom’s name
Till I AM one with the violet flame.
Forgiveness
As you give the "Forgiveness" mantra, send your love and forgiveness to all whom you have ever wronged and all who have ever wronged you, releasing the situations into God’s hands.
I AM forgiveness acting here,
Casting out all doubt and fear,
Setting men forever free
With wings of cosmic victory.
I AM calling in full power
For forgiveness every hour;
To all life in every place
I flood forth forgiving grace.
Supply
I AM free from fear and doubt,
Casting want and misery out,
Knowing now all good supply
Ever comes from realms on high.
I AM the hand of God’s own fortune
Flooding forth the treasures of light,
Now receiving full abundance
To supply each need of life.
Perfection
I AM life of God-direction
Blaze thy light of truth in me.
Focus here all God’s perfection,
From all discord set me free.
Make and keep me anchored ever
In the justice of thy plan—
I AM the presence of perfection
Living the life of God in man!
Transfiguration
I AM changing all my garments,
Old ones for the bright new day;
With the sun of understanding
I AM shining all the way.
I AM light within, without;
I AM light is all about.
Fill me, free me, glorify me!
Seal me, heal me, purify me!
Until transfigured they describe me:
I AM shining like the Son,
I AM shining like the sun!
Resurrection
I AM the flame of resurrection
Blazing God’s pure light through me.
Now I AM raising every atom,
From every shadow I AM free.
I AM the light of God’s full presence,
I AM living ever free.
Now the flame of life eternal
Rises up to victory.
Ascension
I AM ascension light,
Victory flowing free,
All of good won at last
For all eternity.
I AM light all weights are gone.
Into the air I raise;
To all I pour with full God-power
My wondrous song of praise.
All hail! I AM the living Christ,
The ever-loving One.
Ascended now with full God-power,
I AM a blazing sun!
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