So did we say a prayer today ?

shekhar

For who ? For ourselves. Did we do something, some ritual that affirmed our faith today ? In what ? In ourselves. Our ability to connect with our inner selves. For if we do not, who is this person that is working, loving, talking etc. It’s certainly not you.


It’s an everyday search for me. For that something that can put me in touch with myself. My connection to consciousness. My connection to loving nature.
Of course many people have faith. Which is a wonderful ability. I don’t have blind faith. I am more of a searcher. Questioner. Good, bad ? I don’t know. No value judgements on any faith or the question of faith. Or on myself.
Some people do it with meditation first thing in the morning. I have never been able to do that. I have to connect to something, however small, however little, to loose my sense of individuality. That’s the daily struggle. Against my own exaggarated sense of myself. I am so used to it. I have relied on it for so many years. So tough to let go now. Not that I have never questioned it before. But now, it is really important for me to be truly ‘active’ rather than ‘reactive’, which is what I have done most of my life. And how do I know what that ‘true’ action is ? Unless I am constantly in touch with something larger, more immense, more universal than myself ?
Yes I know. By letting go. By allowing yourself not to be addicted to the result of your action. By allowing chaos to invade your life. Yes, I agree. All of that. I do allow chaos to prevade in my life. I am impeteous (spelling). But then the individual in me fights back hard.
It’s an everyday battle. This battle to let go of one’s addiction to one’s sense of individuality.
Yet, the smallest of things can provoke the sensing of my flowing into something much much larger. Something infinite.
This morning it was my 5 year old daughter waking me up with a loud ‘Peekaboo’ and the tinkling of an early morning laugh.
Sometimes it;s just getting up early enough to watch the first shades of dark blue brush across the sky. Something deeply stirring about that.
Sometimes it’s unexpected gestures of affection that were not sought. Or given so instinctually that you were not aware of them.
Sometimes, it’s writing a poem. But only if the words are coming from somewhere else. As if something is flowing through you, a river of emotion you can physically feel that flows through your being.
But it is always so unexpected. So much that I am constantly aware now. My senses hightened. Waiting for that unexpected moment.
When something deeper will reach out and engulf me, and give my life, and all my actions, however small, a deeper and all encompassing context. On a daily basis.
So say a prayer for me. And for yourself.
Shekhar

2,085 thoughts on “So did we say a prayer today ?”

  7. Om Bhur Buvaha Suvaha
    Thath Savithur Varenyam
    Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
    Dhiyo Yonaha Prachodayath
    The meaning of the Gayatri mantra is as follows:
    We contemplate the glory of Light illuminating the three worlds: gross, subtle, and causal.
    I am that vivifying power, love, radiant illumination, and divine grace of universal initelligence.
    We pray for the divine light to illumine our minds.
    Meaning of the individual words:
    Om: The primeval sound
    Bhur: the physical world
    Bhuvah: the mental world
    Suvah: the celestial, spiritual world
    Thath: That; God; transcendental Paramatma
    Savithur: the Sun, Creator, Preserver
    Varenyam: most adorable, enchanting
    Bhargo: luster, effulgence
    Devasya: resplendent,supreme Lord
    Dheemahi: we meditate upon
    Dhiyo: the intellect,understanding
    Yo: May this light
    Nah: our
    Prachodayath: enlighten,guide,inspire

  29. …to families and friends around the world who are unable to be together to share during this holiday time.

  33. …for Jenny’s spirit, may it soar free to it’s next journey of peace and contentment.
    …for the Jung Family, may comfort and healing find it’s way to their “beings”
    om shanti shanti shanti

  34. for Heath Ledger, may your spirit soar with the angels.
    …to your family and friends and admirers, peace, comfort and healing
    om shanti shanti shanti

  37. …for Ivy Jennings, may her spirit soar with the angels.
    May her family and friends be comforted during this time.
    om shanti shanti shanti hari om

  38. …for Lynden and Bal and the experience they are going through…may peace and healing be theirs to feel
    om shanti shanti shanti

  39. Louise Hay…thank you for bringing through a wisdom and truth…in the words conveyed from your books.
    May the “You Can Heal Your Life” intention…spread like the wind blows, throughout this universe, reaching the hearts and minds of those in need
    om shanti shanti shanti hari om

  40. The source is everywhere.
    As far as unknown goes,
    Where the most abstract mind can travel,
    When religion contradicts morality,
    Like math is to music and mars is to neptune.
    In a clearer statement,
    since “everyting is nothing” is too vague for the mundane ear;
    There is no limit, no label, no single force or entity …
    As a result: all realities are illusions and all illusions are real.
    If you come to grasp the concept, then you’re simply more aware.
    The significance is not in understanding it,
    but rather living in harmony with it’s implications.
    Many who understand nutrition, do not eat accordingly.
    Those who have limited choice & do not understand the benefits of vitamins/minerals,
    have maintained a healthy body all their lives.
    The theory is not always required for application.
    Encouraging, motivating and inspiring is what will lead to prosper.
    ~Anjalee

  41. …in honour of the love my parents, and all of their parents passed on to them…that they shared with me, namaste and thank you
    happy valentine’s
    cinda

  43. tonight is a unique night. there is going to be a lunar eclipse at 8:43pm, lasting 26 minutes. it’s supposed to be quite spectacular!

  48. Sharing is good manners! We have such an abundant life – there is so much good and so much love to go around. When we share it with other people, we feel it more deeply. We experience the “oneness” because we have something in common. Whether we’re sharing a potato or a laugh with someone, sharing brings us together.
    -Lissa Coffey

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