Tools for the Times Block Three Session Five: Prayer: Conscious Connection

“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep…” Thank you, Lord, for these gifts we are about to receive from Thy bounty…” “God, help me!!! Take this away…” “God is on our side…ready, aim, fire!” “ My Lord, smite down mine enemy…” “God, please make her mine…” Why me, Lord?!”…on and on they go, these supplications of the Divine to intervene on our behalf. Typical when the sh*t has hit the fan, or we feel overwhelmed and are calling out as a last resort. Prayer…a powerful spiritual tool that has as many interpretations as there are religions, practices, and people. Used, misused, abused, and manipulated…

Children are taught prayers that reflect the religious preferences of the parental units. The culture demands devotion and force feeds rhetoric, “I pledge allegiance to the flag…” Words of substance are repeated into meaningless dogma, “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name…”

Most have lost the power of prayer, or never even knew what it could do because their personal relationship with it was taken away. Where do you stand with it? What has been your history? Is it even part of your moments of living anymore?

Tonight we begin to remember the power of personal communication with the Divine and reawaken the tenderness of reaching out to Source and receiving back in kind and insight. …and we expand even further!

The Alphabet of Prayer
I pray at the altar, I pray when I breathe
I pray in the car, I pray in disease
I pray when I’m eating, I pray when I fall
I pray unto God, I pray down the hall

I just pray, pray, pray
I just pray, pray, pray
Oh, Lord, hear me pray

I pray with intention, I pray with my jokes
I pray with my kindness, and when I emote
I pray when I’m needy, and when I’m OK
I pray for the people, I pray when I quake

CHORUS

I pray to relax, I pray when I sing
I pray with my tears, I pray to the unseen
I pray with my voting, I pray wishfully
Expectant and yearning, I pray A to Z
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Circle of Giving
and Receiving

Applying Your Awareness
of Prayer

Prayer is an individual process typically between you and You, the Creative Source. There are elements that can augment the dialogue.

Create a sacred space where you can pray
Establish some consistent rituals that allow you to set a frequency that is a magnetic vehicle through which inspiration and insight flow
Consider using a prayer rug
Create and maintain an evolving altar
Use divination decks to provide direction
Instill an ongoing process and practice of gratitude
Become a monitor and celebrant of Grace
Get out in Nature and connect with the greater I Am to amplify the power of your prayer activity
Fast and use the time for reflection and communication within and without
Pray over food in thanks and in preparation and in sharing
Pray for others that their moments are softened by an ever increasing awareness
Keep a journal of your prayerful thoughts
Practice Haiku and guided writing
Work with mandalas in coloring, drawing and coloring, or as computer fractals
Use breathing practices to open to receiving
Work with prayer flags
Use prayer beads and work with mantras
Sing and chant intentional songs
Dance and move and treat it as prayer
Pray to and with Ascended Masters and Angels
Read sacred writings out loud
Perform service
Explore sound and ride the vibrational waves to holy moments
Create and let the act of creation be your prayer
Experience a sunrise or a sunset
Go out at night and look at the night sky
Spend time with a pet in deepening connection
Commune and send intentions to heal and maintain the highest frequencies in your body

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Session Five: Prayer: Conscious Connection

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