Welcome to part 2 of "Continuous prayer", I'm assuming that you have read part 1 so I will skip a long introduction and jump straight in where I left off last time.
When it comes to actions we can work ourselves in to the ground trying to force life to conform to our idea of perfection, but again, if we are coming from a place of fear, of control, then we are in effect just spinning our wheels. All we end up with is angry with God and frustrated with ourselves. Now, what is we come from a place of love, of trust and faith, a place that might better be called being. True faith is a state of being, a state that says "I am" healthy, prosperous whatever right NOW, it's not something that we need to wait for, something that will be manifesting in the "future". Being will therefore automatically lead to the actions that will manifest whatever it is you wish to experience.
I know what you’re thinking, you're thinking. How do I "BE" that thing I am seeking? Ok, try a little meditation; you can call it a thought experiment if you wish which ever you feel most comfortable with. Ask yourself, what would it feel like to experience whatever it is you are looking for, once you have that in mind let it sit with you for a while (the longer, the better) so that you can experience it. After some time, when you are ready, let this place of being inform an action, let it guide you behaviour.
In some ways this could be said to be about honesty, with yourself and then be extension with everyone you meet. Trying to do your way into being only brings you back to forcing things to happen and only every produces frustration. When we begin with being (faith) we trust that life will go in the direction we want and begin to act from that position, a position the already knows that is has, that that already are what they desire. This removes all the stress and struggle, the ego takes a back seat and the process of life (God if you will) is set free to work how it was meant to. You are now set free to explode with the creativity and joy that so far has been held you back; you are now free to experience the fulfilment in your life that you were looking for all along.
Remember, all this is about the fact that our whole life is a continuous rolling prayer. Every thought, word and action is our side of an every lasting conversation with God, everything we think say or do sends a signal to heaven of what is so for us right now, not how we want it to be in the future, but what is true for us right now. That's why it is so important to pay close attention not only to thought, word and action, but to the motivation behind them.
It is the process of creation, it is live being expressed, it is God itself exploring and expressing itself. At risk of repeating myself, faith is knowing, feeling, and experiencing the thing you are "believing for" is here now. It always was, maybe it was just waiting for us to emotionally sit still long enough, to realise that all our struggling was only holding back the manifestation of our dream. If we would sit still and realise that everything is here, right now.
That's your side of the conversation, what about God's part, and the reply if you will. Spending time being quite listening for what love has to say, write it down, keep a record. This not only helps to remember but also it builds your faith if you read what was said. It is important that you listen to and apply what is said for you to take full advantage of the process.
You might be asking. So, how do I know that it is God talking and not just my imagination telling me what I want to hear? God's voice is gentle, peaceful and is jam packed with love. In fact you probably won't get the answer you want to hear but it will be what you need to hear. It will be honest, but said in such a gentle, love filled way that you could never be offended or upset. It will be so love filled even if it was not what you wanted to hear you might still respond with joy. I say might respond with joy because there are times when you will say to yourself "that can't be God" just because it wasn't what you wanted to hear.
One more thing, ultimately all this communicating with God is just you talking to yourself, or that part of yourself that knows itself as God. There is only you in the room, you are the process I've been talking about, you are life expressing itself. That's why you already have everything you could (think you) need or want, you are everything, on earth and heaven you are life itself.
Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts. Please feel free to leave your comments below
Big love filled hugs,
Jason.
P.S.
I like to leave you with this bible verses: Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1Thessalonians 5:16-18
Thursday 18 March 2010
Monday 15 March 2010
Continuous prayer - Part 1 Thoughts & Words
This is part 1 of a two part post on the subject of "Continuous prayer". You see when I had finished typing and realized how long the post was going to be I thought it might be easier to read in two chunks. Part 1 will be Thought and words, and part 2 Actions. So, that said, let’s jump right into part 1.
You know I've come to the conclusion that pray is not just a phone call we make to heaven only to leave our list of wants with God kind of like ordering a take-a-way meal. Pray is a continuous rolling conversation, everything we think, everything we say and everything we do is a pray and not just when we get down on our knees and start talking. In fact it's the process of creation, of manifesting the very deepest desires of our hearts, THOUGHT, WORD and ACTION. We can pray the most beautiful sounding pray but if our thoughts stink or our actions are sponsored by fear we cancel out the words of the pray, no matter how beautiful.
The motivation, the intent and the emotion behind our thought, words and actions, as I've just said all of the beautiful words in the world will come to zero if in your heart you are full of fear. On the other hand if your heart is full of love, or in other words faith, another word is trust. Trust (and don't doubt) that God/life/the universe will, and has already said yes to that prayer, in fact will always say yes. There is no reason for the divine to say no. If we are to experience yourself as created "in the image and likeness" of God then we must be allowed to create, express and experience yourself as the creator of that experience.
"Believe you HAVE received, and it will be yours" (Mark 11:23-25), believing that whatever your wanting is already so, not from a position of that thing being in the future but from the position of already having that thing/situation in your experience. In fact think of your dream not as a dream, but as, a memory of what is already so, a memory that is just waiting for you to catch up with it.
Now when it comes to our words, all our words must be filled with love/faith, all of them not just during a "formal" pray time. Remember pray is continuous, every word we speak is packed with creative power; everything we say has equal weight. Again we must keep in mind that behind our words there must be love, faith that what we are saying is already so present tense. Speak that you are not what you hope you might be some time in the future. Your words are not what was, not what will (or might) be, but your words are ALWAYS, always a statement of what is already so. This is so important because fear filled words work in exactly the same way, fear will attract the very thing you say that you do not want.
It seems that God/the universe doesn't hear "I don't want", all heaven ever hears is "I do want", "I am not" becomes "I am". I don't know about you, but that irritates the heck out of me, it makes me want to send an angry e-mail to "god@heaven.com", something like "What's the matter, aren't you listening". But, you see, it’s not a question of God not "listening", it’s about how the process of creation was meant to work. Maybe we should change our concept of what the God is. God is not a person, God is the process of creation itself, a process that would more accurately be called life and the process will work perfectly every time no matter how irritating we may find it.
Make a promise to yourself to only speak words filled with love, don't beat yourself up when you slip back into your old way of speaking it will take practice. Keep working at it and see how your life will change.
I think I'll leave it there for now, until part 2, God bless.
Big love filled hugs,
Jason.
You know I've come to the conclusion that pray is not just a phone call we make to heaven only to leave our list of wants with God kind of like ordering a take-a-way meal. Pray is a continuous rolling conversation, everything we think, everything we say and everything we do is a pray and not just when we get down on our knees and start talking. In fact it's the process of creation, of manifesting the very deepest desires of our hearts, THOUGHT, WORD and ACTION. We can pray the most beautiful sounding pray but if our thoughts stink or our actions are sponsored by fear we cancel out the words of the pray, no matter how beautiful.
The motivation, the intent and the emotion behind our thought, words and actions, as I've just said all of the beautiful words in the world will come to zero if in your heart you are full of fear. On the other hand if your heart is full of love, or in other words faith, another word is trust. Trust (and don't doubt) that God/life/the universe will, and has already said yes to that prayer, in fact will always say yes. There is no reason for the divine to say no. If we are to experience yourself as created "in the image and likeness" of God then we must be allowed to create, express and experience yourself as the creator of that experience.
"Believe you HAVE received, and it will be yours" (Mark 11:23-25), believing that whatever your wanting is already so, not from a position of that thing being in the future but from the position of already having that thing/situation in your experience. In fact think of your dream not as a dream, but as, a memory of what is already so, a memory that is just waiting for you to catch up with it.
Now when it comes to our words, all our words must be filled with love/faith, all of them not just during a "formal" pray time. Remember pray is continuous, every word we speak is packed with creative power; everything we say has equal weight. Again we must keep in mind that behind our words there must be love, faith that what we are saying is already so present tense. Speak that you are not what you hope you might be some time in the future. Your words are not what was, not what will (or might) be, but your words are ALWAYS, always a statement of what is already so. This is so important because fear filled words work in exactly the same way, fear will attract the very thing you say that you do not want.
It seems that God/the universe doesn't hear "I don't want", all heaven ever hears is "I do want", "I am not" becomes "I am". I don't know about you, but that irritates the heck out of me, it makes me want to send an angry e-mail to "god@heaven.com", something like "What's the matter, aren't you listening". But, you see, it’s not a question of God not "listening", it’s about how the process of creation was meant to work. Maybe we should change our concept of what the God is. God is not a person, God is the process of creation itself, a process that would more accurately be called life and the process will work perfectly every time no matter how irritating we may find it.
Make a promise to yourself to only speak words filled with love, don't beat yourself up when you slip back into your old way of speaking it will take practice. Keep working at it and see how your life will change.
I think I'll leave it there for now, until part 2, God bless.
Big love filled hugs,
Jason.
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