Meditation and prayer....your practice..

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Not a thread of explanation or right and wrong.. just a sharing of your practice...where it is... and where you would like it to be.

For me "our thoughts are prayers" says it all... G!d, the universe, hears all...so it is more a matter of what your thoughts, words and deeds are overall than anytime spent beseeching on your knees.

As to meditation...currently that occurs in day dreaming....I am not on a time schedule or sitting with intent often enough... I need to up my ante on that again. I like walking meditation, labyrinths, sitting eyes slit meditation...contemplation...


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Prayer and meditation are one and the same for me. I usually start the day by silently reciting the Lord's Prayer, but that's about as structured as I get unless a special observance is taking place. The rest of the time I just keep God in the forefront as I contemplate the world around me. At bedtime, I like to listen to the KJV or the Gita recited on my mp3 player.
 
I take 15 minutes of silence in my break room before school starts and do the same thing after I finish paperwork at the end of the school day. It helps me collect my thoughts and remember why I do this job and reflect on all the people who have had a positive influence on me over my life. It has been interesting because I rarely think about the same person more than once.
 
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I find exercise to be a form of meditation I enjoy. Not weight training. Just simple bodyweight exercises in my apartment. It brings my mind to the present moment. Try to notice each breath. In and out. Similarly, in Ch'an Buddhism some practitioners use kung fu to harmonize themselves with nature's movements. Notice a breeze swaying the trees? Then move like the trees. Be in the moment.

I like quietly chanting Alláh-u-Abhá after sitting meditation or during walking meditation too.
 
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I see meditation and prayer as two different things.
 
I tend to chat with the almighty as if he were a mate. I figure God knows what I need before I do, so I seldom ask for anything. I just try to be appreciative of the stripes he bore for me and address my problems directly as he taught, in his name.

My dad left me his old gravy stained Bible. The one he used to read at the dinner table on Sunday's. I crack it open quite often these days and meditate on the word.
 
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As a Baha'i I offer prayers daily following ablutions and facing the Holy Land... usually in the afternoon and the prayer is a spiritual obligation for me..there's also a prayer I recite called the Tablet of Ahmad.. following prayers I recite the Greatest Name ninety five times while seated.
 
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Aussie Thoughts said:
I just try to be appreciative of the stripes he bore for me and address my problems directly as he taught, in his name.
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You know, after umpteen tests, failed procedures and treatments, that's ultimately how I was able to get my heart skipping problem under control. I'm now down to a half dozen skips a day from more than 30 a minute with no Rx meds whatsoever.
 
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Not a thread of explanation or right and wrong.. just a sharing of your practice...where it is... and where you would like it to be.

For me "our thoughts are prayers" says it all... G!d, the universe, hears all...so it is more a matter of what your thoughts, words and deeds are overall than anytime spent beseeching on your knees.

As to meditation...currently that occurs in day dreaming....I am not on a time schedule or sitting with intent often enough... I need to up my ante on that again. I like walking meditation, labyrinths, sitting eyes slit meditation...contemplation...


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Zazen meditation. Its simply a practice of acknowledging and letting go without undue interference from thoughts that prevents one from experiencing clarity.

Sort of like blowing the dust away and noticing what it had covered before it settles back again.
 
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My prayers always accompany a sacrifice of wine (or juice), incense and/or a flower. I don't usually meditate
 
Hello,

Brand new here... literally my first post.

Prayer: My wife and I share at least one evening prayer together, typically over dinner. I say personal prayers when I wake up, over everyday meals, and before I go to sleep. If I am preparing a lesson, a speech, or am writing I will pray often for guidance. Throughout the day, especially when I drive I will talk to the Lord in my heart and mind... he hears our every thought.

Meditation: At times I will seek to be alone. Sometimes this means going outside or into another room; sometimes I will just sit on the edge of my bed while my wife is still asleep and ponder. These moments of meditation our almost always accompanied by prayer; if I am going to be spending any amount of time pondering I might as well invite God to listen in.

If you've ever seen "Fiddler on the roof"... that's kind of how I pray, not singing every word, but talking to God the same as I would talk to any other friend.

Always sincere,
John B
 
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Hello,

Brand new here... literally my first post.

Prayer: My wife and I share at least one evening prayer together, typically over dinner. I say personal prayers when I wake up, over everyday meals, and before I go to sleep. If I am preparing a lesson, a speech, or am writing I will pray often for guidance. Throughout the day, especially when I drive I will talk to the Lord in my heart and mind... he hears our every thought.

Meditation: At times I will seek to be alone. Sometimes this means going outside or into another room; sometimes I will just sit on the edge of my bed while my wife is still asleep and ponder. These moments of meditation our almost always accompanied by prayer; if I am going to be spending any amount of time pondering I might as well invite God to listen in.

If you've ever seen "Fiddler on the roof"... that's kind of how I pray, not singing every word, but talking to God the same as I would talk to any other friend.

Always sincere,
John B
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Welcome, John!
 
I really like listening to prayers in other languages... And in song or chant... The Hindi prayers, the Hebrew, and again this weekend the Lakota, Cherokee, and other native languages...
 
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