Mason Jennings, Jack Johnson, and Matt Costa
We are All One
Three men signing about the Fundamental Truth. I love that.
It makes me smile, giggle in fact. I have been listening to this song over and over all day because it just lifts my spirits. God is so big, so awesome, that as humans we are forever trying to describe this beautiful energy we call God. Through art, dance, words, songs, in the way we arrange our homes, our dinner tables, in the way we interact with our fellow man, sometimes we even sit in stillness and in everything we do we are in fact expressing our Divine Nature. We are actually living out loud and in each moment proving that we are part of an Amazing Creation. This reality that we participate in has so many flavors, colors, chords, and beats that there is only One truth- it is All God.
National Prayer day is this Thursday
Prayer is the act of communicating with a god or spirit in worship. Specific forms of this may include praise, requesting guidance or assistance, confessing sins, as an act of reparation or an expression of one’s thoughts and emotions. The words used in prayer may take the form of intercession, a hymn, incantation or a spontaneous utterance in the person’s praying words. Praying can be done in public, as a group, or in private. (wikipedia)
There are churches, mosques, temples, yoga studios, beaches, forests, mountains, hills, and valleys. Find a place where you can feel grounded and open. Take a few deep breaths. Submit yourself to the still small voice inside and listen. Enjoy a conversation with God on this day.
I’m ready, but not much of a worship service type person.
Interested in participating but need a few alternative ideas? Okay, Sure!!
Journal- you can just start writing about your day and see where it takes you. Perhaps you can write ten things you are grateful for and ten things you would like to see manifest in your future.
Take a walk- see the space that surrounds you. Feel the ground under your feet. Breath in the air. Observe. Hum. You can take your pet with you and see the space through their perspective.
Sing your favorite hymn or rock song- so many of my favorite songs seem to connect me to a place of pure joy. Try singing a few of yours and perhaps you will find yourself in the flow. Your very own praise and worship service!!
Dance around- when Shelley sings, Shelley dances. The opposite is also true. I encourage you to try it.
Sit in stillness and observe your breath- you can stare at a candle, play with a rock in the palm of your hand, count the inhales and exhales. Take a moment to be in this very moment in time.
This is my prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, 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 that we are born to eternal life. St Francis of Assisi
So today, however you pray, wherever you worship, whatever name you give God (my brother calls him Padre) it is my wish for you that you feel the Divine Spirit move through you. I pray that you are safe in your homes, satisfied in your work, in love with your family, and at peace with your Self. I pray all of these things in the name of the Good Lord. May the Universe shine upon you and yours
- Namaste
