My Life is a Living Prayer

When you grow up in church you get real use to hearing prayers. Generally, they're long and full of eloquent soliloquies about God's goodness and mercy. There were times in the baptist churches of our childhoods when we can remember prayers lasting for an hour or longer. Times when it seemed the prayers were punctuated with singing and long piano solos and lasted for what felt like forever when you're seven and have to take a bathroom break. Do you remember these quotes from the Bible...

...Even the rocks and trees shall cry out praises to the
Lord [so] Let everything that has breath praise the
Lord...

A whisper is just as powerful a prayer as the long drawn out monologues of our childhoods. Maya Angelou once said,

'Thank You' is a complete prayer.

If 'thank you' is a complete sentence, why wouldn't it be a complete prayer? Why wouldn't "help" be a complete prayer? There's no formula for praying. Prayer and meditation are synonyms for us. Most practitioners see meditation as great silences. We see them as great communions. In meditation and prayer you get the directions you need to move your life forward. Prayer is about communion. It's about connection. When we pray it's to get back in touch with something bigger than ourselves. We pray because in our prayer we gain understanding and a sense of belonging you simply can't get anywhere else. We make our lives harder than they should be because we don't follow the path that has been made for us. Prayer takes us back there. Your life, of course, is the living prayer of this blog's title. How can your life be a living prayer? Khalil Gibran wrote in The Prophet

I cannot teach you how to pray in words. God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips. And I cannot teach you the prayer of the seas and the forests and the mountains. But you who are born of the mountains and the forests and the seas can find their prayer in your heart, And if you but listen in the stillness of the night you shall hear them saying in silence, 'Our God, who art our winged self, it is thy will in us that willeth..."

Your life is the prayer God prayed. You are divine and deserving. We encourage you to use prayer and meditation. By sitting still and silently communing with your Higher Power you move right into the life of your dreams.

Amen.

Pay Attention to your Intentions

Thoughts, feelings, actions are all hindered or helped based on intention. Intention is the motivation behind the action or thought or feeling. It is one of the least considered aspects of our lives that truly affects us.

Wanda--In this process of self discovery I become more aware everyday of the motivation behind my actions. Don and I have recently decided to make some changes in our lives to be more healthy. Exercising four times a week and stopping all eating three hours before bed are the hallmark of our new health stance. Originally, my prayer was for total health and well being for my life. But going to the gym and being around all the fit and athletic people...i (ego me) began to notice that my body was not fit or athletic...i begin to compete and judge and wanted to look and feel like the woman on the treadmill next to me...my intentions for total health and well being shifted and become more about 'looking sexy'...that's when things backfired...at first going to the gym gave me energy and released stress from my day...working out became an extension of my morning meditation...but the more my intentions changed the less positive the experience. My intention to be 'sexy' began to sabotage my prayer for total health and well being. I (the divine in me) has to put this thing back on track and take over my intention. But i (ego me) has to surrender and could only do so after discovering how intentions set outside of God's truth for me will stop the blessings.

Don--In learning about my intentions I found that i (ego me) have become less important as i have learned how to align my intentions with what I (divine me) desire. Once I started journaling the things that I am grateful for everyday and keep with our goal of total health by going to the gym four times a week I've become stress-free and healthier than I could have ever imagined to be. Last week when I ran my usual daily regiment of 1 mile around the track at the gym I found that I could run a mile in 7.5 minutes. That's even better than when I ran in high school when it took me almost 11 minutes to run the same distance. But without aligning my intentions with my desire of having spiritual, physical and emotional wealth this most likely would not have been possible. I've noticed that in past times when I've gone to the gym I've still felt tired and drained. This is because my intentions were counter to what i wanted for myself physically. It is only with God's blessing that at this point in my life this would even be possible.

It is imperative that you be honest with yourself about your intentions. As we learn more about the Law of Attraction and how it works in our life we need to pay attention to our intentions. You could hold in your mind the desire for a million dollars but intend for the money to be used as a way of revenge or manipulation of another. Those feelings taint the faith and corrupt your ability to access the blessing God has in store for you. Don't impede on your blessing. Correct your intentions and place the divine in you (I) in charge.

With Love.

Welcome to Fearfree Living

Fearfree Living, as we see it, is 'harmonious' wealth building. When you release fear, you open yourself up to the truth of who you are and your life's purpose. This path to true prosperity includes spiritual wealth, physical wealth, financial wealth, wealth in your relationships, and intellectual wealth.

These five points of light form a star, a star within each and everyone of us. We are all stars, stars that can shine brightly if we allow the light to flow through us.

Fearfree Living is based on the premise that the outer result of wealth is a symbol of the inner growth that nurtures the spirit, feeds the mind and body. Taking control and releasing fear means you know your worth. Your worth cannot be measured. Things alone will not increase your worth, but your self worth (that value you give yourself) has a direct impact on your ability to build wealth. Recognize that the river of blessings that flow into your life supply you with what you need at all times. This is crucial to understanding that your wealth is increased by your faith and accepting the inner power within you, which we call God, that manifests blessings through you. When you accept your inner genius, your inner peace, your inner source, you become empowered to make changes in your life. You begin to let go of fear. You understand your divine birthright and are ready to shine!

Our blog will include wealth building principles, links to websites, blogsites and other information to help you live without fear.