Guest guest Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Dear Stacee, And Amen to you. Thank you for your post! d ________________________________ Stacee Kramer <stacee.kramer Ammachi Wednesday, July 8, 2009 2:49:16 PM Re: Peace Prayers Dear D, Amen to this. --- On Wed, 7/8/09, Determined to Prevail <pdeterminedto@ > wrote: > Determined to Prevail <pdeterminedto@ > > Re: Peace Prayers > Ammachi@ .com > Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 3:36 AM > Stacee, > > Your beautiful phrasing presenting an argument for > acceptance is appreciated but... > > I am reminded of the serenitity prayer associated with the > Alanon and AA grassroots spiritual growth organizations. ... > > to paraphrase it.... > > To be able to see where acceptance is The Path and where > Stuggle, Effort and Striving is the Only Way to Go. > and to be able to have the wisdom to tell the difference. > > My experience is that sometimes I have to put out a lot of > effort to correct my mistakes, other times I need to just > simply accept situations or myself. And the two are a > dynamic in which no one else and I mean no one else not even > Amma can tell me the difference between the two, how they > may interact in certain circumstances, when it is clearly > one or clearly the other. > > And peace, real peace comes from living this until > understanding comes... and it seems to take a long long time > and yes one seems to arrive at both acceptance and change > and hence becomes a psiriutal adult. > > Then one who has been practing to be an adult takes this > prinicpal in to the workplace or the world, their mariage or > raising their children, wherever is their station in life. > > To me this the great delimana that every generation either > comes to understand or to some degree fails as and then... > > finding peace through some form of bliss is the only answer > for those that have given up the only real struggle that can > bring one to a real peace that is both an acceptance of who > the self really is, but also a letting go into who the real > self is becoming. > > For myself I have been on both sides of this argument of > total acceptance of self and total surrender to life's > lessons and have for myself discovred the answer is BOTH! > One is peace and one is pain and I perfer the painfull part > for then if I peacefully accept that I am both as I am and > as I am becoming then maybe the becoming can become. > > Anything other is to say that the real self is static, > perfect and not evolving and hence the great expereiment of > earth was for nought. > > I do find myself in total agreement with you about the > 'next book, next workshop and even the next hug... when I > was 25 I decided that I would simply: > 1. stay home > 2. do my partices > 3. try to serve when I felt called > 4. attmept to correct my mistakes that never meant I was > bad but simply growing > > The problem to my mind is about having the peace of > acceptance to the degree that I do not have to go into > frenzys of looking about for the next person or thing to > save me or make me feel better. > > Thanks and Peace > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > Stacee Kramer <stacee.kramer@ sbcglobal. net> > ammachi@ .com; > BPrante <BPrante (AT) valverde (DOT) edu>; > Dad home <martykra (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>; > Scott Kramer <gigapoet (AT) gmail (DOT) com>; > Chitanand M. <iamthat2 (AT) gmail (DOT) com>; > Lesley Martin <lmartin9376@ >; > Deanna McCrary <futurenaturedoc@ msn.com>; > Teresa and Rodman <rodman (AT) mbay (DOT) net>; > stacee.kramer@ sbcglobal. net; > Barbara Wiss <bcwiss > > Tuesday, July 7, 2009 8:57:01 PM > Peace Prayers > What if your contribution to the world and the fulfillment > of your own happiness is not dependent on discovering a > better method of prayer of teaching meditation, not > dependent on reading the right book or attending the right > seminar, but upon really seeing and deeply appreciating > yourself and the world as they are right now? > > How would this affect your search for spiritual > development? > > What if there is no need to change, no need to try to > transform yourself into someone who is more compassionate, > more present, more loving or wise? > > How would this effect all the places in your life where you > are endlessly trying to be better? > > What is the task is simply to unfold, to become who you > already are in your essential nature---gentle, > compassionate, and capable of living fully and passionately > in the present? > > How would this affect how you feel when you wake up in the > morning? > > What if who you essentially are right now is all that you > are ever going to be? > > How would this effect how you feel about your future? > > What if the essence of who you are and always have been is > enough? > > How would this change how you see and feel about your > past? > > What if the question is not why am I so infrequently the > person I really want to be, but why do I so infrequently > want to be the person I am? > > How would this change what you think you have to learn? > > What if becoming who and what we truly are happens not > through striving and trying but by recognizing and receiving > the people and places and practices that offer us the warmth > of encouragement we need to unfold? > > How would this shape the choices you make about how to > spend today? > > What is you knew that the impulse to move in a way that > creates beauty in the world would arise from deep within and > guide you every time you simply pay attention and wait? > > How would this shape your stillness, your movement, your > willingness to follow this impulse, to just let go and > dance? > > ~~~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer > WomanPrayers: Prayers by Women from Throughout History and > Around the world. > Page 8-9, (Finding Myself), Mary Ford-Grabowsky, Harper San > Francisco > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ > How wonderful, O Lord are the works of your hands! > The heavens declare Your glory, > the arch of sky displays Your handiwork. > In Your love You have given us the power > to behold the beauty of Your world > robed in all its splendor. > The sun and the stars, the valleys and hills, > the rivers and lakes all disclose Your presence. > The roaring breakers of the sea tell of Your awesome > might, > the beasts of the field and the birds of the air > bespeak Your wondrous will. > In Your goodness You have made us able to hear > the music of the world. The voices of loved ones > reveal to us that You are in our midst. > A divine voice sings through all creation. > > ~~~ Jewish Prayerq > Page 57 (A Sacred Place) Earth Prayers From Around the > World, 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations For Honoring the > Earth. Roberts and Amidon, Harper Collins > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ > > There is no creature that is made > that can know how much > and how sweetly > and how tenderly > our Creator > loves us. > > ~~~ Julian of Norwich > Page 30, Meditations with Julian of Norwich, Brenda Doyle, > Bear and Co. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us… Playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel secure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~~~ Marianne Williamson WomanPrayers: Prayers by Women from Throughout History and Around the world. Page 11-12, (Finding Myself), Mary Ford-Grabowsky, Harper San Francisco ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We join with the Earth and with each other, to bring new life to the land, to recreate the human community, to provide justice and peace, to remember our children, to remember who we are… We join together as many and diverse expressions of one loving mystery, for the healing of the Earth and the renewal of all Life. ~~~ Pat Cane Page 12 (Affirmations and Invocations) Life Prayers From Around the World, 365 Prayers, Blessings and Affirmations to Celebrate the Human Journey. Roberts and Amidon, Harper Collins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ God wants us to allow ourselves to see God continually. For God wants to be seen and wants to be sought. God wants to be awaited and wants to be trusted. ~~~ Julian of Norwich Page 35, Meditations with Julian of Norwich, Brenda Doyle, Bear and Co. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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