Living From Within - Meditation or Prayer Strengthens Inner Peace

Living From Within - Meditation or Prayer Strengthens Inner Peace

Visualization and meditation for a given desire becomes the essence of your being and thus a part of the universal laws that develop this world as one.

Intentions of the heart are honorable, but can be muddled in self-denial because you are hoping for a desirable outcome, rather than intending for one. Hoping and expecting an outcome only delays its production. For example, hoping is the realization of effort, while intending is the actual effort it takes to realize. This can be confusing, thus it is always best to just “focus on the outcome as you intended it to be.” This is much easier to accept and do, once you know yourself and have become self-aware. To think like an open-minded, open-hearted individual, you must remember to honor yourself, which is achieved as part of self-awareness.

You can pinpoint what is real for you, self-awareness, by opening your mind to individual thinking. Focus on one item and close the mind to all others.

You can create everything necessary for hope in the heart, and mind. Diligent practice of either technique (mental imagery, or physical props like writing) for increasing your focus will help to hone yourself in matters of the body, mind, and spirit, and create an open heart and mind. Concentration and meditation practices are best used with breathing techniques that build the mind. Positive intake of breath relieves worrisome doubt and disheveled spirit.

By devoting time to yourself for love and joy, you will find that you have less self-doubt and inward implosion of negative energy. Concentration on self-love, and devotion of time for self-healing, will help to reward yourself with love and care for energies that are both positive and naturally mobile. This sense of energy can help you and other people regain a sense of thankfulness and enhance gratitude.

To portray yourself as a channel of peace and kindness, you must accept peace and kindness for yourself.

Prayer and meditation are the groundwork for your foundation of strength. By beginning each day with meditation or prayer, you are priming yourself for peace of mind.

Wording has a great influence on your perception and the perception of others. The more you focus on dispelling doubt, which is accomplished by focusing your energies on love and hope, the more love and hope you will encounter. As this occurs, your manner of thought will lead itself to a new way of developing what is positive. Prayer and meditation will help to facilitate this process. As you progress in self-awareness and your desire to be at peace with yourself, you will find that these tools were already present within you. 

Affirmation: To develop your belief system for this step, remember to tell yourself, “I will begin each day and end each day with meditation or prayer.” Doing this will help you to remain open to receiving guidance. 

From the book Living From Within by Catherine Marie Bergman