Asking and Receiving - Accepting and Giving
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Ask and Receive
Meditation and prayer are similar practices. They both offer us a connection to the divine but they do differ from each other in significant ways.
PRAYER = When you ask the universe/GOD for
something
MEDITATION = When you listen
PRAYER = You use language to express your innermost thoughts and feelings to a higher power, sometimes from deep-deep within yourself and you allow whatever comes to the surface to flow out in your prayer. Sometimes you pray words that were written by someone else but which might be expressing exactly what you want to or are trying to say. Prayer is reaching out to the universe/GOD with questions, asking for help, gratitude, praise and worship.
MEDITATION = Has a silent quality that honors the art of receptivity. When you meditate you stop movement and noise and allow your mind and heart to go on without you in a sense. With meditation you eventually fall into a deep silence. A place where there is no noise and the normal stuff of daily human existence. Here it becomes possible for you to hear the universe/GOD's responses to your questions.
Both meditation and prayer are necessary to navigate your relationship with the universe/GOD and with yourself. They are also natural complements to one another and one makes way for the other. If you do only one or the other you may find that you are out of balance.
There are times when you need to reach out and express yourself, totally unloading your insides and then there are times when you are empty and just ready to receive. When you allow yourself to do both you begin to have a true conversation with the universe/GOD.
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PRAYER = When you ask the universe/GOD for
something
MEDITATION = When you listen
PRAYER = You use language to express your innermost thoughts and feelings to a higher power, sometimes from deep-deep within yourself and you allow whatever comes to the surface to flow out in your prayer. Sometimes you pray words that were written by someone else but which might be expressing exactly what you want to or are trying to say. Prayer is reaching out to the universe/GOD with questions, asking for help, gratitude, praise and worship.
MEDITATION = Has a silent quality that honors the art of receptivity. When you meditate you stop movement and noise and allow your mind and heart to go on without you in a sense. With meditation you eventually fall into a deep silence. A place where there is no noise and the normal stuff of daily human existence. Here it becomes possible for you to hear the universe/GOD's responses to your questions.
Both meditation and prayer are necessary to navigate your relationship with the universe/GOD and with yourself. They are also natural complements to one another and one makes way for the other. If you do only one or the other you may find that you are out of balance.
There are times when you need to reach out and express yourself, totally unloading your insides and then there are times when you are empty and just ready to receive. When you allow yourself to do both you begin to have a true conversation with the universe/GOD.
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Accept and Give
Allowing ourselves to recieve with gratitude
Giving and receiving are part of the same cycle, and each of us give and receive in our own ways. How ever you can loose your balance when you try to be too controlling on either side of the cycleWhen receiving you may feel that you don't deserve the effort made if what you gave was easy for you to give. How ever there is a lesson here for you. You may be receiving not only gratitude but a chance to see the world through the eyes of some one else. You may learn that just because you gave easily does not diminish the value. Perhaps the universe is giving you an example to hold close to your heart, encouraging you for some future day when your own generous act of giving is not met with a visible act of receiving. When you cna allow yourself to receive as well as give you do your part in keeping the channels of abundance open for yourself and others.
Many times you will find yourself struggling to respond to others gifts in the same ways = feeling like you have to throw a dinner party for someone who has done the same for you or responding to an expensive gift with something equally expensive. You see when things are done out of a sense of obligation their energy changes from something that shares to something that drains......Does this sound familiar?......Decide to allow yourself to receive with arms,mind and heart open and simply say thank you.
Accepting someones gift is a gift in itself. Have sincere appreciation for their acknowledgment. Their efforts joins your energy with theirs in the cycle of giving and receiving and nurtures all involved!
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Bill Tessore
Aug 29, 2008 @ 8:21 pm | delete
- Hi Marinda,
Such simple concepts- giving & receiving, accept & give. So many learn it in early childhood & shen somehow seem to lose it ... or forget it.
Thanks for the gife, this reminder which will help so many to begin to meditate once again on these simple concepts which produce such immense power.
I know accepting this gift will help me help countless others in heretofore unknown ways.
I appreciate you,
Bill Tessore
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success4free Aug 28, 2008 @ 1:20 pm | delete
- Great information Thanks
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Bernard Tritz
Aug 27, 2008 @ 10:44 pm | delete
- Hi Merinda.
Thank you for this post. i needed the reminder to be quiet. "Be still and know that I am God". Great sharing thank you.
Your friend.
Bernard
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harbarenko Aug 27, 2008 @ 8:34 pm | delete
- Great Lens Marinda!
I believe Praying is like talking to your best friend! It's easy to talk to someone when you know they love you unconditionally! ~Crystal
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mkissell
Aug 27, 2008 @ 5:17 pm | delete
- Marinda,
I only have two words to say about this lens ...
Great Stuff!
~Melanie
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mlalib
Aug 27, 2008 @ 1:51 pm | delete
- Very inspiring Lens.
Thank you!
Michel
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chaliecat
Aug 27, 2008 @ 1:50 pm | delete
- Very well done And the video was great also!
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Denise Campbell
Aug 27, 2008 @ 11:07 am | delete
- Wow Marinda!! Wonderful information. Great job! :D
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WendyKrick Aug 27, 2008 @ 9:45 am | delete
- Hi Marinda, This is a terrific lens. I meditate everyday and it is amazing what the universe is teaching you. You just get a knowing. But you have to listen. ~Wendy
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