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April 1, 2008
Healing E-Class #19
Sometimes, when you sit still,
it can seem as if the silence is actually an ocean of
sound/texture/life,and you rest, feeling a sense of self-awareness
of potential in that silence a potential that can change
everything.
Thy Life is in all forms, Thy Love in all beings. Pir-o-Murshid
Inayat Khan:
Participatory Prayer (Prayer as Social Action Actualizing
Prayer)
At a meeting between Pir Zia, the most senior person of the Sufi
Healing Order worldwide, and some of the senior teachers of the
Healing Order in North America, he sharedwith us an inspiration. He
spoke with passion of a practice. We were deeply moved andas with
all practices, we did it for over a month before sharing it. I can
say, withassurance, the practice worked beyond our expectations,
and I d like to share it withyou.
This class is for those of you who have been waiting, or who are
yearning, to be helpingthe world transform, or to bring something
new into your life and the life around you.
The Orientation:This practice begins with an orientation to that
which is beyond life, is the source of alllife, and which sustains
all of life. The first step is to identify and name that for your
self.I ve heard some call this the Divine, or the One, or God,
Moses, Jesus, Mohammad, orKwan Yin, or Mary, or Unity, or something
else. The first step in this practice is to findthe correct name
for you. This is what you will orient to. This name is what you
will use.The practice uses prayer: communication with that which
you identified. I m going to usethe words the Divine to describe
that.
Step 1: Pray/ask the Divine for what you wish for in the world
or in your self or life. Be clear; askfor one thing; be specific. I
ll give a simple example: Dear Divine One, I wish thehomeless in my
city had food and warmth this winter.
Step 2: Check your conscience. Is there any place in you where
you are blocking this fromhappening? Are you praying for it and yet
are not open to it happening or don t believe itis possible?
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Is there something else happening within your thinking or your
expectations that holds itback? (For example, you might remember
that you have some bags of clothes younever use and never will use,
sitting in your attic. You could share them with those inneed. Or
perhaps you realize you are throwing out food all the time, and
decide to eatsmaller portions so you aren t wasting food, and use
the money you save to help the
hungry.) Or perhaps you have chosen a prayer that is too vague
or too large. Checkyour thinking. Realign your expectations and
your thoughts.
Step 3: Do one thing in answer to your prayer. In our example,
you could go to a homelessshelter and give a donation of money,
time, or food, or blankets. Or you could sendblankets to a group
that is collecting supplies for a place devastated by a
naturaldisaster. Or you could drive to a place where the homeless
live, with supplies, and offerthem. Do one thing that brings the
answer to your prayer in to the world.
Step 4: Continue to trust that the prayer is being answered.
Trust without reason is called faith.Let faith continue to hold
open the passage you created, of your prayer into the world.Know,
or hold in your feeling, that the prayer is being answered.
Step 5: Go into your life and when the thought of this prayer
comes to your mind, rememberthat the prayer is being answered.
(Yes, if you choose to, you could continue to be partof the answer
in a physical way.)
Remember:
Choose one thing.Be clear.Ask for what is needed.Check your
conscience.Do one action that answers the prayer.Have trust that
the prayer is being answered faith.
From Pir Vilayat: Are you willing to be what you could be, if
you would be, what you might be?
And it s auxiliary:Are you willing to do what you could do, if
you would do, what you might do?
And another from me: Let go and let the Divine(and you could
help by being part of the answer to yourprayer)..
May your Life be filled with Blessing,Devi
