Lakota Prayer
Great Mystery,
Teach me how to trust
My Heart,
My Intuition,
My Inner Knowing,
The Senses of My Body,
The Blessings of My Spirit.
Teach me to trust these things
So that I may enter my Sacred Space
and love beyond my fear,
and this Walk in Balance
with the passing of each glorious Sun.
I came across this prayer, and it touched me. I am going to dissect this prayer and see what it brings out of me.
It is called a Lakota Prayer. I have no idea if this is true. At some point, I will research the origins of this prayer to see if it is actually a Lakota Prayer. For now, there is too much inside me to spend any time on that." and love beyond my fear."
I will post my thoughts on this prayer every day. I hope you will join me on this adventure to uncover our hidden self, which is hidden from ourselves by fear.
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A group of us have been meeting and discussing Emmet Fox's essay "Yoga of Love." I pay attention to the words I say to eliminate repetitive prayer. That way, saying the same words does not become robotic.
Most of the words and concepts in this prayer are contained in other prayers; the phrase "And love beyond my fear" was novel to me. I could not shake those words.
That is why I decided to explore this prayer.
In our group, we have talked about our blocks to love. Past and present wrongs done to us are a major block that prevents us from loving all the people and events that we meet throughout our day.
This helps me to stop judging a person, action, or place.