Lakota Prayer
Great Mystery,
Teach me how to trust
My Heart,
My Mind,
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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"The senses of the body"
My body sends me signals throughout the day. I give my mind so much power that most of the time, I do not pay attention to the messages it sends me.
I am focused on some task at hand, and I know that paying attention to the message my body is giving me will slow me down or stop me. This puts me in a position of hating my body, since it is keeping me from my perceived goal in the time I want it completed. Then I need to be at odds with the Great Father, for he is also working against me.
In our society, we are taught that our bodies are the least important part of our being. We are made up of three things: mind, body, and spirit.
How can I stand straight if I make one leg longer and more important than the other two?
I can not.
Great Father, give me discernment to know the difference between a message from my body and my mind giving me a message disguised as my body.
"Teach me how to trust."
I have an appointment today. Since I scheduled it, I have not attempted to determine the reason for this meeting. There is enough to do today without bringing on tomorrow's worries.
Speculation tried to creep into my thoughts. I dismissed them immediately.
"I will walk in balance" today, for my thoughts are on today. I have enough to do without crowding my day with speculation.
Teach me to trust my inner knowing. To trust my inner knowing means to be willing to believe in decisions that were made that didn't work out and decisions made that proved to be an improvement.
The single most important part of knowing something before acting on it is the elapsing of time to mature the thought.
I was a jonny on the spot kind of person in this area of my life. And it was fear related. I always regretted the leap without being properly prepared with the facts.
Inner knowing doesn't necessarily mean learning from my mistakes. It means trusting myself to know the possible outcome. If it doesn't go as planned my attitude is that is was just practice. I have heard an excellent explanation for this as zeroing my aim point to get the bullseye. At least today it is on the paper to reference the next move.
I am grateful to trust and keep practicing my inner knowing abilities. I am grateful for the people in my life that help me see my self deception.
"My Mind"
This morning, I said to myself, "Your mind is stopping you." Then I thought, is it really? I went through my thoughts up to that conclusion.
I discovered that my mind was telling me to get moving. Spring water is low. If you do not do it now, it will be the middle of the week at an inconvenient time.
The Great Mystery is teaching me that I can trust my mind. It is the self-talk that I have afterwards that gives me trouble.
I am off to get the spring water. I will enjoy the trip through Mother Earth's marvels.
When I return, I will address the self-talk if it is still there, waiting for me.
It is the self talk that I have afterwards that gives me trouble.
I wish I didn't rehearse or ruminate on the work that was done after receiving the green light to accomplish it. It's an area in my life to continue improving.
Teach me how to trust my heart- stood out to me today.
Then, I thought of a saying about not trusting your heart. I knew it was something to settle. Today I am going to be more intentional about honoring my heart, - I will feel and Sense the heart and its creativity.
Teach me how to trust my intuition.
The two areas in my life that lacked intuition were a relationship with a woman and managing money well.
I let fear in my life used as guidance to direct my thinking.
It could be whatever, envious of what others have or even plain boredom and needing to act out. Pretty much any form of discontentment. I would do it and I knew it was going to hurt. Sometimes it was unconscious and thus unguided.
It amazes me every day the combinations of senses used to make decisions that don't hurt. I can see how my well exercised senses are in the front and the weaker ones take order behind them. By the time the other senses are saying "hey wait a minute " I had already made what I believed was an informed decision.
Maybe they should all be in a line together.
Maybe I can consult the weaker ones first before the strong ones have a say.
It further amazes me that a prayer like this exists.
I am grateful for these words in their order. I now realize that I have been living this prayer from bottom to top and trying to figure out on my own what the matter is.
"Maybe I should consult the weaker ones first before the stronger ones have a say."
That reminded me of what John told me about discounting liars. John said, "The truth is the truth. Even if it comes from the mouth of a liar."
I always thought I was making an informed decision. But I only used the information I thought was important.
It was definitely not an informed group conscience.
Teach me how to trust. My mind. I remember not long ago people were saying to "throw that first idea away it doesn't count." I followed that advice for all decisions big and small for a long time. Then one day they said "okay, you can start using your first thoughts now." What a confusing time for me.
I didn't understand that as I healed and got to know myself I was getting equipped to make better decisions from a reliance on the Great Mystery. I wasn't being driven by resentment and fear and able to take a broader view.
At work I like to form the dish to be installed in a piece of equipment. Everyone else just cocks it to run off one side. But that's not what the print says and I have been accused of doing things the hard way but not by the boss.
I can form them really nice to go around a precise line or I can beat them quite badly into looking like something a truck ran over. It depends on how the day is going.
It still has to follow the precise line inside the vessel to be functional.
I'm grateful that I can have laughable moments that aren't as costly today because I am learning how to trust my mind
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