Shalom.
Let us sit in peace in our places,
With our back straight,
With our feet flat,
With our hands relaxed.
Begin to breathe with your nose,
Inhaling deeply through your nose and pausing at the top,
Then exhaling deeply until your lungs are almost empty,
And pause,
And then inhale again.
By doing so,
We establish our inner rhythm,
The rhythm of breath,
The rhythm of life.
Each breath is new life,
But each exhalation is removing death.
Feel your body sink slowly,
Your head moves forward,
Your hands relax,
Your shoulders droop a little,
Everything releases tension.
Around you is a light of peace.
Your body slows,
Your heart slows,
Your breathing slows.
We are sitting before the universe.
All about us is the great wide world of God,
And the Creator is in every place of creation.
Therefore we sit before God,
Continue to breathe,
Noticing how your breath regulates your heart and the pace of thought itself.
This is God's day,
And He has given it to you.
It is a gift this day,
No matter how difficult,
But I don't know what I need to know,
But I know He knows,
The Creator knows what I need to do.
You know all I am,
All I was,
And all I will be,
And you know what I need to do today,
And what I don't need to do today.
You know what I need to fix,
To restore,
To repair.
You know what I need to say,
And to think,
And to do.
This gift of this day I give back to you,
Into your hands.
All that I think,
Say,
And do is from you,
But I still need to know,
And I still know that you know.
So I ask you,
Fill me with your knowledge,
The knowledge of your will,
Of what I need to know for today.
Fill me with the knowledge of your presence,
And even when I forget you,
Remind me that you are still there.
Let my words be your words,
Let my thoughts be your thoughts,
Let my actions be your actions in your world.
Let me be available to you always to do your will,
To hear your will,
To feel in my heart the direction I need to take,
And to know that when I'm anxious,
When I am uncertain,
When I doubt,
When I'm afraid,
When I'm irritated,
When I'm annoyed,
Those are still all teachings from you,
Teaching me what to do,
Teaching what not to do.
Let this mind be attached to your mind.
Let this heart beat with your heart.
Let this body create in this world according to your will.
Continue breathing.
Continue being.
Release all tension,
All resentment,
All negativity.
They are far from me,
For my inner truth is peace.
My inner peace is you,
For your name is peace.
Shalom.
Shin,
Lamed,
Flav,
Mem.
Your name is peace,
And your name is alive in me,
And for this moment I can be at peace and know that you know,
And that is all I need to know.
