A very big aloha.
My name is Reverend Cindy Pollos.
And I wanted to talk about the power of prayer and meditation,
And the real gift of understanding prayer,
And why it works well with meditation.
Anytime I go on Facebook and someone is going through some challenging times,
You will ask for Well,
Most people ask for prayers,
And there'll be the prayer sign,
The prayer sign,
Sometimes hundreds.
Of prayer signs.
And I have to admit,
I'd do myself if it's like,
Okay,
I put a prayer sign down.
It takes literally about two seconds to do that.
And if you're busy.
It's your way of saying,
Okay,
You know.
And every now and then someone will make a nice comment,
Which takes a little bit longer.
But the real power of prayer isn't just a prayer sign.
Nice thoughts and smiles are nice,
And they work in certain ways.
But prayer is truly most powerful in my opinion.
When you allow yourself to be able to connect to God and God's will.
And that isn't what most people want when they want prayers.
They want,
Most times,
Their outcome.
As they would like it to happen.
Which is totally understandable if someone's close to death or if there's an accident,
You want that person to get better soon.
You're going to pray for them to get better soon or that they,
You know,
Immediately get help.
But that is just your thoughts.
That's just you wanting more power with your thoughts of what you think is best.
But you really have no way of knowing.
What is really best and what is God's will and how God's will.
Works in these situations.
It's so much deeper than we can possibly understand.
But we were given examples of this.
By Jesus Christ.
He was about to pass away and pass on.
And said,
Not my will,
But your will be done.
That is a key,
An important key,
That even if you are in a crisis of life and death situations,
That it's not your will,
But God's will.
Be done.
Now a prayer.
Don't like that.
Is really helpful to do with the meditation.
And a meditation after you've asked to connect.
To the highest will.
And whatever is for the best to be done by the source of all.
That you go into meditation.
And get the ability to be still and possibly receive.
Some understanding of what's really going on and why this is happening and to really go to the depths of it.
Now,
That isn't how a lot of people combine prayer and meditation.
Doing a prayer.
Going through the power of prayer.
And then combining it.
With that stillness within to receive and to be open.
Go within and find.
The depths of what's going on,
You might just get a deeper.
Understanding.
Of what's really happening.
And you might understand with enough connection to that source.
That you can be at peace.
With what is going on,
And that is difficult.
You know,
When you're going through a crisis,
It's very,
Very difficult.
To be at peace with the situation.
There's so many things that are going on that are emotional in your emotions.
Really take over control and then the mind of course steps in.
All these thoughts tapped,
You know,
So many thoughts happened,
Really a flood of thoughts begin to happen.
But if you can get past all of that.
And just go into that inner place within,
That stillness within.
And receive.
Some direction,
Some understanding.
Of what's happening and find that amazing place of peace within meditation.
You will be able to get through any crisis.
In a much better way.
In a much stronger way.
And that is so valuable.
It's priceless,
Truly priceless to be able to do this.
That's not easy.
And it's not like you can just do it once.
You may have to do it again and again and again and again.
And because what happens is you will go back to what you're used to doing,
You have a pattern.
In life that's been created,
So you have to get past that.
Going back to that other place,
But have that faith.
That inner faith in whatever happens.
That it's up to God,
It's God's will that's being done.
And that there's something deeper going on.
From that deep place of meditation.
I think it really helps as well.
To again.
Take the time to maybe write down.
Or share with someone who's going through the crisis with you what you have gotten.
And communicate it because that reinforces it.
That reality.
And a lot of people don't want to do this or can't do this,
But there are people who have had that ability to do it and understand that gift,
That great,
Great gift.
That comes when you understand the true power of prayer and use it with meditation and with the insight that comes from that place of meditation.
And if you've gone through these things,
You might understand.
My heart.
And my love goes out to you if you've gone through this crisis,
Because it's a deep crisis.
Life-changing situation.
When you go through these situations that are life-changing,
You definitely have to stop and take a re-look,
A re-thought about what you're doing in your life and how you deal with all of it.
And it takes great strength,
And it takes great faith.
And it is something that you have to approach.
With a certain amount of humbleness.
And faith and I send my deepest appreciation and love out to you.
And I really do love the fact that I can communicate what I feel.
Feel is valuable information that comes from within with you.
So my deepest bow of gratitude and love to you,
My friend.
