A Practical Prayer For Divine Guidance

The first thing we get to do is turn away from the evidence,

From the detail that shows up in the world around us.

There's nothing wrong with it.

The world around us is delightful.

This is where we live.

This is where we keep all of our stuff.

And the truth is that there is a divine power and presence that created all of it.

So we turn away from what our five senses tell us is the outside world.

We turn away from the notion that there's me in here and there's other things out there.

We turn within and open ourselves to the awareness that the infinite creative power that created everything,

That divine source,

Is within us.

It is the creator of everything.

That means that it's the creator of each of us as well.

It is not possible that that divine presence,

That God is everywhere in the universe except the three feet around me.

That's not possible.

So we open ourselves to the awareness of that infinite power and presence,

That divine love,

That creative power that in the beginning started with just itself and set an intention.

Let there be light.

Let there be life.

Let there be everything that exists in this manifest universe.

Setting the intention for this all to be created and providing the framework,

The law that responded to that intention.

That at the very moment that the infinite said,

Let there be light,

Began creating everything that exists in this universe.

And that everything includes all of the wisdom,

All of the insight,

All of the power,

All of the substance that exists everywhere.

It is from the largest planet in the farthest galaxy to the tiniest particle swimming in our bloodstream.

Everything is that divine godessence taking its own particular form.

Everything is that infinite intelligence revealed in its own specific and special way.

And that everything includes me.

It includes each of us.

We are each expressions of that divine,

That divine intelligence,

That divine power,

That divine substance.

And knowing that,

I know that each of us is open and available to guidance,

That wisdom,

That knowingness,

That the infinite intelligence that resides within us is able to inform us.

It's able to guide us.

It's able to suggest to us.

What is the next perfect step to take?

So we let go of our attachment to thinking that we need to know how it's going to go,

That we somehow have to work it or force it or make it happen.

We surrender that.

We let go of that.

We let it wash away and open ourselves up to that still small voice,

That divine guidance that is always available to suggest the next perfect step.

And then when that guidance arrives,

We take that perfect step.

And then listen again and take the next perfect step.

And this is the partnership with the infinite as we are guided to the highest and best unfolding for each of us and for all of us.

There is no need for somebody else to lose in order for us to win.

There is excellence available at all levels,

In all areas.

That's what it looks like when love is unfolding.

That's what it looks like when the creative power that creates everything is creating with us to bring that newness into our lives.

And I'm grateful for it.

I'm grateful for the goodness that's showing up.

I'm grateful for the wonderful stories about how this prayer has brought about transformation.

And it's doing so right now for everyone within the sound of my voice.

This good is at hand right here and right now.

With gratitude for this good,

I speak this word of intention and I release it into that same creative law that has been responding since the infinite said,

Let there be light.

Let there be this divine guidance.

And so it is.

Amen.