Defining Moments - A Practical Prayer

Our spiritual growth is about the moments and experiences that define and redefine us. In this prayer, we let loose our attachment and control to invite the Good into our lives, even if it doesn't look the way we assumed it would. This is from "Defining Moments", Season 5, Episode 59 of the Practical Prayer podcast. It was recorded live. A Practical Prayer follows the specific set of steps found in the most effective prayers from spiritual traditions and religions all over the world.

Transcript

We're going to do a practical prayer and based on everything we've been talking about redefining moments and defining moments and forgiveness and surrender the prayer is going to be for that and it's going to be more than that it's about owning what's ours being aware of where we are in the process because it's always a process forgiveness and surrender and being okay is not an event it is not a finish line that we cross somehow it is a cycle that we get to continually deepen into so as we go through the process the watchword is gentle be gentle with ourselves if I notice that I've been doing something time and time again for years or for decades when I notice what it is I have two choices I can beat myself up for having done it wrong all those years and how much damage I did and how much time I wasted and how bad I am and yada yada yada yada yada or I can say oh now I see it I do not need to do that anymore I am now free and it becomes a redefining moment because we're not talking about what happened in the past we're redefining who we are as we move into the future yeah let's take that into prayer knowing that there's one creative power that creates everything one divine source one love that has created everything that exists everywhere everything on planet earth everything in the solar system everything in this galaxy everything in the universe is this one infinite creative presence shared in its own specific and particular way that includes every person every particle every insight every moment everything is God's love unfolding in its own way and sometimes that presence of God's love is absolutely obvious on a gorgeous spring day on a wonderful idyllic moment with our beloved the presence of God can be so obvious and that divine presence is with us it is us in all the other moments as well in the midst of a huge hurricane the whole number of miles up it's still sunny it's still sunny with a bunch of swirly clouds underneath and all of that tumult and all that violence and all that swirl that's still going on is not apparent when we rise above it so the transformation the redefining moment isn't making the storm stop it isn't about running away from the storm it is about being okay in spite of whatever happened during the storm we don't need to blame the storm we don't need to blame ourselves for being caught up in the storm we don't need to blame anything the redefining moment is when we understand that everything has served its purpose everything has brought us to this next new opportunity and without having been through that experience I would not know what I know now I would not be who I am now and what each of us can know for absolute certain is that the divine love of God is expressing and unfolding and revealing and shining itself through everything that we are through everything we do that bright light of God's love is shining as each one within the sound of my voice we are each individually and all collectively the manifest expression of God's infinite goodness right here and right now and I know that good continues to unfold through our lives it unfolds through gentle guidance and wisdom informing us as to course corrections changes of perspective and new ideas that will bring uplift and peace and harmony and tranquility into our minds and into our experiences each one of us is going through those redefining moments in a way that we are able to let go of whatever the instructions in the past have been let let go of the energy and the baggage and the tumult and the hurt that has happened to us and we've been carrying with us to release that and not by throwing away not by violently blaming it for being something other than what we wanted not for blaming ourselves for having been exposed to it or carried for all this time simply the awareness to realize who and what we are and we are a choice about what to move forward with and to each go through that process of forgiveness of taking away the energy the emotion that we have about what happened in the past thinking that if we somehow are angry enough within ourselves if we see enough that the person who harmed us is gonna take ill. It doesn't work that way it doesn't work that way and forgiveness is about stopping that process about letting go of that energy that's so harmful to us and allowing the love and the light that's the truth of who we are to shine ever more brightly we are not under any circumstances condoning bad behavior forgiving our victimizers. We're not letting somebody else off the hook what we're doing is we are acknowledging the truth that we are love right here and right now and always we are that bright light of God's love individually not because what happened to us but because that's the truth of what we are the divine light of God's love that something happened to as we let loose any thought that that activity that experience needs to limit the way that that love expresses the way that light shines. Allow the good to flow and allow the love to unfold and reveal itself so that's what I'm claiming for each of us for everyone within the sound of my voice that experience of a redefining moment letting go of an old story opening to something brand new going through that process of releasing the energy and stepping forward as a newer grander more wonderful expression of that bright light of love that's the truth of who and what we are anyway. So that's what's going on now I'm so grateful for it I'm grateful for the good I'm grateful for the light I'm grateful for the willingness of each one to take on this challenging task to step into that newness to invite the love to be the light I'm grateful for the wonderful way that it's happening and I'm grateful to be able to speak this word and release it into that creative law that has always said yes and grateful to know that it's once again saying yes this good is underway now. So I let it be. So it is.

Reviews

Perfect! Thank you!

Beautiful & soothing, thank you 🙏🏼

Great reminder, we can learn so much forgiveness and clarity from these defining moments. Thank you 🙏 💛

Another healing & heartfelt practical prayer. So good. Many thanks 💙