How Prayer Changes Your Brain
Prayer rituals and meditation can help us reach those higher, more advanced levels of self-awareness and consciousness—and literally change our brain.
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Category: Spiritual Practice
Keep A Good Thought
Working in animal rescue, you learn that everyone espouses disorganized religion.
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THE RIVER IS PLAYING A SYMPHONY
At home when I meditate, I usually focus on the breath but when I am here, I alter that process. After a brief time focused on breath, I switch to simply taking in what the river offers. She tells me stories. She shares her mood, flow, and spirit. Most especially, she shares her symphony of sound. Like so many humans, I rely primarily on my vision to take things in. When meditating on her shores with eyes closed, hearing becomes the primary mode of perception. The first time I did this I was astonished with the way the sound rose up to meet me.
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R Is For Religion
My dad invites me to attend church with him, though he knows where I stand. My mom warns me when the planets create obstacles for my Capricorn sign, sometimes with the preface: “Now I know you don’t really believe this stuff…” My loved ones are amazing. We hold our own beliefs but allow each other to take comfort in different ideologies. Whatever force is responsible for this acceptance makes life worth living, however we define it.
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My WoodLand Abode
It’s like something from out of a fairy tale, appearing to have sprouted organically from the earth itself or from some woodland nymph’s wild imagination.
It’s tiny, circular, cute in a sort of furry way, almost more like a curled-up dormouse than a house.
Upon seeing it for the first time, the child of a visiting friend asked, quite seriously, “am I dreaming?” and began counting his fingers and toes to establish whether he was awake or not.
Read MoreThe Braided Way
The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.