Do you pray , meditate, or practice any other spiritual or religious exercise?

Question

What is your faith or spirituality and it's forms of expression?
Peace Be With You, (and good night)
Debra

Answer 1

I am working to meditate more often; I don't do it often enough. I have a nice spot in the woods for it, so I'm very lucky.

Answer 2

Phae as always interesting questions... The Roman Catholic Church is the only true religion and all others are either false or misled. I am creating a gap so that people can thumb me down or up from just the statement above. I said that when I was 16 when I was a student in London among Orthodox Christians, Muslims, and Agnostics. We were on the 3 rd floor of the student dorm. I was almost thrown out the window that night. I never said that since then. For I vowed never to think in those terms. Currently I am Buddhist, and I make it a habit never to say something like, MY Buddhism is better than others. There is NO such thing. So to answer your question, I define S & R tolerance as being able to accept other religions as what they are. I try to practice tolerance daily but I still believe in what I do. Although I do not say or think that our religion is superior to others what I do right now works for me. It is the very essence of 'belief' isn't it? I see it this way, each religious entity (organization) have to maintain a particular shape and a specific border. They are like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. There are borders which fit specifically into another. The whole puzzle constitutes the picture. It is what makes sense. At that point we see the picture and that we are ALL ONE. Thanks for a great Q!!!!!

Answer 3

Hey Debra!

I've been working on a specific meditation that I kind of "rediscovered" by accident. I've called it "label stripping", because that's exactly what it is. We go throughout life replacing experiences with labels. Instead of savoring the nutty aroma and taste of coffee in the morning, we're "drinking coffee". We replace the experience with a word. Instead of seeing a beautiful tree covered in leaves of orange, red, and yellow, we see "fall foliage". The gem-like perfection and amazing symmetry of a flower is reduced to "Azalea", the amazing white shapes that float above our heads become nothing more than "clouds", and a rain of crystals from the heaven becomes simply "snow". This meditation deconstructs the labels by looking past them and seeing the world as it is, not as we perceive it. Each label that I strip reveals and even greater beauty that the world around us holds. I've never been able to remove all of them though, it seems that behind every label I take away, there are ten more staring me in the face. I guess a complete absence of labels would be "Nirvana"...

The story of Buddha meditating on a lotus flower inspired my "rediscovery"...

Answer 4

I pray, attend church services on Sunday and when possible attend temple services. I also read my scriptures every night. I'm currently re-reading a book that is about prayer and how we can understand it's importance better, and therefore pray better/more effictively. Last night I was reminded of the difference between praying and saying my prayers. So while I said that I pray, I must admit that I probably say my prayers more than I pray - at least recently.
I'm Mormon. I guess the easiest way to explain some of our forms of expression is to include links, so here goes.

Answer 5

Hi Debra,
My wife and I attend a Non-Denominational Church in a small city. We sing, pray, read scripture, partake of the LORD'S SUPPER every First Day of the week, and Give as we have been prospered on every first day of the week. We have Bible study twice every week at our Church Building. Several of us go to a nursing facility at least once every month and sing, read scripture, and pray with the residents there also. We believe that the New Testament is our guide to living a Christian Life. Have a wonderfrul week.
Thank You,
Eds

PS...
I hope that you are feeling better.
I am glad that you are among us this evening.
We have missed you on this site!


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Answer 6

Good night to you, too, sugar! A rainbow of goodnight

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from me!

I need to practice meditation, just make my mind blank and solely focus on one thing.

I pray. Read the Bible (it's been a couple weeks, but will start up again soon)

I try to make sermons and participate in fellowship time, even if the fellowship time is at a church I never visited.

I plan to try to bake bread as close to every Saturday as possible, to have a slice with God. I just make it with a pizza crust recipe I have. And keep grape juice to drink with it (the kind that taste like wine). I was inspired by the baking bread idea from a Christian Today magazine. It was written in the article as we bake the bread, we are to think of those who went through the hard work of making the flower, and all the people/farrners who made it possible to create flower. I did it once, and missed a few Saturdays due to sickness and last Saturday visiting my former residence area.
Back when I had been a regular to Catholic Churches, I had a times where when I was eating a form of bread, I would pray over it as first, kind of like what the priest was doing during Eucharist.
I think there is something to be learned from every denomination of church, as long as they accept Christ as their Savior. True, some Churches don't preach with accuracy. But there are still things to learn.
Another practice is here and there lately to listening to Christian music outside of sermon time.
Today, I testify that God put a hymn in my mind. I don't know if He put the hymn in my mind because I am musically inclined, or what have you, but a made-up hymn was put in my mind. I was singing the words God put in my mind, but not loud enough to be heard by others. I clapped my hands some. I am not very talented in music, not compare to the average person who are musically inclined, but I do plan to better myself. I think God will help me with that! :-)

Answer 7

Spirituality is my faith. Prayer,meditation, and affirmations are my usual daily "excercises". To be honest, I'm not that good at meditating but beginning to get better. Peace be with you as well and goodnight.

Answer 8

I pray 5 times a day

Answer 9

Greetings! Thank you for this question! I really do enjoy learning how others Honor their personal connection, so an honest answer to an honest question, Ego aside;
I am "Spiritual" by nature and as I have Faith in my Self, I Honor MY connection to the Divine ALL. {as we are ALL connected and worthy}
I express and Honor my Faith in my Spiritual path by seeking the Highest Degree of Divine Love in ALL situations with out judgmental influence. I Pray by giving thanks for all the many blessings and beauty surrounding us and for the chance to enjoy another day. I Pray for strength, courage and clarity to meet the challenges of this day and I ask for Healing for ANY and ALL in need. I Pray for the chance to "find" a new friend each day.
I meditate on our Earth Mother, envisioning her Healing and her lush, colorful life giving energy, again Honoring my connection. I ask my friends and folk I've met to join me, focusing our energies on Healing Light to manifest awakening and acceptance on a Global scope. Believing "When we learn to Heal our-selves, the Healing of Nations is not far behind."
Thank you for asking!
~BLESSINGS~DIVINE LOVE~HEALING LIGHT TO ALL~

Answer 10

I am Muslim. I pray my obligatory prayers of course but I also meditate. The expression I practice is to live my life so as to be a good impression of what a Muslim is like.