May

Serenity Prayer

Article by Michael Christ | Filed Under Prayer

Form Is Bound To Change.

Serenity : a state of being serene.

Serene : expressing the values of undisturbed calmness, complete stillness and/or supreme peace.

All things in the perceivable world of form is bound to the tides of change. No thing of form can withstand the ebb and flow of this tide.

A mind disturbed by the ceaseless changing of the world of form is a mind bound to be disturbed.

The changes inherent to the world of form have been changing since the space-time continuum that houses form has existed. This change of form cannot escape its destiny. Form is bound to change.

All situations and circumstances occurring in the world of form are situations and circumstances that are ceaselessly changing along with the world of form.

Chaos Is The Antithesis Of Serenity

A mind disturbed by any situation or circumstance is a mind bound to the chaos of change. Situations and circumstances are as transient as the wind, here one moment, gone the next. Seeking to better situations and circumstances is seeking to better a dynamic that is forever chaotic. A mind seeking this betterment is a mind trapped in the suffering of chaos.

Chaos is the antithesis of serenity. Whereas serenity is forever full of peace; chaos is forever full of stress.

Choosing serenity involves detaching from being identified by the world of form. Being identified by the world of form attaches your mind to the idea that you are form. You are not. You are the changeless spirit that animates form.

If your mind is attached to the idea that you are form then you are binding your sense of self to a world of chaos where stress is King. In this identification you are limiting your experience to a world of chaotic upheaval that can never know anything else, for this chaotic upheaval is the tides of change. The world of form is bound to change as a slave is bound to chains.

Unshackling your mind from the chains of chaos is entering into a world of peace where serenity is an effect of you being who you truly are.

Prayer:

"I Am changeless Spirit,
I offer my mind to the
Peace that only Spirit
can know. "

During the day, exercise this prayer especially when experiencing conflict or stress. As you offer the mind to the Peace of Spirit, be conscious of this choice. In being conscious of the offering, and truly choosing to remove the mind from chaos is to detach yourself from the situations and circumstances that you are allowing to disturb the mind.

There may be certain aspects of the situations and circumstances that you are not as willing to let go of, and if this is the case, you will no doubt feel a resistance to offering the mind into the Peace of changeless Spirit. It is entirely your choice to proceed as you will. You cannot be forced into Peace and you cannot force yourself into Peace; you must be truly willing to offer your mind into Peace. A genuine openness to that Peace, and where it may lead, is determined by how willing you are.

Your willingness is your freedom to choose. The danger that seems to be associated to completely surrendering your ideas of who you think you are only seems dangerous from a view where separation seems real. Your true and lasting freedom where limitation of separation are not is across the bridge that spans across the danger that seems to be real. That bridge is your willingness.

The more you step out onto the bridge the more you are willing to step into Peace. Being resolute in your willingness to know freedom determines your depth of commitment to the offering of your mind to Peace.

Practice this prayer as often as you feel compelled for lengths of time that your heart determines to be sufficient.

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Prayer Journal : A log of insights, visions, realizations, etc. for allowing clarity and further understanding to the activities of conscious thought to illuminate the mind.
Daily Prayer : Central to the liberation of the mind is a daily commitment to being a conduit for the expression of Universal Harmony.
Healing Prayer : Illuminating the mind, awakening the heart and realizing the soul to rise into the conscious activity of Light and Love’s healing touch.
Contemplative Prayer : Opening the mind into the fundamental stream of light to shed awareness onto all limitations in order to release the attachment and transcend into full illumination.
Forgiveness Prayer : Embracing unified sight to release the bondage of separation.

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