Four Intensely Visual Prayers of Comfort and Forgiveness

In this time of tragic loss, sorrow and anger, let us turn to the light deep within our hearts and let us take care not repeat the actions and feelings of those who have wounded us so terribly. Here are four intensely visual prayers that I wrote some years ago. I hope they bring comfort to all who read them.

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1. Indwelling - A Visual Prayer

The Seed of the Spiral: I am in the loving heart of God wide as the morning sky

I am in the radiant heart of Being fragrant as a flowering tree

I am in the loving heart of the Universe shining with endless Light

I am in the infinite heart of God whose presence caresses me like a warm wind

I am in the loving heart of Being which sings through me with angelic voices

I am in the endless heart of the Universe who holds me like a sleeping child

The Spiral Unfolds:

I am in the loving heart of God wide as the morning sky full of golden light that fills the entire horizon of my life. I walk deeper and deeper into that light and I become filled with a deep peace.

I am in the radiant heart of Being fragrant as a flowering tree I press my face into the blossoming branches and my body fills up and overflows with the perfume of compassion and delight.

I am in the loving heart of the Universe shining with endless Light I feel the warmth of this endless Light washing through me with each breath

I am in the infinite heart of God which caresses me like a warm wind the hands of the wind are full of joyous electricity which fills me to overflowing

I am in the loving heart of Being I hear angelic voices singing, first far away, then closer, then around me, then deep within me. As their voices become clearer I realize they are announcing infinite forgiveness. as their voices become clearer I realize their voices are my own.

I am in the endless heart of the Universe who holds me like a newbo
child and rocks me to sleep on the front porch of ete
ity. Every time I go to sleep I go to sleep deep within the endlessly loving, endlessly beautiful heart of God.
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2. BECOMING THE LIGHT: A MEDITATION WITHIN THE LUMINOUS MIND OF GOD

I am in the luminous Mind of God which opens before me like endless fields of flowers rippling gently in a fragrant wind over rolling hills in waves of color glowing in a sparkling light that seems to come from everywhere. I look down at my body and see that I too am glowing with light. Everything becomes clearer and clearer and clearer and I experience all that is muddled in me becoming clearer, too.

The loving light in the Mind of God is shining in me and through me and filling me with compassion for everyone, myself included! It is slowly filling me up like a mysterious liquid light. As it fills me more and more completely I start to smile... it has reached my heart. My hands begin to glow and now I feel as if the light is filling up the space behind my eyes. When the light has filled me up to the top of my head I feel it overflowing out of me into the space around me. I feel currents of endless forgiveness flowing through me filling me with enormous power. I am radiant now, shining like the Sun, radiating light of compassion in every direction and full of energy. Everything and everyone I may have feared or hated, I can now face. Everything and everyone I may have feared or hated, I can now see with the light of forgiveness. Everything and everyone I may have feared or hated, I can now bless to be transformed by that Light.
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3. BECOMING THE LIGHT TOGETHER: A MEDITATION OF TWO OR MORE WITHIN THE LUMINOUS MIND OF GOD

We stand together, facing one another within the luminous Mind of God which opens before us like endless fields of flowers rippling gently in a fragrant wind over rolling hills in waves of color glowing in a sparkling light that seems to come from everywhere. I look at your face and I realize that we are both glowing with light. Everything becomes clearer and clearer and clearer, our souls join hands, and we experience all that was confused in us becoming clearer, too.

The loving light in the Mind of God is shining in us and through us and filling us with compassion for everyone, ourselves included. It is slowly filling us up like a mysterious liquid light as it fills us more and more completely we start to smile... it has reached our hearts. Our hands begin to glow and as we look into each other's eyes our faces get brighter and brighter. When the light has filled us up to the top of our heads we feel it overflowing out of us into the space around us we feel currents of endless forgiveness flowing through us filling us with enormous power.

We are radiant now, shining like the Sun, radiating light in every direction and full of energy. Everything and everyone we may have feared or hated, we can now face. Everything and everyone we may have feared or hated, we can now see with the light of forgiveness. Everything and everyone we may have feared or hated, we can now bless to be transformed by that Light.
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4. TRANSFORMATION

I am in the loving Mind of the Milky Way that sings through every cell of my body with millions of angelic voices and fills me with energy to help with the healing of all that is wounded in the world around me.

I am in the Beautiful Energy of God which washes through me with a trillion singing sparkles washing away all my confusion and filling me with light... washing away all my grudges and filling my heart with the fragrance of flowers.

All who have wronged me I release into the light of God. All who have abused me I release into the light of God. All who have hated me I release into the light of God and bless them to be healed in all ways.

In my minds eye they grow smaller and smaller as I let them go... let them go... let them go... into the endless light of God's healing love. The beautiful energy of God's healing love, warm as a mother holding her newbo
is filling the space where I used to carry them.

A deep sense of gratitude for all the blessings of today, the sun, the sky, the earth beneath my feet, for every act of kindness anywhere, is filling the space where I used to carry my resentments and I open myself to be a window through which new blessings can pour into the world

As I open myself to be a window of blessing the beautiful energy of God washes me more and more deeply. Everyone I have ever hated or resented I release into the light of God, asking for forgiveness and opening myself to be forgiven. Everyone I have ever injured or abused I release into the light of God, asking for forgiveness and opening myself to be forgiven. The light surrounds me and I experience a forgiveness that expands in all directions. I forgive them, they forgive me, and the infinitely beautiful heart of God forgives us all, setting us free.
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These prayers are also on the web at www.coopcomm.org/prayers nnn