I find prayers fascinating and so wondered if you had a favourite to share :)
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I find prayers fascinating and so wondered if you had a favourite to share :)
We all pray all day long with or without words. Those who don't see themselves as such either have one stupid favorite prayer like the favorite quote they carry around, or think they don't pray.
I'm not religious, but I like the Serenity Prayer a lot.
Me either, and me too. It's good advice regardless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darcy88
I'm also fond of this Irish prayer:
May those that love us love us
And those who do not, may the Lord turn their hearts
And if He will not turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles, that we may know them by their limp
I rather like:
Sredni Vashtar went forth,
His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white.
His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death.
Sredni Vashtar the Beautiful.
Followed by:
Do one thing for me, Sredni Vashtar.
There's the Gayatri Mantra that I find myself saying. Here's an example of it being chanted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDnamSM3Z3s
A few years ago, I tried to figure out what it meant, but I don't think it matters as long as it is in one's head.
Others such as "Om Aim Sarasvatye Namah", I also find myself saying. Laura Di Giorgio has 6 youtube lessons in Sanskrit that center around learning various mantras or prayers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrVhzSHeKj4 She has a very hypnotic voice.
Then there is also the ending verses of chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gita that Eknath Easwaran recommended. I know his translation, but have looked at others as well.
There is the Prayer of Saint Francis that Wikipedia claims was originally written in the early 20th century anonymously in French. Here is a rendition of this prayer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8bOkScxXDY
It is hard for me to separate prayer from song.
I always thought the 'Now I Lay Me Down' prayer was ridiculously creepy:
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
If I shall die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen.
As for myself, I have faith but no religion. I do pray, but not with words. They are, for once, a barrier to understanding.
I agree with Lokaseena. I have faith but I am not very religious. I don`t pray .
God grant me the serenityQuote:
Originally Posted by Darcy88
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will; (line 11)
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
this is intriguing because it starts off with encouragement it seems to stumble at line 11.
the other negative thing about it is that it is seems to lable the world as ''being sinful''. would you say that is a prejudice in itself? not all is sinful as one knows.
Ouch that feels a little bit painful at the ankles haha ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
i think if you change "His Will" to "myself" it is alright :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cacian
hehe that is more like it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by hypatia_
One of the Psalms.Quote:
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the Earth! who has set thy glory above the heavens.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all
things under his feet:
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the Earth.
O my lord, hide my errors and turn my fears into peace.
Instead of "hide my errors", "forgive and fix my errors" might be better, but regardless, that's a nice prayer, usman.khawar, especially the part about turning fears into peace.
Forgiveness is good as well. i wrote in a sense that all errors cannot be fix as no one is perfect so its better to hide here and here after and i experienced it as well :)
O my Lord turn the end of my all doings in good and beneficial.