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I've never been religious, but I think I understand the fundamental bases of prayer.
For one thing, it's ritualistic. Whether you do it five times a day on your knees facing east, or weekly on Sundays, or nightly before bed, or every Saturday morning, or whatever... it offers the comfort and grounding and predictability of prescribed routine.
I guess it also makes you feel productive or proactive... in situations where you really have no control.
And I suppose it gives hope. At least... I hope it does.
Really, though... I think prayer's a fancy word for wishing. Except that... instead of just nebulously putting thoughts out there, you direct them to some imagined being who... in theory... has the power to give you what you want.
I have prayed. But it's typically along the lines of "Please, just put me out of my misery." And it's not directed anywhere. Just to myself, to distract me a bit, because that's the best it gets sometimes.
And because... well, a person reaches a point where they just can't take it any more.
Sufferers of chronic pain are vulnerable, I think. Especially when we've tried almost everything out there and STILL we're stuck with the same recurring horrors. I can't count how much I've spent on wacky "cures" and "therapies" through the years. And hey... if it were psychosomatic, I'd be pain-free... because... each and every time, I get fully pumped about the promise of relief from the therapy-du-jour:
Acupuncture. Acupressure. Massage. Physiotherapy. Heat. Cold. Drug therapy. Aromatherapy. Herbs of all descriptions. Dietary changes. Yoga. Stretching. Meditation. New bed, new couch, new glasses, new desk, new work environment. Blah blah blah.
The endless failure to get results is just so... disappointing. Disillusioning. Dispiriting. Flat-out depressing.
It leaves a person desperate. And in desperation, praying.
Not because I think it will work, but because I've exhausted every other option.
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart - Gandhi
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Have a happy weekend :)
Well,a Christmas tradition around here is that every year we each get to pick out an ornament at Walmart.Which we usually do like right after Thanksgiving.We write our names on them and the year so we each have one from each year.
This is one has always been one of my favorites,well since 2000,from the year 2000,of course.
Explore 05.06.15
Il monte Kōya (Kōya-san) si trova nella penisola di Kii, nella prefettura di Wakayama a circa 900 metri di altitudine. È considerato uno dei luoghi più sacri del Giappone ed uno dei maggiori centri monastici del Paese.
Tutto il complesso costituisce un luogo sacro, dove si respira un’atmosfera mistica. Oggi Koya-san è un importante centro del buddismo giapponese, con oltre 110 templi e una popolazione di 7000 monaci.
Consigliato il pernottamento in un monastero e la partecipazione alla preghiera del mattino. Noi lo abbiamo fatto ed è stata un’esperienza incredibile!
Nel 2004 l'area sacra del Monte Kōya è stata dichiarata dall'UNESCO Patrimonio dell'Umanità.
For the first time in many years I visited the western wall in Jerusalem. This time with my son, impressive as always.
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Please pray for my brother-in-law, Brian. He became a parapalegic 15 years ago in a mountain-bike accident. Today, he was out riding quads with my nephew and he hit a ditch and flipped over the handlebars. He laid there for a while until my nephew discovered him and got help. He's in the hospital with at least a broken collarbone. They're going to do a CT scan to see if there's anything else wrong.
I hope it's just his collarabone, but you can imagine how disabling a broken collarbone is to a parapalegic. He needs all of his upper arm strength and such for transferring, etc.
This is a shot of Brian's dog Aravis. The best dog ever.
Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.
Interestingness/Explore - Top 500 (July 24, 2008 #417)
Suspended Animation Classic #232
Originally published June 6, 1993 (#24)
(Dates are approximate)
Dennis the Menace: Prayers & Graces
By Michael Vance
What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails. And don’t forget the sling-shot. Dennis hasn’t forgotten his since 1950.
Hank Ketcham fathered the tow-headed superstar of comic strips and books, television, movies, and hard- and paperback collections forty-three years ago. When considering Dennis’ potential for success, few must have thought he even had a prayer.
Now, Dennis The Menace has a prayer.
This collection of prayers, blessings, and table graces is Ketcham’s newest children’s book, “Dennis the Menace: Prayers & Graces”. Written for “young parents who’re looking for guidelines to start their children off in some sort of theological direction”, it explores a side of Dennis that’s made the eternal six-year-old more believable.
Be honest with yourself. Charlie Brown is just too philosophical and morally squeaky-clean. He’s really Buddha in a kid suit. And this new kid on the comic strip block, Calvin, is a bundle of raw nerves just waiting to explode. But Dennis is unrelenting enthusiasm that translates into unintentional mayhap as he explores life.
Neither devil nor angel, Dennis the Menace is EveryBoy. It is the secret of his world-wide popularity.
This comic disguised as a children’s book is a collection of Dennis’ cartoons interspersed with short devotions for young children. It’s the sort of book parents and grandparents read to kids snuggled on their laps just before bed. And it is wonderful.
There are often deep philosophical undertones to Dennis’ simple observations. Charlie doesn’t hold a copyright on philosophy, after all. They bring a stillness to adult hearts.
Dennis throws a ball straight up. He catches the ball as it falls back. Dennis is playing catch with God. There is no better definition of Faith.
Dennis prays, “God, we thank you for this food, for rest and home and all things good; for wind and rain and sun above; but most of all for those we love”.
We add: that includes Dennis.
“Dennis the Menace: Prayers & Graces”/64 pages, $5.99, John Knox Press/available in books stores.
There are 31 people in this picture. Some look proud, some pious, some content and others placid. None look happy. Why is that?
Well, maybe the gray haired lady standing just behind the twins, holding a book and a child might have just a hint of a grin...
Some body took a knife to it too. I could probably have repaired the slash but somehow it is part of the photo now.
A wall of prayer wheels goes all around the town. As they turn, the wheels spin out "Om mane padme on".
Prayer wheels at Swayambhunath in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Prayers wheels are cylindrical wheels containing scrolls that are repeatedly inscribed with mantras. By turning the prayer wheels clockwise, it is believed that the mantras inside are activated and released. The mantras are said to purify negatvity, generate compassion, remove barriers to enlightenment and bring benefit to all sentient beings.
Swayambhunath is an ancient religious architecture atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city.
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Four Winds Prayers by Daniel Arrhakis (2017)
More than ever in the four corners of the world, prayers are needed for so many people who suffer, regardless of believing or not, of religion or practicing faith ... all our thoughts of peace, love, compassion, tolerance and sharing can really change the World and ourselves !
A Wonderful weekend dear friends ! : )
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Please if you have time see the video below :
With the music-poem /Peace Prayer Of The Wind :
In the video Images and text by Nitin Das; Music by Avinash Baghel; Shot in Sikkim, India and Bhutan
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I LOVE BOOKS! Ex libris - see my library detailed here.
~ Whenever I need some inspiration or comfort, I always dip into this wonderful book,
The Flowering of the Soul, edited by Lucinda Vardey: 'From Julian of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen to Mother Teresa and Marge Piercy - an unprecedented collection
of prayers by women throughout the ages.'
[The lovely tea cup was a present from *my lovely mother.]
in small town Turkey this is a common look for men of his generation. The hat indicates he has probably been to Mecca, the beads, (99 of them) to count prayers or just as something to relax the mind. like the currently popular fidget spinners that kids play with. He is not wearing the super baggy, low crotch pants that stricter Muslims would wear so he is just a regular older generation man. The smile he gave me later this shot proved that.
Horrible this evening in my beloved Washington, DC. A place that holds such incredible memories for me.
Please send your prayers and support to the families that are suffering this evening.
Heartbreaking.
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European Madness Tour 2011 with Andre Govia, Daanoe, ill-Padrino, Martin Widlund, Niki Feijen, Photoportee, Rusty's Photography, SilverCube.nl and me
Thank you very much for fantastic tour guys!