Dearest Mother, Beloved Father,
Today, I begin another personal year in this wonderful gift called life.
As I set out to live for what may yet be another 365 days willed with wonder, joy, and love, I pray to you for your grace.
Grant me, O God, the grace to tread lightly.
Grant me, O God, to be an instrument of your will.
Grant me, O God, the ability to truly, really surrender my 'self' in your service.
May my ego diminish with each passing day.
May I serve your creation better.
May I live gentler, speak kinder, live deeper.
I seek your blessings Lord!
In prayer and love,
Amen!
As authentic and as vulnerable I can be in a semi-personal, public space. I am who I am.
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
2023 in Prayer - 15 - Happy Birthday
Thursday, 23 February 2023
आप 3 साल तक के बच्चे को गोद में डाल के घूमते हैं, उसके बाद अधिकतर बच्चों को स्पर्श मिलना बंद हो जाता है। अब स्पर्श मनुष्य की 5 इन्द्रियों में से एक है। ऐसे में यदि कोई differently abled नहीं है, तो उनकी बाकी चार इन्द्रियाँ माने 80 % body पूरी काम कर रही है। और शरीर का ये 20 प्रतिशत out of use है। और ऐसे में, एक दिन पता चलता है, डिस्कवरी होती है, हस्तमैथुन की। स्पर्श और सेक्स की needs में hormones सब खिचड़ी पकाते हैं, इसमें शादी और रिश्ता, संस्कार और मॉरेलिटी, धर्म और आस्था के तड़के लगते हैं। और हमें उम्मीद है 80 % की 125 % efficiency की। भाई क्या ही बढ़िया चुटकुला बना रखी है हम लोगों ने अपनी ज़िन्दगी। सुनो लोगों, hugs share करना सीखो, बिना agenda के गले लगना और लगाना दोनों सीखो। अगर बच्चे हैं, तो और भी जल्दी सीख लो, वैसे ही लेट हो। अपनी 20 प्रतिशत इन्द्रियों को बिना लफ़ंगागिरी किये, पुनर्जाग्रत कर लो, अच्छा होता है, productive होता है। पक्का प्रॉमिस!
©Anupama Garg 2023
Saturday, 14 January 2023
2023 in Prayer - 14 - Prayer for Health
Healing Mother, Heavenly Father,
Bless my loved ones and me with health and wellness.
May our bodies support us the best way they can.
May our treatments help us recover from health issues.
May our doctors, healers, and caregivers find strength and patience as they deal with us.
May our hearts have the hope to heal and be well.
Grant us the diligence to take care of our bodies, so we may serve you and our destined purposes.
This I ask in your nourishing, healing name.
Amen!
Friday, 13 January 2023
2023 in Prayer - 13 - Prayer for Empathy in Tough Times
Heavenly mother and father,
May I have the courage to acknowledge that it is difficult. That it hurts.
May I still not quit the path of empathy, because the burden burns me out.
May I find mechanisms to hold myself together while I listen to another.
May I find strength to continue to be open to differences.
O divine, give me the strength to keep feeling empathy when I am broken, tired, and impatient.
Give me patience, and listening for shared feelings and connections.
Teach me to love into brokenness without expectations of return.
Help me heal with your blessings O Lord. This I ask in your loving name.
Amen
Thursday, 12 January 2023
2023 in Prayer - 12 - Special prayer for Sibling
Dear Loving and Divine Mother and Father,
Today's prayer is special, for I pray for my sibling.
As he approaches the completion of another decade, help him be empowered.
Keep him in your shelter for it is where he will be safe.
Grant him your power, so he may use it for fulling his purpose.
Grant him your love, so he may love himself and all others that he may care for.
Grant him your abundance, so he may experience health, joy, love, pleasure, and a fulfilled purpose.
As he begins a new year of his life, may he be loved, cherished, treasured and protected.
This I ask in your holy name.
Amen
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
2023 in Prayer - 11 - Freedom From Inner Evil
Lord,
I seek today, deliverance from the evil within.
May I be granted freedom from the melancholy in my heart so that I may live with joy.
May I be granted freedom from the anger and resentment in my heart, so that I may love easily, if not unconditionally.
May I be granted freedom from judgement, so that I may accept people and things for what they are, without struggle.
May my path be free of unnecessary obstructions so I may tread closer to the spark of your divinity in me.
This I ask in your gracious name.
Amen
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
2023 in Prayer - 10 - Growth
Dear God,
Just as clean water can flow everywhere, just as it makes growth viable, may we be blessed by you to cause growth.
May we grow, in ourselves, as well as in togetherness.
May our growth be as organized as the orchards we grow, or as wild as the jungles you've made.
May we each grow to our full human and divine potential, and manifest our true selves.
May we grow in enlightenment and in love.
Grant us this wish.
Amen
Monday, 9 January 2023
2023 in Prayer - 9 - Friendship
O Lord of Lords,
You hold me as my friend when I am lonely.
You sustain me as a friend when my family isn't around.
You become my second home in moments like those.
May this world receive friendship whenever it needs.
May everyone have a friend who will stand by them in times of distress, as well as in times of joy.
This I ask in your holy name.
Amen
Sunday, 8 January 2023
2023 in Prayer - 8 - Blessings
All Compassionate and Protecting Mother and Father,
You who are boundless, may you grant me freedom from limitations.
You who are my mother, grant me compassion.
You who are my father grant me strength
You who are my sibling, my friend, grant me companionship, solidarity and camraderie.
You who are the source of all knowledge, grant me boundless wisdom.
You who are the source of all wealth, grant me abundance.
You who are the source of all opulence in the world, the cause of all causes, grant me grace.
May I be protected, cherished, loved, accepted unconditionally in your divine shelter.
This I ask in your loving name.
Amen
Saturday, 7 January 2023
2023 in Prayer - 7 - Knowledge
Dear God, Source of All Wisdom and Knowledge,
Today's prayer I offer to you, for each of my co-learners.
Those who learn with me, those who learn from me, those who teach with me, I pray for them today.
May we all be granted by the ability to learn, memorize, and process wisdom.
May we all be granted the grace and wisdom that will help us discern between right and wrong.
May we all be granted with the discernment between good and evil.
May we all learn and practice kindness, and humility.
May we all forever be humble, and remain students of this life you have granted us all.
This I ask in your omniscient name.
Amen!
Friday, 6 January 2023
2023 in prayer - 6 - Depression
O Heavenly Father,
Today is a day of struggle. It's a day of overwhelming emotion, and severe depression.
Help me acknowledge that my depression doesn't define me O Lord.
Help me seek help medical or otherwise, when needed.
May you grant me the grace to not feel ashamed or embarassed about seeking support in the ways I need it.
As a high-functioning depressive, may I continue to contribute my share to the world.
May I also simultaeously seek what my body, mind, heart, or soul needs.
May my life be filled with acceptance for whoever I am.
This I ask in your name.
Amen
Thursday, 5 January 2023
2023 in prayer - 5 - Friends
Dear God,
My friends are struggling and it hurts to see them suffering. Will you please take their pain away?
My friends are trying to the best they can. Will you please see to it that they get the best results that they can achieve?
My friends are dealing with emotional, physical, professional, financial struggles. Will you please keep them on the path of persistence and resilience?
Please keep them in your shelter and give them strength to overcome O Lord.
Amen!
Wednesday, 4 January 2023
2023 in prayer - 4 - Family
All Protecting father, all fierce mother,
May my beloved family be protected from the fears of this materialistic world.
May our energies express themselves in their most constructive forms.
May we be the instruments of your divine will and creation.
As I pray for my family to you, I ask that you protect them from all attacks, internal and external.
May they be protected from all disease, grief, loss, sadness, accident, and any other form of suffering.
May they be protected from those ignorant people who might wish them ill-will.
May they be protected from their own anger, ignorance, fears, and unnecessary attachment.
May their hearts, minds, bodies, souls, be protected in all directions of time and space.
This I ask in your all-powerful name.
Amen!
Tuesday, 3 January 2023
2023 in prayer - 3 - Family
Dear God,
Today, I pray for my family. Those I hold dear.
Whether related to me by blood or not; may my family be in your protection.
There may be days when they find it difficult to keep going. On those days, grant them courage.
There may be days when they find themselves tired, drained, irritable. On those days, grant them respite.
The days when they feel like giving up, grant them hope and show them that love exists.
Grant them faith in themselves, and the potential and ability to manifest their highest selves.
I pray for my family and may you keep them in your shelter.
This I ask in your holy name, O Lord!
Amen!
Monday, 2 January 2023
2023 in prayer - 2 - New Year
Dear Heavenly Father, Holy Mother,
This year, grant me and mine, the grace to accept and love unconditionally.
This year, grant me and mine, the ability to serve to the best of our ability.
This year, protect me and mine, and keep us in your divine shelter.
This year, may me and mine be blessed with health, joy, love, and grace.
This I ask in your name.
Amen!
Sunday, 1 January 2023
2023 in Prayer - 1 - A prayer for new year
All Compassionate Mother, Heavenly Father,
On the begininng of a new calender year, may you grant me the ability to see the light when it seems dark.
This year, may the world witness kindness, love, and generousity.
This year, may our hearts, minds, bodies, and souls be kept in your shelter.
Bless us in the new year O God!
Amen!