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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Morning/Evening Prayer and Meditation

Prayer and Meditation: This can be accomplished in a short period of time; five or ten minutes. If you want to go longer than you can, but at least practice 5 or ten minutes in the morning and at night when you are going to sleep. There are no special prayers, religions, or meditations that you need to follow, unless you want to. Your prayer can be to any higher power. You can do it any way you want as long as you include these adapted 12-step principles and considerations in your practice. Thank you, and happy prayer and meditation...
      Morning: 5-10 minutes of prayer and meditation is enough.
-If you have any special prayer this is a good time to say them
-Consider your plans for the day
-Ask your higher power to direct your thinking
-Ask your higher power to divorce you from self-pity, dishonesty and self-seeking motives; your thought process will be on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.
-Ask for intuitive thoughts and inspiration when you are facing indecision or confusion about what to  do
-Ask to be helpful to others
-Begin meditation by entering a period of silence. Allow yourself to receive guidance and instruction  during this time.
Night: 5-10 minutes of prayer and meditation is enough.
-Review your day
-Were you resentful, dishonest, selfish or afraid?
-Do you owe an apology to someone?
-Have you kept something to yourself that needs to be discussed with another person?
-Were you kind and loving toward all?
-What could I have done better?
-Was I thinking of myself most of the time, or was I thinking of what I could do for others?
-Was I worrying about the future?
-Was I being negative?
-Ask your higher power for the strength to correct these measures
      -Begin meditation by entering a period of silence. Allow yourself to receive guidance and instruction during this time.