Are people allowed to pray for others in the UK? 2
2nd Apr 2009
Hello lovely people
As a result prayer has for many people become something that is placed in a little box, only to be opened in specific company and at specific times.
When I talk about meditation, people who believe in prayer often turn away, because they would not want to associate with anything to do with meditation. In my view and experience, meditation is simply an intensified form of prayer which does not replace the prayer that we are involved in 24 hours per day.
Assuming that prayer is actually every thought and word and action, both the receptionist and nurse could have offered their prayers and asked for prayers form others simply by thinking, and by not even opening their mouths. The effect would have been immediate and powerful, like any other action that is based on pure Love.
Religion and religious education have taught people to think and believe in one dimension, and to not even try to understand anything that happens under the surface. The people that have to investigate these incidents probably believe that their actions, whether it is disciplinary action or dismissing their colleagues, is the only action that is taking place. They are probably oblivious of the effect of additional prayers that have been uttered as a result of their actions.
The other issue is the intolerance of all parties in these two cases. Those that believe in formal prayer believe that they are right, and those that object to formal prayer believe that they are right.
What if both sides are right? What if these incidents happen so that they can teach all of us that it is not for us to judge?
For me the lesson is that we often are completely unaware of our actions and the consequences of our actions. We look at what we can see and hear externally, and we completely miss the point, namely that the other 99% of what happens in and around us is not visible to the naked eye or audible to the physical ear. We forget that everything, including this article, is a form of prayer. If we can accept that prayer is everything at all times, we will probably be a lot more aware of what we think, say and do, and send better energy into the world rather than wait for the world to treat us better.
If we are more aware of our own actions and the consequences of our actions at all times, not only on Sundays while in church, we will ask ourselves what on earth we achieve by scolding a five-year-old for simply repeating what is told to her, or for reporting someone to some figure of authority for thinking kind thoughts about us (because that is what a healing prayer is) or for asking friends for a prayer of assistance (or kind thoughts).
Actions such as those that were taken in these two cases only reflect the lack of awareness of spirituality in this world, and the level of control that people assume to have over the thoughts of others, when in fact they have no control at all – not even over their own thoughts, because they do not have the awareness that their thoughts and actions are their own.
Please leave a comment if you feel inspired.
Love and Light
Elsabe
