Peace and Ease

 
Spirit is everywhere, all around this life. Spirit is all-knowing and wise. Spirit is the source of all things and continues to create anew. Spirit is peace, love and the power for Good.

And if Spirit is truly everywhere then it must be right here within me. All that Spirit is, lives within me. When I allow myself to imagine that, it all becomes clear. I am one with Spirit. I am peace, I am love. I have within me a power for good to create my life anew. Again and again, I can come back to this knowing and regain my power.

I claim peace and ease in my day-to-day life. The peace of Spirit can’t be shaken or disturbed in any way. I affirm that the power of Spirit within me helps me create peace. I am open to the flow of peace in my life. I am open to the ease of life unfolding perfectly. With my mind at ease, I can make good choices and sustain peace and ease in my life each day.

I am grateful for this prayer that leads me to peace and ease. I can rest knowing this prayer is done.

And so it is. Amen.

Bette Smith, Practitioner Emeritus
Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa

Grief and Loss

There is one life divine, and it is Spirit. Always present, it is the constant guiding light of truth and beauty. Spirit’s love is available all of the time, in all situations. Spirit’s peace is always available in all situations. Even in the midst of loss, Spirit’s presence is always available.

 Spirit expresses through me as me. Spirit’s love is always available to me. The peace of Spirit is quietly available to me anytime. I am linked in love to Spirit as my source and guide. The light of Spirit shines bright within me. It fills me with love and sustains me through anything that greets me in life.

 I allow all of my feelings of grief and loss to flow through me. I allow myself to feel them fully and allow all feelings of anger, hurt, shame or loss to work through me now. I affirm that in the midst of all of these feelings, the presence of Spirit is also here with me. I claim that this power of love is here now too. This all-encompassing power of love and peace enfold me now as I remember the truth of my being. I am one with this love and peace of Spirit. I know that by acknowledging all my feelings, it lessens their hold on me, and I can move through them with Spirit’s grace and guidance.

 As I release this prayer, I do it with gratitude. I acknowledge the love and peace of Spirit everywhere, even in these times of grief. And I can let go and let Spirit be my guide.

And so it is. Amen.

Bette Smith, Practitioner Emeritus
Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa

Prayer to Love My Body

 This present moment is where God is always found. It exists outside of space and time. It is Eternal, unchanging, yet ever expanding. It is the fiber of the manifest Universe. Spirit is forever pouring out Its Love, creating everything that is, all of it reflecting Its Love and Wholeness.

As part of Creation, I am made of this Spirit. Its Love and Wholeness exist at the center of my being. Everything Spirit is, I am. I am Its Love and Wholeness in action.

Knowing this to be true, I claim this body as a perfect expression of Spirit. Its Love and Wholeness move through every part of my physical being. Every cell in my body radiates with this Divine energy. My body, this body, is a vehicle for Spirit to experience Life. I release all past judgements regarding my body and the dream of some "ideal" body that never existed. I accept the gift of this body here and now.

Joy bubbles up in me as I realize this Truth. I am filled with gratitude.

I release this prayer knowing it is already accomplished.

And so it is.

Anne Marie Cheney RScP
Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa