Sometimes I talk about “spiritual weather” or energies that I’m feeling that seem to be affecting us all.  We’ve been experiencing so much of it, it hardly seems like news!  I don’t pretend to be an expert on these matters, but I do find that people appreciate when I can share what I notice is going on.

Right now, it’s intense and we all feel it.  Sometimes there are bursts of intensity that seem extraordinary – like the recent experience of Full Moon, Easter, and Eclipse.

I remember a few years ago, on the day that Notre Dame caught on fire.  I prayed about it, but didn’t wish to focus on it as I had a lot of work to do that day, counseling, plus teaching and I kept my focus.

That night I was awakened in the 3’oclock hour to pray.  I can tell when Spirit wakes me up to pray, it’s a different kind of waking in the middle of the night.  I sometimes wake in that 3’oclock hour and use the restroom, pray and go immediately back to sleep for another couple of hours.  3am is when the liver comes back on line after a rest and it sometimes wakes me up.

On the day of that Notre Dame fire, I got up at 3 to use the restroom and then started praying.  I knew right away that I was to be praying rather than go back to sleep.  I began to notice a very intense, oppressive energy that seemed to be all over the planet, affecting all humanity.  I kept praying until about 7am and the whole time I felt that I was helping to lift off a dark energy.  I can’t say I’ve felt anything just like that before.  It felt like a battle.

When something like that happens, the prayer is so restorative that I don’t feel tired.  I feel renewed.

Later that day I was talking with friends and discovered that as they were putting out the fire in Notre Dame, there were fires in two Buddhist temples in the United States.  I later learned there was a fire at Temple Mount in Jerusalem, considered to be the third holiest site in Christianity.  Perhaps there were more fires in religious sites and communities I’m not aware of.  Coincidence?  I don’t think so – something was going on.

A couple of days later, I told a friend about how strange the feeling was on Monday night, and she confirmed that it had woken her and several other of her friends around the world.  It was a real happening.

I’ve been feeling a different energy lately, and it does feel like something is being released for all humanity.

My practice of prayer and mindfulness allows me to recognize these things, but not to give in and begin to feel like they’re happening to me. I don’t feel like a victim.  It can feel like a strong temptation to go with that intense energy and be bothered by it – it used to feel very magnetic, pulling me into its whirlpool of dysfunction and breakdown.  I can remember one of the last times I felt it very strongly and it definitely felt like insanity.

What I’ve learned and demonstrated is that prayer is a powerful practice of lifting above the battleground.  Choices we can’t even conceive of become available to us when we seek the kingdom within rather than trying to solve “the problem” outside.

We don’t have to pray for anything except Peace and Harmony.  That’s the perfect prayer.

We pray to release the blocks to Love, Peace and Harmony and allow ourselves to be lifted and carried above the battleground.

Very important: and this cannot be over emphasized, we can resist the temptatian to label, analyze, interpret, make meaning of what our experience is.  That just keeps us in it.  Spirit knows all about it.  It’s an ego attachment to try to label and make meaning of things.  It’s not helpful.

If we’re truly interested in knowing what things are for, we can open our mind and ask Spirit to make it plain.

It’s helpful to simply focus on releasing the blocks to Love, Peace and Harmony and allow Spirit to inform us.  But even that isn’t necessary for us to be lifted and carried above the battleground.  Our willingness is ALL that is required.  It’s our willingness to let go of trying to understand that liberates our mind to actually know.

I’m so grateful for the power tool of prayer that’s my foundation.  Prayer has gotten me through some of the most difficult times and I’ve actually had miraculous healing.

I am well beyond grateful for the power of prayer in my life!

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