“Love and connectedness should be the focus of my meditation each day. Then I can go out into the world ready to be a conduit, receiving and giving love, abundance and guidance.”
Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens’
Every single night for the last 3 years now I have been ending my day by practicing Qigong. It has become not only a moving meditation but also my time to pray.
As I move through each posture I focus on a different intention as part of prayer.
I begin by focusing on gratitude for the day then next I send love to those who are most important to me. As I change postures again I focus on feeling Jesus’s love and compassion, Heavenly Father’s strength and support, Heavenly Mother’s beauty and creativity and finally radiating out all that goodness out into the world.
Just recently I started adding another component to my prayer for others. I began thinking more closely about those I love and not just wishing them well but considering who and what is most important to them.
I started praying for the people that they love even if those people aren’t as important to me. I pray for their family members, loved ones and friends, sending them love. Loving them because my loved one loves them.
It has helped me love those I didn’t really want to or had never thought about praying for before. It has helped me expand my circle of love and see others in a better light. I can send love to Jason because I love Diane and she loves him. I love my family so much that I can love their friends and extended family as well.
I am learning to love others while not having to love or condone their behaviour. I can simply love them even though they may have no idea I am sending them love and kindness.
It has helped me to better appreciate my loved ones and consider all that is important to them and what they in turn are experiencing right now.
I don’t just pray for my bishop but pray for his family and pray he has the strength he needs to manage all his responsibilities.
It’s like taking a circle and expanding it just a little more each time.
What it in turn has done for me, is it has helped me when I then set my focus on Jesus’ love and compassion for me, I can better see how he can love so much. I can also feel his approval that I am on the right track. Now that I am learning to love more fully I can feel his love more fully.
My invitation to you is to think about someone you love, someone you pray for and then consider who is important to them that you could pray for as well.
I would love to hear your thoughts and experiences after trying this for a day or a week.
If you would like to learn more about my daily Qigong practice please feel free to reach out to me at any time, or join me for one of my upcoming half day or full day Soul Chocolate Meditation Retreats in the new year.
“I can see that as I pray for others, it helps me to develop more compassion and charity.”
Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens’