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Prayer Evolving -- Four Essays by Dennis Rivers |
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A page from Prayer Evolving by Dennis Rivers -- www.newconversations.net/prayers/
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PART ONE
Prayers Within the Heart of God
INTRODUCTION
In the following visual, universal prayers, I explore the theme of being
inside of the being of God, sometimes expressed as the infinitely
beautiful, infinitely loving Heart of God and sometimes expressed as the
infinitely luminous Mind of God.
Our usual way of thinking about God, as a separate being, often implies
the very separation we hope to overcome. While I still sometimes pray to
God as a separate being, I have also, over the past ten years, begun to
explore acknowledging God as the source of my being, life of my life and
breath of my breath, and the source of all my experience of self-giving
love. (...and thus, for me, often too near to be addressed as a separate
person.) Through these visual prayers I seek to live in a closer
communion with the inner presence of God, understood as Infinite Love,
Energy, Awareness and Understanding.
In searching for ways to open myself more deeply to this Presence, I
have incorporated into my life of prayer the most vivid imagery I can
possibly imagine. While some people might question the role of
imagination in the life of prayer, I have become convinced over the course
of years of meditation and prayer that imagination actually plays a crucial
role in both spiritual and everyday life. If I “can’t imagine” something
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