Paravani
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My Tagline:
Love and Light and Blessings to ALL of us!
My Interests:
Prayer, Meditation, Worship, God, Angels, Interfaith issues, Charity, Music, Books, Education, Travel, Gardening, Crafts, Art, Environment, Holistic living, Yoga, Health, I'm currently studying the wisdom and techniques of eastern religions.
Who Inspires Me:
David Hawkins, MD, PhD
My organizations and affiliations:
The Family of Humanity
My favorite spiritual activities:
Cuddling my cat
Who I'm praying for:
All of us!
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Awe-struck
What's your spiritual type?:
Undefinable - These labels (and most labels) don't work for me.
About Me
I joined Bnet as "FantasiaSmith" many years ago for fun... but over time my Bnet friends have been with me through good times and bad, through thick and thin... and have fostered my spiritual growth in untold numbers of ways. Over the years, my beliefs have changed as the Universe has led me to greater and greater understanding... and now I find that Bnet is essential for me to stay in contact with others who have similarly esoteric and mystic beliefs and experiences. And of course the atheists, too, who help to keep me grounded when otherwise I might simply float away!
You are all very precious to me, and I hope that if you love me as much as I love you and you aren't yet on my "Friends" list, you will please send me a request to put you there?
Love and Light and Blessings to all of us!
Claudia
My Basics
Gender: Female
Occupation: Real Estate
Relationship Status: In a Relationship
Faiths:
Rather not specify
Faith Description: I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the holiness of other faiths and doctrines. I believe that all human beings are my "neighbors", and that each person holds the spark of the Divine whether they themselves are aware of it or not. I believe in respect for all living beings, and that all life is sacred. I believe that I am called to grow in love for all life, including my own. I seek to acheive this goal through meditation, contemplation, yoga, learning, and plentiful interaction with sincere others who have similar or very different belief systems! ;-D
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Prayer and meditation are similar practices in that they both offer us a connection to the divine, but they also differ from one another in significant ways. Put simply, prayer is when we ask the universe for something, and meditation is when we listen. When we pray, we use language to express our innermost thoughts and feelings to a higher power. Sometimes, we plumb the depths within ourselves and allow whatever comes to the surface to flow out in our prayer. At other times, we pray words that were written by someone else but that express what we want to say. Prayer is reaching out to the universe with questions, pleas for help, gratitude, and praise.
Meditation, on the other hand, has a silent quality that honors the art of receptivity. When we meditate, we cease movement and allow the activity of our minds and hearts to go on without us in a sense. Eventually, we fall into a deep silence, a place that underlies all the noise and fray of daily human existence. In this place, it becomes possible for us to hear the universe as it speaks for itself, responds to our questions, or sits with us in its silent way.
Both prayer and meditation are indispensable tools for navigating our relationship with the universe and with ourselves. They are also natural complements to one another, and one makes way for the other just as the crest of a wave gives way to its hollow. If we tend to do only one or the other, prayer or meditation, we may find that we are out of balance, and we might benefit from exploring the missing form of communication. There are times when we need to reach out and express ourselves, fully exorcising our insides, and times when we are empty, ready to rest in quiet receiving. When we allow ourselves to do both, we begin to have a true conversation with the universe.
http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2008/13457.html
Happy birthday - September 7, 2008 - 01:34 PM
Have a peaceful, blessed, and happy day