The Light Prayer
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As some of you may know, I’m on a manifesting kick. On Friday, I asked the universe for a magical weekend. I didn’t know what I meant when I asked for it, I just knew I wanted to experience something magical.
Freakin’ universe.
It hooked me up, big time, but as usual, with irony and a very dark sense of humor. I’m starting to think I need to go at this whole manifesting thing more like a lawyer – I need to get much more specific with my requests and include lots of disclaimers and addendums. Anyway, I won’t go into the details except to say that I found myself on Saturday afternoon with a freshly torn broken heart. And from this torn heart came the raw and open space I seem to be creating for myself a lot lately. It’s the space, incidentally, where magic most easily enters.
And enter it did, in multiple ways – some very fun and light and some profound. And the cool thing about being on the lookout for magic is that I begin finding it everywhere, and in the thrill of discovering it comes an immense gratitude, and the sense that me and the universe have conspired to make this magic together, as a team, all of which make me start believing that anything is possible, and suddenly I feel like I’m inside a flow, an ease, a state that is very much the opposite of dis-ease.
One of the ways magic entered this weekend was through my very magical friend Emily, who I spent the last couple days with and who shared “The Light Prayer” with me. I find this prayer to be very healing, so I’m sharing it with you.
Is anyone taking care of me?
Having a chronic illness can sometimes feel like pushing through a pool of sticky mud. Caught in the mire, it’s hard to remember and tap into that force – the something greater than ourselves that is taking care of us.
Is anyone taking care of me? Am I going to be okay? Am I okay now? These are the prevailing thoughts that take over in the times when MS is flaring. The survival questions. The primal stuff. When I’m symptomatic, I question whether there is anyone looking out for me at all, and I long intensely for the security and the bliss that comes from taking my good health for granted.
Illness is a graduate dissertation, a master class in faith. This prayer, at least for me, reminds me of my faith when I’m challenged by MS or by a broken heart, and moves me from feeling sorry for myself to feeling deeply and fundamentally safe, and well. I hope it does this for you too.
The Light Prayer
Light before me,
Light behind me,
Light at my left,
Light at my right,
Light above me,
Light beneath me,
Light unto me,
Light in the eyes of those who see me,
Light in the ears of those who listen to me,
Light in the hearts of those who think of me,
Light in the hearts of those who speak of me,
Light restore me to health,
Light be always in my heart,
Light be within me,
Light establish me forever,
Light be around me and preserve me,
Light be before me and lead me,
Light be within me and give me life,
Light be near me and rule me,
Light be beneath me and fortify me,
I love the Light in those whom I may have offended,
Knowingly or unknowingly,
May the light be with them,
So be it,
So it is,
It is done.
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