WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE
OF DEVOTION
+ Three quotes on Devotion and Prayer by Joseph Naft:
·
Prayer is
the heart of the spiritual path. When you ponder why this universe exists, you
might speculate that the Creator needs beings who can pray, that in prayer a
necessary exchange of energies and will flows between the created and the
Creator. Prayer engenders a dialogue between an individual or a group and the
Divine, ultimately transforming into a monologue of God (through us) praying to
God. The quality of this dialogue ranges enormously from the perfunctory
blessing over food to the utter surrender of the saint in mystical union. Four
factors determine the power of our prayer: the degrees of our faith, humility,
awareness, and intention. Read more at http://www.innerfrontier.org/Practices/Prayer.htm
·
The
spiritual paradigm of devotion is prayer, where devotion describes the inner
attitude one adopts in a sincere act of worship. Though it waxes and wanes, in
praying we seek moments of utter devotion to the sacred. That is a major part of
the work of prayer: to unite the whole of ourselves, body, mind, heart,
attention and intention, in complete devotion to the Divine. Read more at http://www.innerfrontier.org/InnerWork/Archive/2005/20051205_Devotion.htm
·
With our
body we adopt a posture appropriate to the prayer. Our thoughts are the words,
if any, of the prayer. Our mind stays in contact with the meaning of the
prayer. Our heart fills with reverence, awe, supplication, joy, and love. Our
attention encompasses and supports all these aspects. And our intention becomes
the core act of devotion, of opening to the spirit beyond our heart and mind,
in love and in service, in fulfilling our sacred duty to the Divine. Read
more at http://www.innerfrontier.org/InnerWork/Archive/2005/20051205_Devotion.htm
+ I consider Inner
Frontier one of the best discoveries I made in my quest for more spiritual
resources for the past 15 years or so.
And, so, I end this exploration of the practice of Devotion with a little
sampling of his wisdom.
Naft reminds us that Devotion and the Body are
closely related. This is holy work and
physical work. We will now move on to the
practice of Holiness, the
goal of the Journey of the Body.
Everything is holy. You are
holy. Your body is holy. Let us continue
to practice Solitude and Devotion appreciating that our
holiness is awakened moment after moment in these holy practices.
+ Spirituality & Practice offers
many resources on the spiritual
practice of Devotion. You can
explore Devotion even more
with this
link to “Devotion” on their search engine. You will find 2153 items as of
4/26/16. And, of course, there is a Twelves
Gallery of Memes on Devotion. The
Body also gets a lot of attention from S&P as you can see if you go to this link to
“Body” on their search engine. You will find 1611 items as of 4/26/16.
+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this
practice or any practice. And, I have
work to do on my Devotion page. Maybe you can help. Send an email with the subject “Devotion” or
“Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.
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