Prayer

I want to write a little bit about my very first Heart opener. Prayer. I will be getting into the Religions that I have had a connection to later in this post. But I will not be promoting any Religion as one that is better than the other. But write a bit about my own feelings when I have had contact with these. I will be focusing on Prayer, as a way to connect to the God that You yourself belong to. Or Gods. Since there are Religions that have many. This might not be a very long post. But it will be heartfelt, it will contain my own experience with Prayer and my very belief in what Prayer can bring out of us, as beings. And into us. 

As a Child, I would Pray to God, to find Comfort. In my early years, I was sensitive. And had fears, as a Child can have. And Prayer would bring me some sort of comfort. I stopped doing it though. And Prayer became a thing of the past. It wasnt until I was an adult, that I started praying a bit now and again. But it wasnt a regulair thing for me. Then, I met this friend, that reintroduced me to Prayer once again. And the first prayer I had after that was more profound than I could ever had imagined. I had never felt more loved and welcomed, than I did right then. And it has changed my life since then. As I wrote previousley, on the very best Heart opener post i did previousley to this one. This moment was where my Journey truly started. What lead me to creating this blog.

I had been to a meeting, with the Religion I was invitet into, by my friend. And it had been a truly remarkable experience. When I got home, I was in awe of what I had been invitet to be a part of. I dont remember exactley, when I had my first Prayer, but I remember how it was. I was filled with a Love I had never felt before. It opened my Heart and it felt like there was only me and God there(which were true though because I was home alone, but it was like God was connecting with me and truly listening). My Praying changed into Prais, and would fold my Hands and sing my Heart out, to God. It was the most wonderful feeling. And I highly recommend it. 

So I just want to say, there are more than one Heart opener out there. And Pray, Prais and song are among them. What You might recieve from Praying, is Unconditional Love, Connection to Your God and the heartfelt feeling of being heard. 

The first Religion I was ever introduced to was Christianity. I grew up in a small town, and all though my parents werent Christians, every activity that was held for the young ones, were arranged by the Christian family of our town. So Christian stories was part of my childhood. As I wrote previously, I found comfort in Praying when I was young, but I stopped doing it at some point, and did not do it until I became a grown up. I found back to Christianity in my 30's. Through my dear friend, who introduced me to her church. And as I wrote before, it was a remarkable experience. And I found such a connection to God, but also was introduced to Jesus. Which I already knew about, but did not have a personal bond with. It was really nice. With Prayer group prior to the gathering of Praise, surmon and the Praying for us as individuals(for those that wanted that). We would also put names on notes in a bowl(of people we knew about either in or outside of the community), and Pray for all of them at the end of the gathering. It was really nice. Everything with such Heart in it. And I was truly sad to leave it. But, as a Spiritual person, that believed in so many things, it did not feel like the right place for me to be. But I still have Christianity in my Heart, and I believe in it, I just believe in everything else also. That all is connected, but that we all still have our own Home. Religions are peoples Homes in Faith. And we should all Respect each individuals Home.

The other Religion I was introduced to was Hinduism. And the funny thing is, I was concidering studying it, before I met my boyfriend, and when I met him, he told me he was a Hindu(Partly in Hinduism beliefs). And I learned about it, both from him and by hearing about the Gods in Hinduism from other places. And it made so much sense to me, because Hinduism, contained something that was my own belief, both prior to Christianity in my adulthood, and prior to me meeting him. Universe and Source, Shakti and Shiva. But the very first Hindu God that I was introduced to was Hanuman. He was on a necklace that my boyfriend gave me, which he hung on my altar(my energetic workspace). Krishna came as me and my boyfriend were reading the Bhagavad Gita, and he is the very Life of everything. He is basically Tao. Which means everything is something. And I felt very much at Home, with Honoring and such. And in regards to Prais, when in this Religion, I loved listening to the Album, Breath of the Heart by Krishna Das. I highly recommend it. To me, it felt like Celebrating the Gods and Honoring them. I would sing with the crowd ti his songs. And it felt absolutely wonderful.

It came to be, that I could not pick this Religion either. Because as Ive already said, I believe in everything. That everything is connected. And that each Human, have their own Home like that. I just dont fit into any one box. But Hinduism will forever stay in my Heart. And if I truly were to pick one, it might have been Buddhism. I havent Studied it, but from what I know, he was a gentle and wise being. With so much wisdom on how to be gentle and Kind. 

I will be continuing Praying, but how I Pray now, is something I am still trying to figure out. But Honoring by song, is something I will never quit doing.

Thank You for reading this.

With Unconditional Love and Gratitude

Elisabeth Hjerte