Nature prayers

[Guest guest]

Some earth-centered prayers by Wayne Simsic

 

I celebrate the morning, the beginning of this new

day. Let me experience the giftedness of your creation

and the grace of my own being as I face the

responsibilities that lie before me.

 

Thank you for the promise of the day that you hold

before me with the first blush of light. My spirit is

fresh and open, having taken time to behold the beauty

of the morning and to give thanks for the joy of being

alive.

 

Blessed be all your creation.

Blessed be the fields in harvest.

Blessed be the animals we befriend.

Blessed be the seeds we plant and the food we eat.

Blessed be all the goodness of the world.

 

O, Giver of Life, let me remain open to the birth,

fresh innocence, and fullness of the world and of my

own heart. Release me from the blindness that prevents

me from seeing the renewal of the earth and the

transformation of my inner life.

 

Help me discover an inner place, a secret garden of

silent enjoyment. Thank you for drawing me into the

garden of your creative love.

 

You who are light, open my eyes so I can see your

divine light that penetrates the world, revealing

infinite possibilities. Make my eyes gentle and my

heart expansive, so that I can know the radiance, the

shimmering tide of light, that offers timelessness and

transcendent love.

 

Let me bathe in light, the penetrating light that

suffuses the body and extends outward into the world.

Thank you for the radiance that illuminates all

reality and floods the vulnerable heart.

 

Thank you for the beauty and wonder of trees, the

shelter and life they provide. May my faith grow like

an oak, strong and enduring; my love like a pine

forest, silent, deep, secretly dependent on you.

 

My soul sometimes flies like a bird, and I understand

what it means to be free in the wind and to return

eagerly home to you. May I continue to fly with your

wind benearth my wings.

 

Let me always see the harmony and interdependence

between my life and the lives of all creatures. I want

to love and value the animals you created and I want

to appreciate them in their own right, not just for my

purposes. Animals are teachers and I want to learn.

 

Bless you for all the animals, dainty and ponderous,

fierce and peaceable, gaudy and plain. May I never

forget my bonds to the animal world, and may I love my

sisters and brothers.

 

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Sister Usha Devi

Founder, Divinely Female and worshipper of the Sacred Flame that shines inside

every woman

 

 

 

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