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Living in prayer …. what is it? Living in prayer is constantly in prayer mode like in meditation. Finding your center and focus for the rest of the day. Praising and thanking for good things that happen. This is finding goodness in whatever comes our way. Like when traffic was light or anything that goes well without you exerting effort. They are small things that shows you are not alone and that a divine guide is given to you.

In our society, there are numerous perceptions and faiths and if not all, then most of them teach the same thing and that is to love our neighbor and act with compassion.

I was christened, raised and educated as a Catholic and I got bonus too… my parents (may they rest in peace) were members of Science of the Mind. So as we were growing up both teachings were imparted to us plus is the culture and belief of herbal and other beings. Oh! And my Mom was went to study angel and crystal healing as well. It’s only now that I am really opening my eyes and immersing myself with very familiar territory yet I tread cautiously so I won’t offend anyone.

As children, my younger sister and I were very close to our Mom since we lost our Dad to cancer in our teens. We had older siblings working already at that time. My Mom was so devastated that she sought healing and peace. We didn’t understand at that time. It’s only now that I began to understand why she had to start finding something that would open her horizons. She needed to find peace away from this critical world.

I hate fanaticism. Yes, from me you heard the word hate which I know is a very strong word. I have lived in a culture of faith and spirituality and unfortunately a culture with religious fanaticism. Although, faith can move mountains, when it starts hurting how other feels and thinks about themselves, we have to look into it. We cannot blind-side feelings. Blind-sided feelings start revolutions… spiritual and eventually political.

I believe that one’s faithful devotion is enough but when it conflicts with the basic needs of humanity which is love and compassion, it is fanaticism. Spiritual devotions are pure. However, when a human dictates others of what should be done to restrict any kind of freedom and this action would be deemed law to undervalue another person’s life and being, this veers away from the essence of the spiritual belief.

In a nutshell, no matter what faith or belief we have we can always live in prayer. As long as you find your center, wherever you are you can pass on blessings or even be grateful even for tiniest things. Many people need solitude to be in prayer. You can find it inside you even in a bustling and crowded place or in the confines of your room. What helps most is an hour of just being with yourself. There are so many ways to find yourself. You can do meditation, yoga, you can go to the Church and pray, you can do reflections and do journal writing too.

Our core would have difficulty assimilating everything when we are in constant in motion. I would compare it as in the concept of overfeeding . When one feeds so much in one sitting, how does the body feel afterwards? It takes a long time to figure things out but eventually you will. We just need guidance to do things specially when everything’s all new to us. Once you have established finding your solitude, you are ready to find it anywhere amidst the noise of the world. Practice makes things easier. Life is not perfect. Life is a constant journey. We just need to have that willingness to learn and live in peace and positivity.

By Josefina Navarro