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O God - For peace of mind and heart spend some time being present to Presence
If the title on this page concluded with an exclamation point, we might see it as an expression of strong feelings, likely of a sudden disappointment or worse. If a comma was placed at the end, we might assume that a prayer of some kind would follow. However, as it is, without any punctuation mark, it can remain properly as an invitation to consider God as a loving presence. We are free to let our minds and hearts play or pray with the title, allowing us to have a satisfying personal experience.
The invitation is to avoid any over-thinking and to instead focus on how we feel, here and now, in the presence of God. Of course, we come to this moment with previous thoughts and beliefs that we might have pondered either about God or in conscious prayer, but this specific invitation is for now. And the essence of presence, especially in reference to God, is always “now.” Rules do not apply, nor do expectations. We simply give ourselves permission to be present to Presence.
There is no “wrong” way to do this, since whatever takes place as we consent to doing it, is the gift of the moment. We do not have to do anything other than to be in the here and now with God, who is always and everywhere here and now. Any movement that takes place within us is always according to our present capacity to receive thoughts and/or feelings that are good. For God is Good, and goodness always overflows to others. This goodness overflows into us by our being continually created and through our capacity to love and to be loved as well as through whatever we experience at this time by consciously attending to God’s presence.
One of the beauties of responding to the invitation of being present to God is that we are in no way obliged to do so, and that each one of us is free to go about it whenever and however seems good to us. Another hidden benefit is that when we do accept, we are engaging in a graceful mystery which we can never fully appreciate. We can enter the presence of God without credentials, or having made an appointment, or with any other requirement than that of our willingness to open ourselves to God who is here wherever we are and in whatever our life circumstances might be.
There is no implied challenge to try this manner of reflecting or praying, although we might choose to take it that way. Rather, we are always in the presence of God’s infinite personal love for us, and sometimes we give our conscious attention to this simple truth, and are moved not just to know it, but to experience the consolation of being present to Presence.
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