When I Pray

Why is it
when looking for answers,

I find more questions?

When I pray,

among other things:

I acknowledge the one to whom I pray
by distinguishing that one,
as the Creator,
who is my Father.

"Father in Heaven,
hallowed be your name"


I ask that his authority and leadership
guide  me
by occupying
my thoughts
continuously.


"May Your Kingdom come,
May your will be done
in Earth
as it is in Heaven."


I petition

for Discernment,

that the eyes of my understanding

would be fully open,

such that I am able to distinguish

between
symptoms and problems,
between

my perceptions and projections
my stories and dogmas
about myself
about others
and most of all

about the Creator,

my Father,

and that I may come to know 
the Truth about Him.

I pray for discernment
such that I am able to distinguish
between the perceptions 
I project onto others
and the truth they are.

I petition

For the Wisdom and Strength

to distinguish

between

my own delusions
my egotistical desires
that tempt me,

for validation sake,

to be something of the world

of which I am not,

and the truth of the kingdom

I am called to facilitate.

I petition our Father
to know him,

to share in His Knowledge,
and His Creation,

not to know facts about Him,

or to know him per se,

but to Know 
as He Knows,

to Think 
as He Thinks,
to see and hear
as He sees and hears,

for genuine insight

into who and what I am,
what He is,

and to understand those around me
and who they are;

I petition

for the manifestation,
the incarnation,
of the Love of our Father
in me,

Not selfishly coveting that it be lavished upon me,

as from an external source;

but rather to find the inward source,

the inner spring,

the throne room of Heaven,

so as to embody that which I truly am,

Through a communion with,

and the embodiment of

the very essence of

Love, Light, Spirit and Truth,

that I too may experience

righteousness, peace and joy,

by entering His rest,

partaking of 
the Tree of Life,

in the midst 
of the Garden of Eden,
and in so doing,
have eternal life.