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Every morning I start my day with the following prayer / meditation. It is very simple.

I think about:

  • Opening my mind, heart, and soul.
  • Connecting my mind, heart, and soul.
  • Freeing my mind, heart and soul.

Here are some of the details…

I start with imagining my mind reaching out as far as it can and think of the action, Open my Mind.

Then I imagine my heart reaching out as far as it can (almost like energetically taking my energy from around my heart and bringing it straight out and then opening and reaching that energy as far out in a semicircle as possible) and think, Open my Heart.

I repeat again reaching out psychically and think, Open my Soul.

Then I shift to Connecting.

I ask for my Mind to Connect with God. Please God, help me to hear Your wisdom, good ideas and creativity.

Next I beg, please, God, Connect my Heart with You. Help me to love like You do. Help my heart to connect with the people I love and to connect with every person I encounter today so that they feel seen and heard.

I pray, please dear Lord, Connect my Soul with You. Help me to be in Your light and goodness. I ask to connect with my posse of guardian angels. I feel and believe that I have 5-6 angels that are here to help me and support me and lead me. My grandparents are there, and my posse of angels always bring a special smile to my face and a feeling of joy and laughter.

Free

God, please Free my Mind. Help me to be free of my limiting beliefs, of what I think is possible, and the “shoulds” in my thinking that hold me back and do not serve me or those around me.

God, Free my Heart. Help me to love more like You do, without fear, without judgements and without ego. Please help my heart to love more fully and purely.

I end with asking God to please Free my Soul from my body.
I have no idea exactly where this practice came from, but I enjoy it. I like to focus on the three values of Being Open, Connecting, and being Free in my mind, heart and soul.

I would love to hear how you pray and / or meditate.

Do you view them differently? I think of prayer and meditation as different things yet in practice the two overlap and seem more as one thing.