The Power of Prayer

If you are following my blog, you will have read several different posts about prayer.  When I talk about prayer, I am not referring to one specific religion for prayer.  I refer to how you sit with asking and speaking to what you believe in.  Lots of people call meditation a prayer.  It doesn’t matter how you label it, it is about some form of communication between you and the Universe.

While scientists have been trying for years to prove the power of prayer in terms of healing people, no group has studied the power of prayer on the individual.

A quote that I quite like says that Prayer is you talking to God/Universe while meditation is God/Universe talking to you.

Prayer gives the individual the opportunity to speak all of the things that is on one’s mind to a Presence that is non-judgmental, and that is absolutely silent.  This Presence does not recommend different solutions, jump in and try to fix things, or even give you a list of “shoulds”.  This Presence simply fills the space around you and listens. 

Try it.

Blessings,

Judy

Be Your Actions

The poster says:  An intelligent person does not need the robust of heaven to see the merit in good deeds.   -  Author Unknown.

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Preach the Gospel... If necessary use words.  Francis of Assisi 

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We have all heard of the ripple effect of the butterfly gently moving its wings somewhere in South America and the many other actions that exist because of the one butterfly.  We see the effect of the small ripples in the rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans and how the tiny ripples can become huge waves that crash over things and up against the coast line.  

Recently, I am hearing more stories from people who have been touched by small actions of kindness or thoughtfulness, and how that action helped change the person’s life for the better.  If you have the opportunity to do a small, kind action, do it!  You start the ripple.

Blessings,

Judy

Happiness-Freedom

The poster says:  The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart. —- Thich Nhat Hanh

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What does happiness feel like?  What does it mean?  Who has the most happiness?

The answer may be, “It depends on how much freedom you have!”

Over the years, I have posted quite a few blogs about happiness.  Here is a short list of some of the posts.

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2026/01/happiness-is-spiritual.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2024/11/be-happiness-engineer.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2023/07/on-being-happy.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2025/08/finding-happiness.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2023/02/on-being-happy-buddhist-story.html

Blessings,

Judy