Journey of the Heart

When I wrote this poem I was considering the idea of prayer… How, all too often our prayers become a laundry list of requests for things to feed our selfishness and ego rather than communion with the Divine other and the realization that we are One.  When you ask me to pray…this… by Kat Myrman no ceaseless pleas for favors from a deity beyond, nor simple conversations ‘tween some small imagined voices, nor yearly rites of gluttony and sport peppered with thanks, no final utterance, eleventh hour recompense. a wisp of breath more subtle, effortless in present tense, embodying the senses in a dance of elements, where answers aren’t the aim and questions are irrelevant, this is the prayer I pray for you with utmost reverence. Kat Myrman: When she’s not working in a cubicle from 9 to 5, Kat can be found taking photographs and photo editing, writing...

The power of positive thought is something that’s become more and more accepted as a way of improving the quality of our experiences… I’m sure we all know how different things feel - not only feel, but actually, measurably, are - when we approach them with positive thoughts and a feeling of inner strength. “The power of prayer” is, perhaps, another way of expressing this. If everything is connected and if Divinity permeates all things, then filling our minds and hearts with positive thoughts  - and putting those thoughts “out there”, too - is a form of prayer. Prayer is, in fact, like breathing. We do it constantly, as we picture the way things are and the way we want them to be. In our attitudes: our gratitude, anxiety, joy and grief. I’m not suggesting that all we need to do, is sit back and imagine things as we want them to be, for our situations to magically transform without any mess or hard work. There is, though, something deeply powerful in picturing things cl...