Late Afternoon Prayer

"The soul is always praying. It constantly seeks to fly away to its Beloved." --Rav Kook


My afternoon prayer is particularly poignant - why is this so? Because the late afternoon is particularly suitable for spiritual growth, at the end of the working day. At this time of the day, we are able to put aside our mundane worries and concerns, and concentrate on our spiritual aspirations. Then the soul is free to elevate itself and blossom. This late afternoon I will plant myself for prayer - allowing the soul to flower with new strength; branching out naturally with inner emotions.

Dear God, 

Please make me

who You would have me be

That I might do 

as You would have me do. 

May I be a blessing on others 

That I might feel

Your blessing on me. 

Amen

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My Authentic Salvador Dali

Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach, c.1938

I bought this off a man out of the trunk of his car
at Kathleen's office five years ago.

My FAKE Salvador Dali Print

Butterfly Toreador print with false Dali signature

Why I fell in love with Salvador Dali

Raphaelesque Head Exploding, 1951 by Salvador Dali

Speechless

Well, I left my Therapist speechless today.

I completed my mandalas and he asked me to explain them as he looked at them. He was left speechless. I laughed - he wondered at what - I told him because this is the first time I remember him ever being speechless. He laughed as well.

More homework for next Thursday ... write a story to go with each mandala.

Here are the pictures of the mandalas that I drew: Mandala 1 is my favorite because it looks more like a true mandala ... it is very VERY sexual in nature; oh and it would look amazing with some colour added to it - pastels, pinks and tans with some blue and lilacs. Mandala 2 I need to rework because I'm simply NOT happy with it ... it is supposed to represent the loss of innocence into brokenness; if color is added to this one it will be the center flower and the irises of the eyes which would be Jade (for a jaded view of the world).

An Afternoon Prayer

A Prayer for the Afternoon

At noonday, I shall run and return,
Remembering the Light Realm and the Human One of Light,
I shall restore my soul to the Place, and abide in the Sacred Heart;

O Adonai Messiah, I call upon your Blessed Name,
As I behold the strength of the sun at midday,
I pray that the Spiritual Sun might blaze forth from within me,
That I might walk as the Holy Apostles walk in this world,
Going forth as a Light-bearer, Healer and Peacemaker;

O Yeshua Messiah, bless and empower me in the Way, Truth and Light,
Banishing, binding and dispelling all shades and shadows,
Driving out darkness from the people and the land –

Let your Holy Shekinah rest upon me
I pray, let your Divine Light extend through me!

O Kallah Messiah, receive me into your embrace,
Come as Divine Light with healing in your wings,
Healing all illness and dis-ease among the people,
And bearing forth the grace of Divine Illumination;
Bless and empower me to be at rest while in motion!

O Holy Spirit, I open my mind, heart and life to you,
I pray that you move with, in and through me,
And that you come to be manifest as me,
So that with Adonai I shall say, “I Am.”

Hallelu Yah!

Amen and amen.