The Power of Prayer Fields
 

Our energy fields, or prayer fields, are the layers of energy we carry in our bodies and around our bodies on a daily basis. These fields are comprised of all of the beliefs, expectations and feelings we experience throughout the day and throughout our lives. Our energy field is a powerful magnetic force that attracts to us that which we already believe and feel within ourselves. For example, when we live from the belief and expectation that "All is Well" and that all that happens is in Divine and Universal Perfection and Order, we may notice how we feel differently about our lives and how struggle and effort are no longer a dominant part of our experience. Therefore, when we generate the sensation, experience and expectation within of being connected to a higher vibration or Divine force, we attract energies such as joy, forgiveness, and harmony that are higher vibration energies. By learning to set our prayer fields to a higher level of energy, we recognize how we are the authors of our lives and how the higher forces working with us are just cooperating with what we already expect and believe. With all of the changes happening on an energetic and consciousness level on our planet, I am finding that the time between setting our prayer fields and actual manifestation of our intention is becoming more and more instantaneous. We are in a time when we are being helped on all dimensional levels to make this "consciousness leap" for ourselves and the planet by awakening to what we generate consciously and unconsciously.

A couple of important notes before I describe the steps:
* Surrender is the absolute key to receiving and experiencing Divine connection. Submitting in trust, love and faith to a Divine power greater than yourself is truly an act of grace. It has become my central spiritual practice and I have seen only positive come out of it. This will be one of the main steps in learning to set your prayer field.
*Stay alert and aware compassionately as you engage in this practice. Part of working with your prayer field is being aware of what thoughts, feelings and expectations you are generating and doing so with compassionate awareness.

1. Calming the body and mind- To begin, find a comfortable place to sit where you will not be disturbed. Close your eyes and sit quietly and allow your awareness to rest gently with your breath. You can follow the flow of your breath by feeling the rising and falling of your chest as you inhale and exhale. Continue the connection to your breath until you feel calm and relaxed within.

2. Connecting to Source and Higher Energies - Next, with your awareness and breath at your heart center, visualize a bright, healing Light out in front and a little above you. Surrender yourself to this Light by breathing love and trust into this ball of Light from your heart center, your Spiritual Heart. Receive love and healing from this Light, as well, with each inhalation and exhalation. You can visualize this Light as Source or Universal Creation, or as a Spiritual figure or Being such as Buddha or Jesus Christ. You can also visualize the Light as your Higher Self or Higher Spirit in connection to God. Whatever image works best for you to embody and actually feel within your body the sensation of Divine love. Continue this practice until you are fully engaged in this spiritual exchange.

3. Expanding your Prayer Field - As you are generating this energy of your Divine Presence within your heart center, feel it now expand with each breath so that your physical body and area around the body is completely filled with this energy and vibration. Do this for several breaths. Next, feel the energy now expand beyond the body and out in front of you, sending it to all situations and relationships in your life that are in need of healing. You are sending and releasing this energy in trust and faith. Let go of any outcome you may desire for those situations and relationships.

If you are working with a particular intention, such as healing a physical illness or emotional issue, there are a few additional things you can do. Firstly, be clear on what your intention is for yourself. Generate the image of your intention in your mind and feel the experience of it in your heart center and body. In the second step above of connecting to Higher Energies, in addition to generating trust and love in your heart center, also generate the total and complete clear picture of what you are intending. For example, if your intention is to let go of fear-based energies, generate in your heart and mind and body the sensation, feeling and belief that all is well, that you will be okay and all will be fine not matter what the outcome. Continue to fill your body and your energy field around your body with your positive intentional energy. Then send it out ahead of you to all situations, especially those situations where fear has been an issue.

Allow this practice to be effortless and as easy as receiving and feeling the rays of the sun on your face. Let go and give over to the loving healing awaiting you!

Some recommended reading to help you with these practices are:

* The Secret of Shambhala, In Search of the Eleventh Insight by James Redfield
* Conversations with God, Vol III, (esp. pages 361-363) by Neale Donald Walsch
* The Healing Power of Mind by Tulku Thondup
* Prayer is Good Medicine by Larry Dossey