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shutterbug · 10-17-2007, 01:46 AM

Wolf...i really like your candle/meditation ritual. Would you mind doing me a huge favor and describing everything you include and do...in detail?

Do you do it same time each night? What room are all the candles set up in? Would you describe the setting and what items are around the candles, what kind and color of candles....anything and everything you can think of so i can get a mental image of what your nightly ritual "looks and feels" like? How much time do you typically devote? do you sometimes make a list throughout the day of people you want to remember to pray for? Do you have "special" candles that represent certain people in your life who are close to you and always in your thoughts? Do you have music playing at the same time? insense? Do you sit on the floor or a chair in front of a table with the candles?

I know i asked for the 411 on some of this last year, but after having attempted to create my own daily ritual of candlelit prayers i feel more motivated now to really give it more of a place in my life on the long term. And since i'm about to have a week of healing for myself starting monday...this would be a perfect way to help lesson my anxieties each day about all the changes that are/will be occuring.

thanks, love and hugs dear Wolf,
jenna

10-17-2007, 01:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
shutterbug A picture's worth a 1000 words Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: With any luck, I'm lost in a view finder Posts: 2,947 Blog Entries: 5	Wolf...i really like your candle/meditation ritual. Would you mind doing me a huge favor and describing everything you include and do...in detail? Do you do it same time each night? What room are all the candles set up in? Would you describe the setting and what items are around the candles, what kind and color of candles....anything and everything you can think of so i can get a mental image of what your nightly ritual "looks and feels" like? How much time do you typically devote? do you sometimes make a list throughout the day of people you want to remember to pray for? Do you have "special" candles that represent certain people in your life who are close to you and always in your thoughts? Do you have music playing at the same time? insense? Do you sit on the floor or a chair in front of a table with the candles? I know i asked for the 411 on some of this last year, but after having attempted to create my own daily ritual of candlelit prayers i feel more motivated now to really give it more of a place in my life on the long term. And since i'm about to have a week of healing for myself starting monday...this would be a perfect way to help lesson my anxieties each day about all the changes that are/will be occuring. thanks, love and hugs dear Wolf, jenna __________________ I'M FINE!! Fanatically Insecure Neuratic & Emotional Bipolar/Depression support: 1-800-950-NAMI(6264).