A Prayer for Peace, Clarity, and Wisdom
by Rev. Martha Quintana, Senior Minister
There is One Absolute. This Absolute is Life. I recognize Life right here, right now knowing that I recognize the essence of every living being, creature, and the Universe. This recognition puts me right in the middle of all of it and gives me new eyes. I am what Life is. As birds take flight, I am there. As the sun rises, I am there. As every person goes to work, I am there. This Life that is the life of everyone is my life, too. I am where It is and in that knowing, I am one with all of it. As I know this for me, I know this for the person who reads this prayer.
I declare I live and move and have my being in the One Absolute. As I live in the changing conditions of my mortal life, this Absolute Love guides my every thought, word, and action. Love guides me to peace, the peace that surpasses all human understanding, and it guides me to clarity and wisdom. Love is who I am and I remember it even as the conditions of my life take new form. I pray that every moment as life changes, peace, clarity, and wisdom guide me, inform my actions, and forge a path to the most fulfilling experience possible. I am left in a deep knowing and faith.
I am grateful that the Absolute Cause of the Universe created me, too. I am grateful this knowing brings me into alignment with the highest qualities of Good and, in this alignment, I am able to forge a path right into the middle of humanity. I experience the Absolute and the mortal all at the same time. I am grateful for peace, clarity, and wisdom, and grateful that I am in the middle of a spiritual community that forges only good. What a blessed day!
Knowing all is well, I release my word back into the Absolute where it can rest and take flight. And so it is. Amen.