iAwake Technologies – Centering Prayer Webinar

There isn’t a lot of theology attached to Centering Prayer, but there is a lot of inner experience. Centering Prayer is an invitation to center down and not only clear the mind and be present, but to be present to God. There is no such thing as an unsuccessful meditation period when we surrender like this.

I call it the loving presence, the mysterious consciousness, the goodness, the deep, deep mystery that everything seems to emerge from, from moment to moment, and everything that was before and after, the open spaciousness, and the pure awareness that is our own essential ground. God. You don’t need to call it God, just call it what works for you.

This is the basic practice of centering meditation.

• You get into a comfortable position and hunker down or center down.
• You want your spine to be straight.
• When you go in, you focus on your center, your heart chakra.
• Your intention is a deep surrender to God, to spirit, to higher power, however you want to name it.
• You make yourself available to whatever the great mysterious presence that is our deepest essential self has for you that day. Sometimes it will be a spiritual, psychic earthquake―the earth will open and all kinds of things will come out to be experienced, to be blessed, to be transmuted; the trauma and pain from the past, from the present, from the future, who knows, but these dark shadow issues are an essential part of the spiritual journey.

Lots of interesting things can happen in this place of surrender. You will have new insights into the nature of reality and the nature of your life as a result of this profound interior practice. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Deep spiritual connections are made, sometimes biddings from your deeper self, in other words, you may receive direction as in a vision quest; you may be given your marching orders. This could include what your life is supposed to be about or what you are supposed to do today. If you are grappling with a big problem, like trying to figure out the mysteries of genetics and DNA, creative insights could appear in your mind, like the scientist who saw the genetic spiral, which opened up the whole ball game. Since doing this practice, my life has become more creative and open, not only while I am doing the practice, but also the place of surrender, the openness, which has crept into the rest of my life, to include my dream states and every other state of consciousness.

The ego structure seems to come back together in a way that is profoundly cleansed when I come through this process. There is a sense of familiarity with the fires of purification. There is a lot of humility, a lot of gratitude, a lot of love, and a lot of really feeling connected to God.

Centering Prayer becomes stable in our hearts and beings when we engage in it. Jesus loves me, not as a mere acceptance of the dogma. The Bible tells me so. No. The deepest essence of our nature is a mystery. It is us, in a deep way, and it is beautiful. This realization illuminates the imperfect universe that we seem to be in. There is a profound story being told and there is a profound journey that we are a part of. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it This is what comes from Centering Prayer.