MEDITATION ACTIVITIES X 4
- Think about the twenty-four hours ahead
- Consider plans for the day
- Relax and take it easy
- Pause when agitated or doubtful
THINGS TO AVOID (X 4)
- Struggling
- Making a request for oneself only
- Praying for selfish ends
- Arranging life to suit oneself
PRAYERS (X 6)
- God, please direct my thinking
- God, please divorce my thinking from self-pity, dishonest, and self-seeking motives
- God, please show me all through the day when my next step is to be
- God, please give me whatever I need to take care of problems
- God, please free me from self-will
- God, help me with […] so [others / …] will be helped
PRAYERS AND DECLARATIONS AT TIMES OF DOUBT AND AGITATION (X 4)
- God, please give me inspiration, an intuitive thought, or a decision
- God, give me the right thought or action
- I am no longer running the show
- Thy Will Be Done
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES (X 6)
- Join others in morning meditation
- Attend to morning religious devotion
- Select, memorise, and say set prayers
- Obtain reading suggestions from religious sources
- Read such materials
- Use what religions offer