Spiritual Practice

Christ’s initials mudra

The gesture of blessing is often seen in Orthodox iconography. It is a special finger fold used by the priests during the liturgy. The “IC ХC” hand gesture has its name for a reason – each finger is associated with a Greek alphabet letter -- russianicon.com.

do things without trying to finish them

Request: Zen saying.

pretend one has no memory (spiritual practice)

It leads to the discovery that there is no actual ‘who’; there is only awareness -- I: Reality and Subjectivity.

"I see only the past" (spiritual practice)

From ACIM Workbook lesson 7.

never talking about or mentally dwelling in the past

Priority request: I found this in a Barry Long book as a way to dissolve what he calls the false personality. The false self feeds off and milks past experiences, positive or negative, to sustain itself and parasitically saps our energy in the process.

intercessory prayer

Praying to a deity on behalf of others, or asking a saint in heaven to pray on behalf of oneself or for others -- wikipedia.

"I give the mind permission to stop thinking"

Addressing the mind's involuntary nature.

doing creative work as a spiritual practice

Priority request: writing, making art etc., with a spiritual intention.

contemplation: "Why am I doing this to myself?"

Priority request: This was recommended by Brian on the forum as a way to dismiss experiential suffering as an illusion. "You don't need an answer. The question is enough to call out the absurdity of it."

writing what one consents to and doesn’t consent to daily

Request: Could be of great value considering that writing puts one into context, and that all things are by your consent.

Reverse Meditation, by Andrew Holesec

How to Use Your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom. Request: seems to have overlap with what Dr. Hawkins taught in the Healing & Recovery series in terms of embracing, enduring and running out uncomfortable sensations.

meditation

"the act of remaining in a silent and calm state for a period of time" -- collinsdictionary.

meditation with CBD (cannabidiol)

Based on the calibration, this meditation seems primarily beneficial to the physical dimensions.

visio divina (spiritual practice)

Priority request: (Latin for "divine seeing") is a method for praying with images or other media. It might be a powerful meditation/prayer tool. Reminiscent of when Hawkins recommended having an image of your spiritual teacher.

consecration as a spiritual practice

Priority request: "the intentional act of dedicating a person, space, object, or action to the sacred... May include prayer, blessing, ritual gestures, visualization of divine light, or invocation of sacred energies."