chanting something highly calibrating to cope with / distract from unpleasant thoughts and feelings
Priority request: Is chanting in this way a spiritual bypass? Is it a healthy way to redirect oneself?
Spiritual Practice
The Power of Intention, by Wayne Dyer
Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way.
Hare Krishna mantra
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma / Rāma Rāma Hare Hare / Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa / Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
porn as a spiritual practice
Not recommended. ADAP calibration confirms intuition that this is not a spiritual practice and may incur negative karma and deleterious outcomes consistent with the level of grief.
sacred tobacco (rapé)
Request: From the Amazon, gaining popularity around Europe. With so many spiritual seekers using this and calling it 'medicine', I'm curious about its LoC ?
napping as a spiritual practice
Request: Hawkins mentions that napping is helpful when letting go of hunger. Can napping be helpful in the letting go process in general or as a spiritual practice? I have used it for prayer by listening to meditative or spiritual music and have had profound dreams at times.
crying as a spiritual practice
Request: Letting yourself cry can feel wonderful. Let it all out!
Wim Hof Method
Cold therapy, breathing, commitment.
zazen, shikantaza meditation
Styles of Zen meditation.
forgiving others for their past mistakes
Priority request.
visualizing the desired outcome, then surrendering it to God
Priority request: spiritual teachers advise to be unattached to outcomes. I found this approach useful. It lets the mind settle because I feel like I got something "off my chest" and then there is peace that God will bring about what is supposed to happen, independent of my desires and fears.
asking God to help others
Request: When you see the suffering of another person, ask God to help them. Is it good to do it or is it better to believe that God will help them anyways and not pray for them?
praying for the animals whose meat you've just eaten
Request: Feels like the right thing to do. But is it?
Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
a Christian devotion to the Divine Mercy from St. Faustina Kowalska of Krakow, Poland. Priority request.
The Welcoming Prayer - Thomas Keating
"...I let go of my desire to change any situation, condition, person or myself. I open to the love and presence of God and God’s action within..." (excerpt)