Prayer from the Hands

Open hands gently holding a small yellow flower with a blurred background.
Close with a moment of quiet
Remembering our teachers inspirations influences
All our relations        Our beloveds
Take your thumb now and run it up and down your heart-line
Now take your hands and put them together against your chest like anjali mudra
Then take your left hand and set it within your right hand as in the Zohar
Pull it to your chest
Hold your physical and spiritual union to your heart-line
Spend a time in gratitude for all that you have received
Given           Received
Hold your hands away from you in a posture of blessing
Palms out    Spread your fingers
Now turn your palms up like the five petalled rose
The opening intention of the Zohar
Drop your hands
Leave a moment for the silent expectation for peace
Starving for it
Real peace      True peace
Peace of the near and peace of the far [Isaiah 57:19]
The upper worlds and lower worlds will find each other
But don’t leave us        alone
Take a deep breath
Say Ah – mein.

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