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Shifting Gears
My prayer is moving in a more contemplative direction
One small adjustment changed everything.
It happened a few days ago. When I was getting ready to pray, I got the idea to try sitting up straight in my seat.
It was a simple adjustment. But it had a huge impact.
All the spiritual masters recommend sitting straight. But when I first got started with prayer, sitting straight seemed too hard. Too tiring.
I used to lean back in my recliner when I’d pray. I don’t do any of that anymore.
Sitting straight has become easy. And when my prayer time is over, I feel energized.
I used to think that prayer was all about slipping into a half-awake, dreamy, state. I wrote about that way of praying here:
I don’t take back what I wrote then. I don’t think it’s wrong. And I don’t regret how I used to pray. Maybe praying in a relaxed pose has some advantages.
