Prayers?

Prayers?

Throughout human history and around planet Earth, people -with all kinds of motivations- have approached and addressed the transcendent (called God, Goddess, gods, Creator, Source, cosmos, mystery, otherwise) with chants, songs, pleas, prayers. Words become prayers when they turn from declaration or description, to invocation, to petition. 

Suffice it to say here that the prayers that follow are samples of a faith which, as has evolved in form, has strengthened in essence. In them we give thanks, acclaiming the greatness, beauty, and power of Good. And we ask for guidance, offering ourselves to fulfill our role with Goodness.

Enthusiastic we begin,
praising gratefully.
Entrusting ourselves we proceed,
effort as offering.
Eventually,
we ask Goodness for goodness.

The prayers presented here are offered to believers, non-believers, skeptics, questioners, seekers, to all who keep their minds and hearts open enough to consider that something generative, powerful, and fundamentally benevolent may transcend what we perceive from our human perspective at this point in the evolution of our species. May they move readers to chant, sing and pray as they may.

Prayers Poems?

We begin each section with brief prayers in which we hold ourselves to the haiku metrics of three verses of 5/7/5 syllables, though in some instances we do not use the cut as is customary in the original genre. More than poems, they are prayers in three lines and seventeen syllables. Some are versions of verses originally composed in Spanish, here interpreted, translated, transplanted to English. Some contain more than one stanza.

Deeply felt prayers
are poems, songs directed
at Goodness, at Love.

In meditation,
we pause to listen closely
to the truths of now.

Yoga and Zazen.
May our daily practice serve
the true greater Good.