How to Make Daily Life Feel More Sacred
Make every moment of the day a sacred prayer, even the mundane! That is what we are here for! But why is it so difficult for every moment to be magic? Why can’t every moment be beautiful and so filled with love and light?
I would like to share with you some of the rituals that have helped me remember how to make daily life feel more sacred, such as waking up in the morning and greeting the sun, greeting the earth (Pachamama), and greeting myself in a good way: "Wow, I'm here, this is awesome."
Let there be a moment when you wake up and recognize the sacredness in your life. Perhaps spend some time with your mesa, spend time with your altar, in prayer, drink your hot tea or hot beverage, and just enjoy the moment. When you start each day off like this, you bring that sacred energy forward throughout your day, and ultimately, you transform your life.
I work at a technology company in tech support, so I understand if it seems challenging to try to bring the sacred into your workday. Let’s be honest, sometimes it really is difficult to be at work and see the divine in everyone we work with! We cannot seem to get away from the corporate structures; they are just too prevalent. So how do we go into those places and still hold our prayer, hold ourselves, hold the divine, and not let our light be taken away? How do we make even this part of ourselves sacred?
I have a little altar at work to ground me in and bring me back to my center. I sometimes take walks with this goal in mind. We happen to have a beautiful waterfall trail behind my workplace. I go there every day for 30 minutes and just be with the trees, be with the waters, be with the birds, and remind myself, for instance, "Yeah, yeah, I'm a part of this. I'm a part of this." In the tech world where we are consumed by the mind and may have a lot of out-of-body experiences, it is important to go back into nature and ground back into ourselves, reminding ourselves once again that we can make every moment sacred, because it is true.
Regarding work relationships, and maybe even with friends, family, and loved ones, we must treat every moment we have with them as sacred, too, rather than saying things like, “I don't want to go see this person.” Maybe we do not mind meeting with others, but we still do not treat them like they are something special. When you start to really look at life and define everything and everyone as sacred and as gifts, you begin to understand that they are in your life for a reason. Maybe you have experienced challenging relationships. It’s helpful to remember the sacredness that happens in relationships, even when there is a challenge. Often, the experience happens, and learning follows.
On another topic, prayer has dramatically changed how I interact with people. I am much more loving and kind, and no longer anxious or afraid to be who I am. Prayer allows me to sit with the fears and see them as a sacred opportunity to free more of my true self. Is that not what we all want? The more we can be within the sacred, the more our true light shines and the more joy, love, and happiness we will see. I have seen it play out in my life and many other people's lives, where the more open they are to receiving the love, and the more they treat every moment as something sacred, the more the universe pours into them and the more they align with who they are. More blessings come into their life and more room is created for them to receive so much goodness.
Finding small things to be grateful for, such as giving thanks for a meal, brings us back to ourselves, brings us back to the essence of being, to nature, and our divinity. When we see ourselves as part of something bigger, it takes the pressure off – we no longer need to be the person holding the whole world up. When we put ourselves in a place of service, and say, “Pachamama, I'm here. Please use me. I'm here to be of service. I'm here to love others,” watch what beautifully unfolds. The more willing you are to open up to this prayer, the more opportunity arises. One of my favorite quotes from the Bible reminds us that God will never give us more than we can handle, which sometimes does not feel true! But then we make it through, we’re a little bit stronger for it, and there are gifts and treasures that come along, too.
As we build our faith and trust, we develop more capacity to love and share our gifts as service. People come into our lives who need these services, and it is a beautiful process of how the divine, Pachamama, the universe, brings us to that place – a place of gifting and of sacredness. But we have to ask for it first. I always liked the analogy of making incense– where you have to get the herbs, the frankincense or myrrh, and grind them down to such a fine powder. That too is the soul journey. In our deepest learning, we often feel ground down. But in this painful process, we are made into something fine, something pure, something that can be molded and put together anew. And then through this process, you become adaptive. Then, when you really sink into yourself, you become essence, you become this incense, you become this prayer.
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About the Author:
Helping people honor self-care in consumerist cultures will be a passionate subject in Jake Vawter’s teachings. Jake wants to help remind us not to take on all the burdens of the world, and to provide ourselves with more moments for nourishment, mindfulness, quiet space, and reflection. It is important that we become aware of our innate need to buy or get something to make us feel more fulfilled. Jake is here to remind us that we already have all that we need within!
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