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Prayer Affirmation
1. Heavenly Father, Mother, Beloved God, This day shall be the best day of my life.
Bhagavan Krishna, Jesus Christ, Today I shall start with a new
Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, determination to dedicate my devotion
Swami Sri Yukteswarji, Beloved Gurudev forever at the feet of Omnipresence.
Paramahansa Yoganandji, saints of all
religion, I bow to you all. May Thy love
shine forever on the sanctuary of my
devotion, and may I be able to awaken
Thy love in all hearts.
2. O Spirit, teach me to heal the body by O Eternal Energy! Awaken within me
recharging it with Thy cosmic energy; to conscious will, conscious health,
heal the mind by concentration and conscious vitality, conscious realization.
smiles; and to heal the soul by Goodwill to all, vitality to all, good health
meditation born intuition. to all, realization to all, good health to all!
O Eternal Youth of body and mind, abide
in me forever and forever.
3. Help me, O Spirit, to learn to live more Daily I will try to realize that Thou, O God,
and more by direct cosmic energy and art the power that keeps me healthy,
less and less by food. Being energy, prosperous, and seeking spiritual truth.
burning in the bulb of the sense, I
recharge myself with Thy cosmic energy.
4. Divine Mother teach me to recharge my
body, mind, and soul with Thine
unlimited, all-healing light which is within
me.
5. Today I will open the door of my
calmness and let the footsteps of silence
enter the temple of all my activities. I
shall perform all dutiful actions serenely,
saturated with peace.
6. I am the prince of perpetual peace
playing the drama of sad and happy
dreams on the stage of experience.
7. Divine Mother, teach me to till the soil of Be Thou the polestar of my shipwrecked
my mind with discipline, and sow the thoughts.
seeds of good habits.
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9. O Divine Shepherd of Infinite Perception,
rescue the lambkins of my thoughts, lost
in the wilderness of restlessness, and
lead them into Thy fold of silence.
10. Divine Mother, let the magic wand of my
intuition stop the gale of passions and
unnecessary desires, and in the
rippleless lake of my mind, let me behold
the undistorted reflection of the moon of
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presence.
11. Divine Mother, Thou art present just
behind our prayer, just behind the
darkness, just behind the thoughts of our
devotion, just behind our heartthrobs,
just behind our brain. Break Thy vow of
silence. Speak to us!
12. O FATHER, TEACH ME TO BREATHE THY BREATH IN I exhale and stop the storm of breath,
MY OWN BREATHING. TEACH ME TO FEEL THINE ALL- and the ripples of thought have melted
PERVADING LIFE IN MY LIFE. FLOOD MY SENSES WITH away. The grip of the senses is loosened.
THY LIGHT. The cords of flesh are broken.
13 I am the blessed child of sweet
Immortality, sent here to play the dream
of births and deaths, but always
remembering my deathless Self.
14 In Thy blessed light I shall remain awake
forever, watching Thy precious,
omnipresent fact with ever-vigilant eyes,
through all the aeons of eternity.
15 LIFE IS STRUGGLE FOR JOY ALL ALONG THE WAY. INSTEAD OF BEING ABSENT-MINDED, I WILL OF
MAY I FIGHT TO WIN THE BATTLE ON THE VERY THINK OF THEE.
SPOT WHERE I NOW AM.
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17 Thou art sacred perennial joy; Thou art Beginning with the early dawn, I will
the joy I seek; Thou art the lasting joy of radiate my cheer to everyone I meet
the soul. Teach me to worship Thee today. I will be the mental sunshine for
through the joy born of meditation and all who cross my path this day.
doing good, and not through pleasures
born of the misguided senses.
18 The caravan of my prayers is moving “ I bow to Thee, O God, in the temple of
toward Thee. In the kind eyes of all men, the skies, in the temple of nature, and in
I notice sparks of Thy mercy. The trees of the temple of my human brothers.”
dark lives flicker with myriad glowworms
of Thy shining life. The caravan of my
prayers has been slowly working its way
through the furious sandstorms of
despondency. Yet, at last, the glimpse of
the oasis of Thy silent assurances has
roused my drooping efforts. I will dip my
thirsty lips of faith, and drink deep from
Thy well of bliss.
19 “O Father, I pray that my storm-tossed I WILL WIPE THE DREAM FEARS OF
soul may find the silver lining of Thy
presence behind the clouds of my DISEASE, SADNESS, AND IGNORANCE
indifference, and the moon of Thy hope
FROM THE SOUL’S FACE OF SILENCE,
may gleam in my heart. Thou art slowly
rising on the horizon of my mind; mists of WITH THE VEIL OF DIVING MOTHER’S
ignorance are clearing with the coming of
PEACE.
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the moonbeams of Thy love. O Father of
Light, my shipwrecked soul rejoicingly
beholds Thy shores of Bliss.”
20 THOU ART OUR FATHER. WE ARE MADE IN THINE Behind the throb of my heart, I shall feel
IMAGE. WE ARE SONS OF GOD. WE NEITHER ASK the throb of God’s peace.
NOR PRAY LIKE BEGGARS, BUT DEMAND AS THY
CHILDREN: WISDOM, SALVATION, HEALTH, HAPPINESS,
AND ETERNAL JOY. NAUGHTY OR GOOD, WE ARE THY
CHILDREN. HELP US TO FIND THY WILL IN US.
TEACH US TO USE INDEPENDENTLY THE HUMAN WILL
(SINCE THOU GAVEST THAT TO US TO USE FREELY),
IN TUNE WITH THY WISDOM-GUIDED WILL.
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22 O Father, behold me through the pores of TODAY I WILL WORSHIP GOD IN DEEP SILENCE, AND
the sky; through the twinkle of the stars. WILL WAIT TO HEAR HIS ANSWER THROUGH MY
Watch me through the sun and moon. INCREASING PEACE OF MEDITATION.
Caress me through the breeze. Love me
through my love. Throb in me through
my heart. Breathe Thine immortality
through this mortal frame of mine. Speak
through my voice. Help other through my
hands. Use my mind to inspire others.
Breach through my breath. For on this
broken viol Thou alone canst play Thy
complete, eternal song.
23 May the little spark of my joy commingle THY LIGHT OF GOODNESS AND THY
with Thy great spark of ever-new Bliss
and twinkle through all eyes. Bless me, PROTECTIVE POWER ARE EVER SHINING
that I may swim in the sea of soul-joy. THROUGH ME. I SAW THEM NOT, BECAUSE
Let me slide with Thee on the avalanche
MY EYES OF WISDOM WERE CLOSED. NOW
of noble desires. Make me feel Thee in
the roseate hopes of budding minds, and THY TOUCH GOODNESS AND UNFAILING
in the silence of saints. I will be the drop PROTECTION ARE FLOWING THROUGH ME.
of sympathy in tearful eyes. Thou and I
shall dance with the waves of noble
feelings, and cheer all heart with Thy
divine delight. Thou and I shall be the
throb of life in all souls.
24 HEAVENLY FATHER, TEACH ME TO CONTACT I SHALL TUNE MY FREE WILL WITH THE
THEE FIRST AND THUS HARNESS MY WILL INFINITE WILL OF GOD, AND MY ONLY DESIRE
AND ACTIVITY TO THE RIGHT GOAL. SHALL BE TO DO THE WISDOM-GUIDED WILL
OF HIM WHO CREATED ME.
25 O Maker of Dream Worlds, intoxicate me I shall drink everlasting nectar of joy
with devotion’s wine. I will drink of Thee bubbling in the fountain of meditation.
until death. My earthly desires shall die
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29 I shall drink the everlasting nectar of joy
found in the foundation of meditation. O
Father, from joy I come; for joy I live; in
joy dost Thou melt me!
30 I come to Thee with the song of my
smiles. Whatever treasures lie in the
secrete safe of my soul, I have brought
eagerly to Thee. I have brought all the
honey from the hive of my heart.
Whatever is mine, that also in Thine. The
taper of my happiness will merge with
Thy blaze of bliss. The aroma of Thy
scented flame and its murmuring joyous
waves come floating to me. In Thine
enchanting light I will swim forever.
31 HEAVENLY FATHER, MAY THE MAGIC WAND OF
MEDITATION TOUCH ALL SOUNDS AND MELT THEM
INTO THE ONE COSMIC SOUND OF OM.
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34 In Thy one temple of silence, we are
singing unto Thee a chorus of many-
voiced religions.
35 Our one Father, in Thy one temple of
silence, we are singing unto Thee a
chorus of many-voiced religions. Teach
us to chant in harmony our love’s many
expressions unto Thee, that our melody
of sounds may rouse Thee to break Thy
vow of silence and lift us upon Thy lap of
universal understanding.
36 O Cosmic Vibration, reverberate through
me as the cosmic, intelligent sound, and
teach me to find reflected in Thee the
Affirmation
I BEHOLD THEE AS THE ONLY FRIEND HELPING ME,
ENCOURAGING ME, THROUGH ALL MY FRIENDS.
I will remain in all hearts as the unknown
friend, ever arousing their flaming
feelings and silently urging them through
their own noble thoughts to forsake their
slumber of earthliness. In the light of
wisdom I will dance with all their joys in
the unseen bower of silence.
Through the transparency of my deepest
meditation, I will consciously receive the
light of the omnipresent Father
constantly passing through me; and I
shall be a son of God even as Jesus was,
by receiving God fully, through my
sacred, meditation-expanded
consciousness.
I AM THE COSMIC OCEAN OF SOUND AND THE LITTLE
WAVE OF THE BODY VIBRATION IN IT.
I am the captain of the ship of my
judgment, will, and activity. I will guide
my ship of life, ever beholding the
polestar of His peace shining in the
firmament of my deep meditation.
I worship the one God honored on the
altars of all religious faiths.
I am an immortal child of God, living for a
little while in the caravanserai of this
body. I am here to behold the tragedies
and comedies of this changeable life with
an attitude of unchangeable happiness.
Thou art my Father: success and joy. I
am Thy child: success and joy. All the
wealth of this earth, all the riches of the
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presence of the Christ Consciousness universe, belong to Thee, belong to
(Kutastha Chaitanya). O Holy Vibration, Thee. I am Thy child.
lead me to intuit the Christ
Consciousness in Thee. O omnipresent,
cosmic sound of Amen or Aum,
reverberate through me, expanding my
consciousness from the body to the
universe, and teach me to feel in Thee
the all permeating perennial Bliss.
37 The sun shines high in the heavens. Since God has given me what I need, I
Everything is fully awake. Awaken Thou will know Him first and then use His
me, likewise! Thou art invisible, yet Thine counsel to desire and to do what He wills
energy flows through the rays of me to desire and to do.
sunshine. Fill my veins with Thine energy
flows through the rays of sunshine. Fill
my veins with Thine invisible rays,
making me strong and tireless. As the
sun shines in the busiest street, whether
crowded or empty, so may I behold my
calmness and strength steadily, while I
move through the crowded or empty
street of life. Give me strength, that I
may learn to share it with others.
38 O King of Kings! Train Thou, in the camp I will help myself that I may bring into
of discipline, the nobilities of self control proper use all my God-given powers.
and calmness in me. Be Thou their Divine
General, like Krishna of yore, against the
invading hordes of dark ignorance,
passion and greed. Protect Thou the
celestial kingdom of my mind against the
entry of tenacious evil warrior thoughts.
Let Thy banner of peace forever wave
over the living soil of my soul.
39 The fire of my ambition for Thee has I will do everything with deep attention.
been waxing strong, fed by the fuel of My work at home, in the office, in the
my rainbow-dreams. As often as old world – all duties small and great, I will
dreams faded, fresh die-hard hopes burst perform well, with my deepest attention.
into new thirsty flames, which swallowed
up many a sturdy tree of my life-powers.
My garden was green with life. Now, gray
ghosts of half-dead vitalities glide amidst
dark doubts, to frighten my timid
footsteps toward Thee.
Come Thou to my aid, Divine Friend, and
usher me on the hard path of life.
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41 Dressed with Thy luster, clean and holy,
Thou didst send me to play. I played in
darkness, with ignorance, and lost myself
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in the mire of suffering. I went out clean,
but I came back to Thee all besmirched
with the mud of delusion. O Divine
Mother, was me with Thy wisdom and
make me clean again.
42 O Holy Vibration, boom on the shores of I think my life to flow,
my consciousness. Break the limiting I know my life to flow,
boundary of my consciousness in the From brain to all my body to flow.
body. Reverberate through my body, Streaks of light do shoot
mind, soul, my surroundings, cities, the Through my tissue root.
earth, the planets, the universe, and The flood of life in vertebrae
every particle of creation. Unite my Doth rush through spine in froth and
consciousness with Cosmic spray;
Consciousness. The little cells all are drinking;
Their tiny mouths all are shining.
43 Teach me, O Spirit, to regard the laws
of virtue not with dread but with love.
Teach me to discern that may be
difficult to follow at the start, but that
when I obey its laws it will adorn me
finally with the laurel of Thy
happiness. Teach me to remember
that evil promises only a little
pleasure in the beginning and always
brings great sorrow in the end.
44 Through the night of errors, we pursued Today I shall help someone to gain
the will-o-the wisp of false happiness. health and happiness. I will serve all
Gloom heaped upon gloom, and our feet through my spiritual happiness.
on the path of progress slipped into
many ruts and marshes of
disillusionment. These deceiving fogborn
fires of passions lure many to their doom.
Thousand drown in the marshes of sense
satiety.
O Divine Hand, put out this false
torchlight of destruction which misleads
Thy blood-relations, headed fro Thy
home. Light the beacon of holy light
instead, htat Thine eager children-
pilgrims may safely reach Thy home.
45 Open the petalled bars of our heart-buds, I will seek to make others truly
and let our imprisoned fragrance of love happy, as I strive to make myself
rush out to meet Thee. With the wind of divinely happy.
cosmic perception, our fragrance will
float to Thy temple of infinity.
O King of all our ambitions, throw open
all Thy windows of red clouds, of charm-
clad human dreams. Open Thou all the
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doors of noble aspirations in the
mansions of our souls.
We want our fragrance to blow to Thine
unseen feet, hiding behind all nature’s
windows.
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48 O Divine Mother, teach me to dive into
the deep-sea-space of silent communion
with Thee.
49 Divine Mother, Thou art present just
behind our prayers, just behind the
darkness, just behind the thoughts of our
devotion, just behind out heartthrobs,
just behind our brain. Break Thy vow of
silence. Speak to us!
50 I am lost Father, in the wastelands of
wrong beliefs; I cannot find my home.
Always I have kept the doors of my soul
open, expecting Thee; yet I have not
found Thee. Rise on my darkness, and be
the polestar of my groping mind. Lead
me to Thyself, who art my home!
51 I built a fire of devotion in the dark forest
of delusion, but the fire only smoldered.
Then Thou didst come and set fire to a
few frailties. Thy fire quickly spread over
the bushes of my prickly desires, over
my tall vanities, and through the thick
underbrush of my arrogance. The whole
forest of my darkness is blazing, and Thy
light I behold everywhere. I think Thee,
Father, for Thy aid. Help me thus always,
for I want to crate a path of light for all!
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I am thinking with the minds of all. I am dreaming
through all dreams. I am feeling through all
feelings. All the flowers of joy blooming on all
heart-soils are mine. I am eternal laughter. My
smiles are dancing through all faces. I am the
waves of enthusiasm in all hearts.
First and foremost, I will try to be a joy-
millionaire and satisfy my needs fro
health and prosperity at the same time.
Celestial will of Thine
As human will of mine
Doth shine, doth shine
In me, in me, in me.
I am the child of Supreme Spirit. My
Father possesses everything. I and
my Father are one. So having the
Father, I too have everything.
I will break the imitations of
restlessness, and limitlessly
expand the power of my
meditation until the universal
Kutastha Chaitnya manifests
through me.
I am the bulb and Thou art the holy light
gleaming within it. Thou art the Bulb and
the Light. Make me realize this miracle.
IN THE LOVE OF MY EARTHLY MOTHER I WILL
WORSHIPFULLY SEE THE LOVE OF MY DIVINE
MOTHER.
I shall watch Thy hand working in the law
of gravitation and in all other natural
forces. In the tread of all living creatures
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I shall hear Thy footsteps.
56 There is no barrier of space between
minds. Even though far away, in
thought our loved ones are really
ever near.
57 I will secretly remain in the caves of
divine love in souls and silently serve
them with invisible thought of
helpfulness.
58 Tech me to feel that I am enveloped
always in the aureole of Thine all-
protecting omnipresence, in birth, in
sorrow, in joy, in activity, in meditation,
in ignorance, in trials, in death, and in
final emancipation.
59 I am beholding through the eyes of
all. I am working through all hands,
and I am walking through all feet. The
brown, white, olive, red, yellow, and
black bodies are all mine.
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61 In my little chamber of quietness, I am
always resting, I never speak but with
the voice of my silence. Through my
silence, O Divine Mother, eloquently
converse with me.
62 I am Thy prodigal dewdrop, quivering on
the hollow, trembling leaf of life and
death, which floats on Thy shore-less
sea. I am Thy truant dewdrop, homeward
bound at last.
63 O Cosmic Creator, though the universe I shall meditate during most of my
and my body be shattered into leisure hours. Instead of being
nothingness, yet will I find Thee dancing absentminded, I shall think of Thee.
in my soul memory, forever and forever.
64 O Divine Mother, ignite our earthlinessHabit cannot make me do things
with the flame of Infinity. With the torch
against my will any longer. I am a
of devotion blaze our dark indifference,
freeborn child of God. I am made in
our restlessness, and our ignorance. His image. I will use my divinely
Inflame our minds with Thy thoughts! bestowed wisdom and free will to do
Inflame our hearts with Thy love! Inflame
the right thing that I should do in
our souls with Thy joy!
everything.
65 Divine Mother, teach me to carry my I will behold the person who now
love of Thee deep in my heart before I considers himself as my enemy to
sleep. Help me to cradle it there, so be in truth my divine brother
that when I dream I may dream of hiding behind a veil of
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sleep. this veil with a dagger of love so
that, seeing my humble, forgiving
understanding, he will no longer
spurn the offering of my goodwill.
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67 In the dawn of awakening, I beheld the A thrilling fountain spray of joy spreads
gathered dewdrops of repentance resting throughout each cell of my body and
of Thy many-petalled lotus feet. In those though each mind opening of my love for
dear dewdrops, my soul cleansed itself. Thee.
The drought of despondency is dispelled
by the shower of Thy blessings.
The petals of past, present, and future –
of dawn, noon, and night –all opened out,
revealing the tenderness of Thy ever-
expressing Life.
Bury Thou, unceasingly, the seeds of Thy
blessing in the prayer-plowed soil of my
heart, and let them grow into plants
bearing many fruits of realization.
68 O God the Father, teach me to make a Teach me to discipline my senses,
bouquet of the variously hued flowers of and to substitute for flesh temptation
filial, conjugal, friendly, parental, the greater temptation of souls
masterly loves, and to lay it on the altar happiness.
of my heart where Thou reignest. If I
cannot make a bouquet, I shall pluck the
rarest love that grows in the garden of
my devotion and shall lay that before
Thee.
69 O SPIRIT, TEACH US TO CONSIDER NO WORK I will try to please everyone by kind
GREATER THAN THY SPIRITUAL WORK, AS NO considerate actions, and always try to
WORK IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE POWER TO remove the cause of any
PERFORM IT BEING BORROWED FROM THEE. misunderstanding that arises.
70 DIVINE MOTHER, I BEHOLD THEE AS THE ONLY Today I will forgive all those who ever
offended me, and I will give my love to
FRIEND, HELPING ME ENCOURAGING ME THOUGH
all thirsty hearts – both to those who
ALL MY FRIENDS. love me and to those who do not love
me.
71 Divine Father, banish me not in silence. I I will make the weeping ones smile by
stand lonely without Thee. Let me not smiling myself when it is difficult to
become imprisoned in my work, so as to smile.
forget Thee. I shall go within, to bring
Thee without. Where Thou hast placed
me, Thou must come. Hidden in the
ashes of my burnt sadness I shall find
Thy golden presence.
72 I sing a hymn unuttered by any other
voice. To Thee I offer virgin theme that
my heart chants secretly. Alone I have
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nurtured my song child; now I bring it to
Thee for Thy training. To Thee I give no
intellectual, premeditated, and
disciplined aria; only the untutored
strains of my heart. For Thee no
hothouse flowers, watered by careful
emotions; only rare wild blossoms that
grows spontaneously on the highest
tracts of my soul.
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