The
highest holy Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, starts tonight. It’s a day of
fasting and atonement. Though I am not Jewish, I like using
the energies of various holy days personally. I will fast, not necessarily from food, but
from all negative thinking to the best of my ability.
To
me, atonement is defined as “making amends for
a wrong or injury.” How would I make
amends? Here’s a little process I’ve developed for myself:
1st: I will
take an honest inventory. Who have I
hurt? Did I put myself on that
list?
2nd: I will consciously let go of whatever emotional
hurts I am holding onto.
3rd: I will release myself and other people to
their highest good. I will no longer belittle or judge myself, or think I am
unworthy. I will now give all of us safe passage through my mind.
4th: I will
never tell the ‘story’ again.
As
I make amends with the God in All, I move into a place of At-One-Ment,
recognizing nothing can separate us, because the Divine is within all of us. It
is as if I am setting my world back in balance.
Whether
Yom Kippur is your high holy day or not, fasting and atonement is always a good
practice!
AFFIRMATIVE PRAYER
I
honor the powerful presence of Love within me, knowing that God is Love – an
unconditional Love that never holds anything against me or anyone else. Love is the greatest healing agent in the
universe and Love is everywhere present.
I
now let go and surrender the stories of hurt, frustration and anger to this
Great Love. I let go of the stories of
fear to this Great Love. I am now empty,
and in this emptiness, I am made new. In my newness, I declare I am ready and
willing to be of greater service than ever before.
I
celebrate God in everyone I come in contact with from this point on.
How grateful
I am to be able to let go and let God in me, as me, and through me, do this
work I now release these words to the
Law of Love, knowing they are already so.
And so it is.
