00:00Thank you!
00:30Thank you!
01:00I don't know exactly what it is, I don't know exactly what your faith is, and yet for practical purposes I'm going to call it God, which is the term most readily accepted in any faith community. I'm going to call it God, or I'm going to call it Lord.
01:18So I ask you to find a place where you can be alone and give yourself these minutes to be in this presence, to take these steps and to practice it.
01:33I hope you can use this episode two or three times, and then adapt it to your own needs. Even from the first time, if you feel there are words or things that are more appropriate for you than what I use, consider what I'm going to say only as a guide so you can find your own words.
01:56I can pray for you, but God isn't waiting for me to pray for you. That's not the prayer He most wants to hear. The prayer He most wants to hear is yours, the one that comes from your heart.
02:08So give yourself permission, feel free to open your heart and address a few words to God that come from within you.
02:17Ideally, if you can do it by talking, that's much better for you. God hears you inwardly and also when you speak, but you hear yourself when you speak, and that stirs things up inside you.
02:32So let's turn to God. First, take a deep breath. Relax and let go of your worries, your tension. Take everything off as if you were simply removing a piece of clothing. Just like that, as if it were that easy.
02:50When you inhale, feel all the good things arriving, as if it were that easy, simply by inhaling them. And when you exhale, feel all the bad things leaving, just as easily, simply by exhaling them, releasing them from you.
03:08And now, let's talk to God.
03:14God, well, first of all, I want to tell you that you know me, that I know you know me, that I know you are with me, that you have always been with me and that you will always be with me and in me.
03:31You know where I come from and you know the situations I've been through. You also know where I am right now. You know it better than I do, even.
03:42And what's more, you know where I'm going. You know where I'm headed. You know what the best view is that lies ahead of me.
03:51And I want to thank you for that. I want to thank you for your presence in my life. I want to thank you because you've always been good.
04:00Because in one way or another, you have always been there with your protection, with your guidance, directing me.
04:07And although painful things have happened to me, things that affect me, I want to thank you because in the midst of those things that have affected me,
04:15Many good things have also happened to me.
04:18I thank you, first of all, for being here and for allowing me to address you like this, freely, openly, without fear.
04:31Thank you for this opportunity to talk with you.
04:37I don't have to tell you how long it's been since I last spoke to you because you already know.
04:40But the fact is that today I am here and with all my heart I want to ask you to come into my life, to come into my heart.
04:54I want to ask you to take my heart in your hands and heal it, to mend it.
05:01You know what I'm going through, you know all the things that scare me, you know what my compulsions are.
05:13You know this compulsion that is hurting me so much and hurting those around me so much.
05:19I ask you, God, I ask you, Lord, to help me remove her from my life, to help me eliminate her as soon as possible.
05:31I don't want to keep hurting others, I don't want to keep hurting myself, I don't want to keep deceiving myself with that compulsion or with the illusions that produce that compulsion.
05:41Beyond that, I want to ask you to open my eyes and let me see what the true internal need is, the one you are surely working on.
05:53You're probably sending signals, calling me in one way or another so that I can address that need and thus grow.
06:04and to live that full life that you desire for me.
06:08So, Lord, my Lord, I offer to put my best effort into this.
06:19I offer to come back and talk to you on more occasions.
06:24I offer you that when hope is gone, when you feel that things aren't working out,
06:30I offer to return to you, to return to this conversation, to return to thank you, to return to ask you, and to return to recommit myself to this change that I am sure,
06:44I'm sure you want to do what I want in my life.
06:47I thank you in advance and ask that you stay with me throughout this day and the following days.
06:56And although I know you're always with me, I want to ask you one more thing.
07:01Don't just be with me, teach me how to be with you.
07:05Teach me to discover for you the small, everyday, and beautiful things in life.
07:10Open my eyes so I can see the beautiful things you give me for free every day.
07:19I remain in your presence.
07:22Stay in my heart.
07:24Amen.
07:40Amen.
07:41Amen.
