Everything I Do is a Prayer

"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it"    

 Albert Einstein

     I've been practicing lucid dreaming since my calling in 1992. Much of the information I receive, the healing I perform, and life I lead is experienced in an other world I like to call dreamtime. Several nights ago I was introduced, in dreamtime, to a warrior-priestess who taught me many things. I first saw her from the edge of a beautiful valley. She was practicing, far below, praying, worshipping, moving in a way I'd never seen before. No sooner did I pose the question in my mind did she appear, right in front of me, inches from my being. All she said was "Everything I do is a prayer".
     I watched her for several hours as she honored those who had passed before her and bowed before the forces of Nature that she had come to know as God. It was not only the wounds of the past that she healed, but those that are yet to come. I could feel her compassion and honesty as well as her determination to make right that which had gone wrong. Even in dreamtime, I thought of those in Japan, and all around the world, who are suffering and afraid. She showed me how all can be made "right" with prayer and blessings, focused thought and open heart.
     When I awoke, a memory of a man I knew long ago was clear in my mind. It was nearly 20 years ago, when we first returned from Los Angeles, that we met a fellow resident of our condominium association. He was obviously lost in this world, seeking guidance but ultimately would not choose to follow it. He said to me one day, as he complained about his life and all the circumstances of it, that he loved the fact that I could see a big-picture perspective of the most menial aspects of life. I realize now, in hindsight, that this was the beginning of my life as a prayer.
     Everything I experience is important. Everything I do affects the One therefore every action I take must be done with pure and conscious intent. I've made this a daily practice but I am now inspired to do more. Is EVERYTHING I do a prayer? Not yet, but I believe it is a worthy quest.