World Peace Prayer

We pray to the great Spiritual Power in whichwe live and move and have our being.

We pray that we may at all timeskeep our minds open to new ideas and shun dogma; that we may grow in our understanding of the nature of all living beingsand our connectedness with the natural world; that we may become ever more filled withgenerosity of spirit and true compassion and love for all life;that we may strive to heal the hurts that we have inflicted on natureand control our greed for material things, knowing thatour actions are harming our natural world and the future of our children;that we may value each and every human beingfor who he is, for who she is,reaching to the spirit that is within,knowing the power of each individual to change the world.

We pray for social justice,for the alleviation of the crippling povertythat condemns millions of people around the worldto lives of misery - hungry, sick, and utterly without hope.

We pray for the children who are starving,who are condemned to homelessness, slave labor, and prostitution,and especially for those forced to fight, to kill and tortureeven members of their own family.

We pray for the victims of violence and war,for those wounded in body and for those wounded in mind.

We pray for the multitudes of refugees, forced from their homes to alien placesthrough war or through the utter destruction of their environment.

We pray for suffering animals everywhere,for an end to the pain caused by scientific experimentation,intensive farming, fur farming, shooting, trapping,training for entertainment, abusive pet owners,and all other forms of exploitationsuch as overloading and overworking pack animals,bull fighting, badger baiting, dog and cock fighting and so many more.

We pray for an end to cruelty,whether to humans or other animals,for an end to bullying, and torture in all its forms.

We pray that we may learn the peace that comes with forgivingand the strength we gain in loving; that we may learn to take nothing for granted in this life; that we may learn to see and understand with our hearts;that we may learn to rejoice in our being.

We pray for these things with humility;

We pray because of the hope that is within us,and because of a faith in the ultimate triumph of the human spirit;

We pray because of our love for Creation, and because of our trust in God.

We pray, above all, for peace throughout the world.

prayer for world peace - dr. jane goodall

source: http://www.worldprayers.org/

Native American Indian Prayer

An Indian Prayer

by H. Kent Craig

My grandfather is the fire
My grandmother is the wind
The Earth is my mother
The Great Spirit is my father

The World stopped at my birth
and laid itself at my feet

And I shall swallow the Earth whole when I die
and the Earth and I will be one

Hail The Great Spirit, my father
without him no one could exist
because there would be no will to live

Hail The Earth, my mother
without which no food could be grown
and so cause the will to live to starve

Hail the wind, my grandmother
for she brings loving, lifegiving rain
nourishing us as she nourishes our crops

Hail the fire, my grandfather
for the light, the warmth, the comfort he brings
without which we be animals, not men

Hail my parent and grandparents
without which
not I
nor you
nor anyone else
could have existed

Life gives life
which gives unto itself
a promise of new life

Hail the Great Spirit, The Earth, the wind, the fire
praise my parents loudly
for they are your parents, too

Oh, Great Spirit, giver of my life
please accept this humble offering of prayer
this offering of praise
this honest reverence of my love for you.

Oh Great Spirit,
Whose voice I hear in the wind,
Whose breath gives life to the world,
Hear me!
I come to you as one of your many children.
I am small and weak.
I need your strength and wisdom.
May I walk in beauty.
Make my eyes behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things that you have made,
And my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may know the things
That you have taught your children--
The lessons that you have hidden in every leaf and rock.
Make me strong, not to be superior to my brothers, but to be
able to fight my greatest enemy: myself.
Make me ever ready to come to you with straight eyes, so that
When life fades as the faded sunset
My spirit will come to you without shame.


source: http://www.angelfire.com/md/elanmichaels/prayers.html

The Universal Invocation

The Universal Invocation is a prayer channeled by Mr. Jimmy Licauco, a paranormal expert/writer, for Universal Healing and Love of all creations.

Universal Invocation
O, Great Unseen Spirit, He who dwells in the secret place of the most high, we humbly call upon you today, confident that you will hear us.

From the center of the Heavenly Father, pour forth your infinite Wisdom; from the Center of your Son, your Immense Light; and from the center of the Holy Spirit, your Boundless Blessings upon this gathering of kindred minds and kindred spirits.

Grant us the Power to rise beyond petty quarrels and selfish motives; the Courage to correct our weakness; Tolerance and Patience for the failings of our brethren; The Wisdom to understand one another at a deeper level; Fairness in all our undertakings and, Perseverance to carry on despite difficulties.

Allow us not only to understand but to joyously accept your immutable law of Universal Justice, that nothing ever happens to any of us that we do not truly deserve, that everything we ever do will always come back to us in full measure, nothing less and nothing more.

Help us to realize that nothing we ever do can change your Universal and Divine Plan -- until the consummation of the world.

Knowing this, help us in our daily affairs to do only that which is in accord with your Will and your Plan, so that we can face one another each new day with love in our heart and a smile on our face, until we meet one another in our next life.

Amen.

The Sacred Magic Square of 666

Origin and History of the number 666

Where does the number 666 come from? Many have read of it in the Bible or even heard of it from various sources, but very few know where it actually comes from or why the book of Revelation speaks about this number with such negative connotations.

Here is a brief overview of the history of the number 666, where it comes from, and why the book of Revelation speaks so negatively of this number.

The number 666 comes directly from the worship practices of the city of Babylon about he time of the Bible prophet Daniel. The people of Babylon worshiped gods that were associated with the sun, moon, visible planets of our solar system, and certain of the stars involved with the practice of astrology.

The Babylonians were the principle developers of astrology, as we know it today. In their worship system, they had 37 supreme gods, and one of these, the god associated with the sun, was supreme over all the other gods. These people believed that numbers in some way had power over the gods they worshiped.

However, they had to create numbers that they could assign to the gods so that they could have power over them. To do this, they counted their gods and assigned a count number to each of the 36 lesser supreme gods, and then added up all of these numbers (from one to 36) and assigned the sum to the sun god.

The first god they counted got the number one assigned to it, and the second god they counted got the number two assigned to it, and so on up to all 36 lesser supreme gods. Now, if you have not guessed it by now, the sum of the numbers from one to 36 totals 666, which they assigned to the god associated with the sun.

They did the calculation like this:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 + 31 + 32 + 33 + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666
However, they went further. They feared these gods and worried that one of them might strike them down sometime, so they made amulets with a 6 x 6 matrix of the numbers one through 36 on them. Today we call these numeric matrixes magic squares.

The design of the amulets was to achieve a magic purpose, and they evidently believed that wearing a particular god's number would protect one from a specific god striking them down using his power of magic.

Now, the amulets had to be as powerful as possible, so in order to increase its power, they arranged these numbers in such a way that the sum of any given row, column, or diagonal is 111, and therefore the sum of all six rows or all six columns was 666. This was supposed to provide extra protection, including from the god associated with the sun, since this god's sum was present on the amulet.

The practice of creating amulets with this arrangement of numbers as part of astrology appears to have continued well past the time of Jesus. Archeologists have found amulets with Latin Inscriptions, so we know that the Romans were indulging in this practice.
Therefore, the 666 number came about because of the pagan worship practices of the Babylonians and their practice of astrology.


Source: www.666man.net