Visual Prayer - Spiritual Practice

Visual Prayer—A Spiritual Practice

using

 Sacred Colours

The more I sit in silence, the more I hear my longings for my own spiritual practice. 

I have always used my Rosary beads but have been discontent as the prayers aren’t

my prayers and don’t suit me at this time.  So, I created my own prayer

beads which consist of 72 beads which symbolizes Abundance. 

Each bead has a special meaning and I created a prayer for each bead.

Here I am again, restless, in need of something to push me deeper

into my Spiritual Practice.  The practice that I have been doing is

using colour to move deeper inward.  Setting aside 15 minutes in my day,

I use 4”x4” piece of paper, coloured pencils or water colours and a marker

to flow deeper into my spiritual life.

As you know Be Still has been a mantra for me and when that happens

answers come in many forms.  I wanted something but wasn’t sure what

that something was until I started writing down ideas such as mandals,

making fabric prayer squares for the free little Art Gallery,

visual prayer journal, then I found my copy of the book Praying in Colour,

which I used years ago and I knew what I wanted to do. 

I wanted a practice that wouldn’t take an hour or more but brought

a sense of calm and fulfillment.  Hence, the spiritual practice of

using colour, a bit of magic and mystery. 

The practice is flexible and changes as I do.