Using Incense with Prayers

Prayer is something you do without the expectation of receiving something in return. Simply praying with a pure heart is one of the most beautiful acts. Prayers can be offered anywhere, anytime.

Try sending your prayers with incense. Why incense? In Japanese tradition, it is said that using incense delivers your prayers with the rising smoke to the person or object of your prayer.

The moment you’re praying for yourself is the time when you are taking care of your internal state. It's when you can give yourself some love. It’s not easy to take time for ourselves in our busy lives, but just remember that you can pray for yourself to take care of your spirit.

Now, gently light an incense and ask yourself, “Am I happy?”

If you are going through a difficult time right now, let's pray and think of the time when you will be in peace when the difficult time passes. Everyone faces difficulties, and in some cases, the same difficulties can come back. If you've been feeling pain about the same thing for a long time, you may be holding on to that painful feeling that has turned into an attachment to you. Let's loosen up and let go of your attachment little by little as the smoke rises little by little.

If you’re at peace now, pray for the blessings you have, pray for being who you are, pray for your life, and pray for receiving your body with the five senses, or any other thing you wish to pray for. What you possess now is a special blessing given only to you.

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