Hope
I often pray for hope and peace of mind I struggle with mental illness but I feel like at times I can be running around in circles and am feeling desperate. If you guys can relate how do you use hope in your religion/ spiritual practice?
what works for you?
@SpaceCowboy777 reading scriptures work well for me. Maybe you can give it a go.
@SpaceCowboy777 I try to base my hopes on realistic expectations. I used to pray that someone would deliver what I wanted but this seemed very self centered. Then I prayed for others to be free of their suffering but the suffering goes on.
So I looked at how I can make my mind more peaceful, compassionate and wise. This has started a process where I am developing the mental attitudes that allow my interactions with people to be more responsive to their needs.
Studying the scripture is good and discussing with others of like mind can help. I also read the texts of other spiritual paths in order to expand my ideas of what spirituality is all about.
