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How do you practice your faith in daily life?

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Regardless which faith you have and if you sometimes meet with other like-minded believers to pray, worship, work together etc or not, I'm interested in how you live your faith on your own in daily life.

For example, do you pray? How? Do you have any set times for it? Just at home or anywhere? Any rituals...? Do you maybe carry anything symbolic that reminds you of your faith?
How does it permeate your day?

Anything that comes to mind!
 
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Yusuf Evans

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As a Muslim, we are obligated to pray at least 5 times a day. During the Holy Month of Ramadan, we pray more(some are voluntary, others are obligatory) and also read the entire Holy Qur'an during this month(if possible).

We do have set times to pray, but not soldified at a certain time everyday due to the seasons. Before I pray, I must perform Wudu to cleanse my body. I wash my head, hands, ears, nose, rinse out my mouth and clean my feet. I then put on my thobe(or robe) and kufi(prayer cap) and recite how man rakahs(recitations of prayer) I will perform after saying Allahu Akbar(God is the greatest). Once the last Rakkah is completed while kneeling, I will look to my right and say "Assalamualaikum wa ramatullah" to the angel on my right and the same to the angel on my left. If we are praying in Masjid, this is also directed towards the man(or woman) to your left and right.
 
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Well, there's RITUAL worship and then there's everything a person does during the day that could possibly count as worship too if done sincerely for God's sake.

Like E, I also wash up and perform ritual prayers (Salaah) at least 5 times a day. I read Qur'an. I say different prayers (supplications and glorifications) throughout the day. In Ramadan, and sometimes other than Ramadan, I fast.

But, there's so much more to worship, in my opinion. Cooking a healthy and delicious meal for your family, picking up a piece of trash from the street, smiling at people... even eating and sleeping could all be considered worship if done with the right intention.
 
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My spiritual path is so much a part of my life, I can't really separate the two. Even when at work, I am on my path when I am living with active-minded awareness, am creatively self-actualizing, and am maintaining my self-respect.

I do have some spiritual practices, and these I do occasionally in my free time. They take the form of awareness-raising regarding certain values. For instance, one practice is to write down three good things about my life regularly (every day or every few days). The purpose of this is to emphasize the positive in my life and keep that in my awareness.


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Greetings!

Adult Baha'is are to recite any one of three obligatory prayers each day, each with its own timing and instructions; and to recite "Allah-u-Abha" ("God is Most Glorious") 95 times each day, and to read the Baha'i scriptures morning and evening (at least briefly).

These are the only things we're required to do daily.

Regards,

Bruce
 
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Delighted you ask
I pray at all times in the Spirit
Hallowed is your name
It is in my forehead
I am your dedicated servant
Your perfect will be done in every area of my life from the foundation of time
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Most important thing is that I am obedient to my duties throughout the day, whether at work or at home, and I try my best to be caring and useful to the people I am around. Having good, positive, thoughts and a peaceful, joyful attitude is a big part of this, as our thoughts and attitudes affect the people we are around. Building relationships and community is also very important.

Praying for my 'enemies' (people I have a hard time getting along with) is a very important part of my spirituality, as it teaches me to love those who hate me and to not harbor resentments. I pray for friends and family as well.

I take a regular moral inventory of myself and confess that to my priest and others whom I can trust. I also do my best to turn away from bad habits and repent from my sins. Being honest with yourself and feeling sorrow for your sins, but joy because of God's forgiveness, is what makes repentance possible. Exposing my sins to others forces me to recognize them as reality and not to sweep them under the carpet and justify my wrongful actions. Repentance involves the recognition that, without God, I cannot do any good work, so I am always learning how to let go of my will and ask for God's strength and direction. Repentance also involves righting my wrongs and being honest and upfront about my errors with anyone affected by them (unless my confession would injure them in some way).

I try to keep a constant awareness of God's presence. This promotes moral behavior, joy, peace, and humility if I also ask for God's help to do good at all times in my heart.

I go to Church when there is a service offered and I can get to it (traffic here is bad).

I pray 8 times a day, according to the Russian Orthodox practice, which involves a lot of reciting the Biblical Psalms. I also spend some time meditating on the 'Jesus Prayer'. The standard set times for prayer are 12 AM, 3AM, 6AM, 9AM, 12PM, 3PM, 6PM, 9PM, but I do not follow this schedule exactly because I need uninterrupted sleep to perform well at work. I pray at home at my icon corner morning and evening, and I pray some shorter prayers during my breaks at work.

Rituals during prayer involve burning byzantine incense during prayer, crossing myself, making prostrations and performing bows at certain parts of prayer services, chanting certain prayers (I know byzantine chant, znamenny chant, and obikhod chant). The incense are symbolic of my prayers rising to God as a sweet sacrificial fragrance.

I read the Bible and the Lives of the Saints on a daily basis in order to apply the lessons therein.

I fast from meat and dairy on Wednesdays and Fridays and during the fasting seasons of the Church calendar. Fasting promotes a sense of morning for sins in the heart and also improves self-discipline in abstaining from luxurious foods. Wednesday is for the betrayal of Christ, Friday is for the Crucifixion of Christ. the greatest fasting season is Lent, followed by the Christmas (Nativity) fast, each of which is 40 days long, thought the fasting rules for lent are stricter than for Christmas.

I keep icons of Jesus, Mary, and the Saints on my desk, and I keep a cross on me at all times.

I Cross myself when praying in the Eastern Orthodox manner as a means of dedicating my whole self to God.

Exercise has become a form of prayer and ascesis for me, as well, as it curbs the bodily passions, requires self-discipline, and is good for prayer since I do repetetive, long distance sports.
 
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In addition to formal ritual for sabbats and full moon celebrations, I try to incorporate my spirituality into every aspect of my life.

I pray; this is usually a simple prayer i make up on the spot. It can be a prayer of thanks, or asking the Gods for guidance, or just talking to Them.

Meditation is also an important part of my practice since I try to spend as much time in Nature as possible when the weather allows it. This connects me to the Earth and therefore to the Divine.

I've also been thinking a lot lately about the 13 Goals of a Witch, especially since my dedication ritual is coming up in just a few days.

My philosophy is that magic is practical and and every day can be the best day of my life. Perhaps I'll elaborate more later.
 
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I like this very much.
 
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I can't think of a facet of my life that doesn't involve the Gods, and some form of worship behind it...

Whether I'm meditating, gardening, cleaning, cooking, mowing, shaving my dog...whatever...there's a method and reason...even a little magick in everything...

Witchy Bee: Blessed Be your feet as they travel lightly the Path.
 
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Well Bruce mentioned above some things and as a Baha'i I pray once a day what we call the Long Obligatory Prayer because I'm retired and usually have time in the afternoon and we always perform this prayer in privacy, alone.. First I do ablutions and face Bahji the Qiblah for Baha'is..then I follow the directions for the prayer such as looking to the right and to the left and prostrating, sitting, raising the hands and so on.. At the conclusion of this prayer I recite the Tablet of Ahmad .. this is my personal practise.. then I recite the Name of God "Allah'u'Abha" ninety five times.

During the morning and evening I will usually read and contemplate the Baha'i Writings.

I wear a Baha'i Ring on my right hand that has the Greatest Name in Calligraphy that was designed by Abdul-Baha. In my home we also have pictures that remind us of our Faith..such as the Greatest Name which is in the highest place and some other calligraphy and prints of historical events in Baha'i history.
 
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Daily meditation and frequent burning of incense to keep my mind stable and focused on the natural energies of the world. I also volunteer to pick up trash at parks and on highways, is part of my promise to care for the world in which I live. I read a variety of religious texts and draw wisdom from them all. Qi Gong rituals as part of Falun Gong, this includes focusing my energy and physical exercise to a light degree. Participating in rituals with people who are close to me, for specific reasons.

Sometimes I will celebrate the sabbats with people close to me, although I don't really follow a fixed pagan religion.
 
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The way I practice my faith in a daily bases is to remember to treat the other people in my life with Love and Compassion.

All of life reminds me of God, so I carry no symbols that remind me of my faith. My faith is all around me, every where I look.

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