{"id":136104734,"date":"2023-08-16T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=136104734"},"modified":"2023-08-16T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:00:28","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-prayer-against-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=136104734","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Prayer Against Distraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prayer for my sacred place.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4e77c75f-cad4-4653-bb07-18c4332c13dd_4240x2832.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a rocky coastline with moss and evergreen trees. Rocky islands near the coast are covered in more trees, with blue green water surrounding them. The sky is overcast.) Credit: \u00a0Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@karsten116?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Karsten Winegeart<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/_m-Xjo9R_y4?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayer Against Distraction<\/h3><p>Guide me,<\/p><p>against indifference,<\/p><p>against despair,<\/p><p>against disruption,<\/p><p>to the holy place<\/p><p>where the Three Realms meet<\/p><p>where moss and trees<\/p><p>give way to sand, to stone<\/p><p>to sky, and to wave.<\/p><p>May the drumming wind cleanse my clouded mind.<\/p><p>May the water ease my racing thoughts.<\/p><p>May the air refresh my restless spirit.<\/p><p>May they align me to the joy<\/p><p>that You would have me seek.<\/p><p>As it was,<\/p><p>As it is,<\/p><p>As it ever shall be.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer for my sacred place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136104734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136104734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136104734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136104734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136104734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136104734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136104734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}