Mystical Angels - A prayer/ritual to help heal a broken heart?

A prayer/ritual to help heal a broken heart?

I'm tired of being broken hearted about all the times I have been hurt in life....I'd like to get on with it, move on, and try to learn how to love again..... Any suggestions.....all spiritual disciplines welcomed.

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heres a great "spiritual" ritual. put up a picture of someone who has hurt you and shoot it with a BB gun, pellet gun, paintball gun etc. until you feel better. :)
Deep breathing and meditation helps. www.meditationthai.org
Meditation. Yoga. Volunteer to work in a charity-preferably hands on with someone who really needs help (i.e. homeless, people with disabilities, the elderly). Work out. Keep a journal.
Yes, think about all the good that the relation brought to you. Think about what they taught you about yourself. No experience, no matter how horrible, doesn't leave you just a little bit better, a little bit stronger
Learn to meditate:) Take up a new hobby. Set individual goals. Pray.
Jesus came to heal the broken hearted (Isaiah 61) and He will certainly heal yours and "harden" you to difficulties; open up your heart and let the Son shine in and He will heal you
You've already taken the first step. Bless you too.
I've found one of the best ways to deal with a broken heart, or loss of any kind really, is to find a way to learn from it. If you can look at it as a learning experience, and concentrate on what you personally can learn from it, it makes it quite a bit easier to move on. Hiding the pain or pushing the emotions down is not going to help. Lay your pain out on the table in front of you, figuratively or literally; writing out those things that have harmed you may be a good release. Figure out what you can learn from each instance - either about yourself or others or the world around you. If you choose to write the things that have hurt you down, in great detail to experience the same feelings now that you did then, it may give you a great sense of relief to either burn the paper you write it on, or bury it, or put it in a shoebox and hide it somewhere in your house. As much as you want these feelings and experiences to vanish from your heart and mind, they play a large part in who you are today. What is most important is how you choose to live with those feelings and experiences. Learn from them.
Get out a piece of paper and a pen/pencil. Write down in story form all of the things that have hurt you. Allow yourself to feel the pain of it as much as possible while you do so. When you are done, take the paper outside, place the paper in some kind of fire-proof container, and light the paper on fire. Allow this to signify the release of these things to your higher power, higher self, god, or the universe. After this, go to a quiet room in your house, play some soft music of some sort, and let yourself go in to a deep meditation. Doing this before falling asleap is ideal. When you wake up, you will be free.
These are some counseling interventions: 1)Get a suitcase. On a pieces of paper or fabric, write down what things are weighing you down on this journey. Put them in the suitcase. Let them stay there for a few days. Then, go back to the suitcase. Take out each item and ask yourself: "Am I ready to leave this behind so that my journey will be lighter/easier/happier/healthier?" If the answer is yes, then throw that piece of paper away. Continue through all the pieces of "baggage" that you have been carrying around with you for so long. You can let some remain with you for awhile longer if you must think about them some more. After that, reflect on where you want to go next on your journey, and what are the things that you will need -- just for the next leg of the journey. Write those things down on pieces of paper, and put them into the suitcase to "carry" with you now. 2) Using the same metaphor of the journey, you can also draw for yourself a map. On a blank piece of paper, draw just a road. Then, on one part or the road, draw some places where you have been "stopped," or "got stuck," and write down a name for them on the map. Sit and reflect. Where do you want to go now? What do you want to become, what do you want to see happen along the way? Draw those on the map as well. For both of them: Now you can begin a fresh journey. 3) Or, you can literally "write your own story." Write a reflective story about what/who has hurt you, and how you feel about all of those things. Write about where you are right now in life. But then, write the ending that you WANT to have happen in your life. And use this new story as a reference for yourself as you go. Blessings and peace to you.
I helped my best friend create a ritual after some ass of a man broke her heart. First, I used a lit red candle to drip wax onto some parchment in the shape of a heart, peeled it off, then I broke it in half. Later in the ritual I had my friend write down an affirmation to help her feel more whole onto the parchment. Next she lit the red candle and recited the affirmation a number of times and tucked it into a small bag of empowering herbs (which she would begin to carry around in her pocket as a reminder of her affirmation) then she took the wax heart I had symbolically broken for her and used the candle to drip more wax on it to mend it (she also placed this into the bag). She carried this bag around until she felt she no longer needed to, and disposed of it. She is now happily engaged. Hope that might help, and I wish you a speedy recovery :) Blessed Be
John 14:26&27 26) But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27)Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. This was Jesus speaking. Learn of Jesus. When you have a relationship with Jesus He will have the Counselor who is the Holy Spirit come to you.
Sorry, but I don't think rituals will get us anywhere. I do have some scripture that would be pertinent, though. "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." ~ Proverbs 4:23 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Phillipians 4:6-7 You should only fully open to the one man or woman you will spend the rest of your life. To share yourself fully with anyone else (save God, of course) is going to bring on that kind of pain.
I would direct you to the Psalms of the Hebrew Bible. Every emotion finds expression there. You will find words that express terrible sorrow, abandonment, betrayal, broken-heartedness, and most importantly HOPE. I would simply flip through them and find the one that most expresses how you feel, then, sit down with God and pray it sincerely. You might also want to reflect on the Heart of Jesus. It was broken by men and pierced on the Cross, yet what Love did that Heart have for Humanity! If your heart is so broken, it cannot be healed. Pray for another. You will receive it. It will be stronger than the old one, but no human heart can be impervious to pain and injury. These things I share from my own experience. Remember too, it is written in the Psalms: "The Lord is close to the broken-hearted. Those whose spirits are crushed He will save." I hope you find peace and comfort. VB8