Change Me Prayers: The Hidden Power of Spiritual Surrender
By Tosha Silver and Lissa Rankin, M.D.
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“Change me Divine Beloved into one who can give and receive freely and be a clear vessel for your Light.”
Tosha Silver, with her characteristic wit, charm, and mix of passion and humor, shows you how to invite the Divine into your life to create change and transform from the inside out. Covering a variety of topics—from work to finances to self-worth—Change Me Prayers reveals how to truly surrender to a Divine plan in the most joyous and uplifting way.
At its heart, this book is a spiritual guide for anyone open to living in union with Love, even in times of difficulty or crisis, and includes a convenient “Change Me Prayers Quick Guide.” Tosha proves to be a profound, unique, and often hilarious guide to awakening. May the Divine permeate every part of your life!
Tosha Silver
Tosha Silver grew up thinking one day she would be a rabbi, a lawyer, or a weathergirl. But fate had other ideas. She graduated from Yale with a degree in English Literature but along the way fell madly in love with metaphysics and yogic philosophy. For the last 30 years she has taught many ways to align with the inner Divine. This book is adapted from her popular column at Examiner.com, a top 100 website that reaches over 37 million unique visitors a month. Tosha lives near San Francisco. Please visit ToshaSilver.com for more information.
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Reviews for Change Me Prayers
18 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Simple, inspired and really helps us in such different circumstances. Ready it relaxing in The Divine Beloved.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I loved this book, what a little gem of inspiration to just let go and surrender to the universe. I am glad I stuck with it. I would have rated 5 stars but the constant mentioning of another book 'Outrageous Openness' became quite irritating. Yes, the author is proud of her previous work but this book is a gem in itself. It felt as if Tosha did not have much faith in this book so kept mentioning her previous book as if she was saying all of the good stuff is in the other book, go read that one. I will be reading that other book but I will be reading it because I liked this one. Not because you mentioned it 100 times.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All good stuff. There's quite a bit of overlap with Outrageous Openness, so you probably only need to read one of them. I preferred OO, myself.
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Change Me Prayers - Tosha Silver
Introduction
Someone wrote me once and said, "I LOVE your book Outrageous Openness, but I can’t relate to these weird prayers you do. I don’t want to change! It’s taken me years to realize I’m perfect the way I am. Why on earth should I ask to be changed?"
Well, here’s why. Yes, of course you are perfect as is, but is it possible you’re still struggling? Einstein himself said that a problem could not be solved by the consciousness that created it. In other words, the ego can’t solve the problems created by the ego!
It tries constantly to steer, often with great futility.
I’ll tell you a deeply personal story about this.
I grew up incredibly close to my Pisces mom, Debby. She was my best friend; I was so bonded to her as a child, it was crazy. I remember when I was seven, she once left me watching cartoons. After about half-hour, I realized she wasn’t home so I tore through the streets sobbing, certain she’d been kidnapped. But she’d gone next door to a neighbor for a cup of sugar.
When Mom and Dad went out on dates, my brothers would happily watch TV or romp with the babysitter. But I had my face pressed to the back window of the house, counting the minutes until Mom’s return, terrified there might be an accident.
What a poor, worried child!
Thank God I eventually became my own person, but my love for Mom never wavered. We talked almost every day for fifty years, often laughing until we cried. More than once we were hysterical, reminiscing about my ferocious attachment to her as a kid.
Two years ago I got the call I’d dreaded my whole life. My brother called to say that Mom, who was in her late eighties, was suddenly on her deathbed. How fast could I get there?
How could I do this? I knew in that moment that I had no freakin’ idea how to say good-bye to the one Being on this planet I loved more than anything.
Believe me, I was well aware that no sanitized, pretty little affirmations like I am open, safe, and relaxed
would have done a darn thing. I needed the Divine to take over and change me into One who could handle this.
So here is the prayer I used and the reason why this book exists.
Change me Divine Beloved into someone who can sit in this room and say good-bye to my beloved mom.
Change me into One who can watch her blessed body slide away.
Help me cry all I need and hand this ALL to You.
Allow me to know she is You and You can never leave me.
Let me let You take this over COMPLETELY.
So that’s why I do these prayers. And they’ve carried me every step of the way.
All it takes is the invitation . . . and the offering. The Divine indeed can do what the small self never could.
• • •
The essence of these prayers is surrender. You’re inviting the Divine to make the changes IT wishes to make. But sometimes I hear from folks who use these to serve the ego’s desires. However, here’s the problem. If your longings are not offered to the Highest, they can create great distortion.
Once a woman named Gloria wrote me: I love your work so I’ve dreamed up my own prayers to handle a mess I’m in. I fell in love with my next-door neighbor, Tim, but sadly, he’s happily married to his wife. Then I realized I could do a prayer! So every day I say,
Change me God into a woman that Tim would leave his wife for. Make me into what he wants so we can be happy forever."
But oh my God, no, that’s not what these are for! Their entire purpose is surrender to the Highest, the Divine will. Tim may not be meant for Gloria at all. Besides, these prayers, when clearly understood, allow for everyone’s good, including the wife’s.
Another prayer could save the day though. One like Change me Divine into One who can offer all my attractions to you. Let me trust that the right relationship is already picked.
Or even Change me into One who knows all my needs are always met.
That would address the issue without the ego taking control.
It takes practice to sense how to craft these, but over time it gets easier and easier.
What’s amazing is how the Universe often knows precisely what’s perfect for us, far beyond what we could imagine. We only need to make room to open and receive. The prayers in this book show how, such as this one:
Change me Divine Beloved into one who wants what You want for me. Let me trust that my needs will always be met in the Highest way when I allow You to guide me.
• • •
Someone wrote to me once on Facebook, where a big, funny community has sprung up around my writing, asking, Hey what IS this? Are you running some kind of crazy religion or something?
All I could say was, "Oh no, what a nightmare that would be!"
So no, I’m no guru, no savior, nada. I’m a writer, an imperfect Being, who simply fell in love with the Divine in my own heart. Anyone intensely motivated can do that. To me, everyone is a spark of Divinity, of Love Itself. Most of us just forget.
After spending half my life giving intuitive readings to folks around the world, I saw how most people chased the answers on the outside. I came to know we had to focus the lens within, where Love runs through our veins.
Then you no longer view the Universe as an ATM, a slot machine, or a shopping mall.
It becomes your willing and waiting Lover.
And hey, if that’s a religion, well then, please, please sign me up.
Change me Divine Beloved into One who offers my whole Self to you with complete abandon.
Let me forever serve You.
Let me love and accept myself as You love me.
May I find You shining brightly within my own Being.
DIVINE GUIDANCE
Divine Beloved, may I feel safe and guided by Your Love. Take over my body and mind, show me the way. Guide me always to the right actions at the right time. May I always feel immersed in Your Love, protected from fear and negativity.
Divine Beloved, let me only wish what You wish for me. May I see myself as You see me. Let me know my own Divinity in every moment. May I know I am You and may our desires be One.
May the Highest that is meant to happen, happen in me and through me.
May I be a vehicle for all You wish to occur.
Change me into One who can breathe, relax, and rest in Your arms.
1. Mise en Place
If you’ve ever read my work, you know by now that I consider almost nothing random.
If I’m cradling a question in my heart, to be shown the right direction I pay intense attention to the answers that come, no matter what delivery service God may use. License plates, billboards, songs on the radio, comments from strangers, all become grist for my own spiritual mill.
So my ears perked up like a Labrador one time when a stately, white-haired Frenchman turned to me in the produce aisle of the grocery store and exclaimed, "Mise en place, it’s ALL about mise en place, n’est-ce pas? It’s the consummate key!"
I nodded and thanked him, though I had no idea what the hell he was talking about. I made a note to check when I got home, but if you’re a cook, you may already know.
I discovered mise en place is a French phrase for prepping all the ingredients for a meal: getting everything washed, chopped, and in order. Some people would even include cleaning and readying the kitchen. That way, when it’s time, you can cook with abandon.
Well, I couldn’t think of a better message. I could feel in my bones that a big wave of new life was lurking right around the bend.
So get ready! Clean out the closets, finish up loose ends, get rid of what needs to go. Create a vacuum for the New to fill. Release dead weight, old destructive habits, exhausting relationships. Pick a few items off the procrastination list and whisk them away.
And if the Divine wants to make a delicious meal out of you, well, you’ll be prepared.
Change me Divine Beloved into One who easily releases all that’s ready to go, making room for what wants to come. May I courageously release all that is outgrown and stagnant, preparing for the new. Let me move in harmony with Your natural cycles in every way.
2. Jailbreak
The other day, I bumped into my old pal Jon at Whole Foods. Tosha,
he beamed, grabbing my arm, don’t you write self-help books these days?
I gave him a long, quizzical look, and since the line stretched all the way back to the kombucha aisle, I launched into an explanation.
Well, not quite self-help. To me, that’s like redecorating a prison cell. You know, change that ugly couch, hang new curtains, maybe add a nice shag rug. For a bonus we’ll even show you how to attract that right partner to serve your sentence with!
Jon chuckled.
But letting the Divine lead is a whole other deal. You surrender to Love. You’re actually taken over . . .
(On that note, I wondered if I sounded like some evangelical kook, but actually Jon was listening with rapt attention. So I forged on,