The Jesus Prayer is a useful meditation tool:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
It’s a mantra that one repeats. In the Orthodox monastic tradition, a prayer rope is used to engage the hands while the prayer is repeated. The prayer rope is a knotted loop of yarn tied in special knots. Each knot represents one recitation of the Jesus Prayer. The ropes are typically knotted in 33, 50, 100, or 300 knot lengths. I have a 100 knot rope. Every 10 knots there is a bead. It’s a way of connecting the body with the mind and heart to, as the Apostle Paul wrote, “abide in prayer.”
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