Category: Prayer
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THE POWER OF PRAYER
I wish to supplement everything I have told you about meditation–or communion with God–and talk to you about “prayer”, which is the desire basis of meditation and out of which meditation grew. Prayer is the mightiest of man’s powers, for through prayer–if understood and rightly used, and accompanied by action–man may have anything he desires,…
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PRAYER IS BASED UPON DESIRE
Desire what you will and, behold, it stands before you. Throughout the aeons it has been yours without your knowing, even though you have but to ask for it. Sit not and ask, acting not, for unless you reach out for your desire it shall not walk your way unaided by your strong hands and…
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THER PRICE OF LOVE IS LOVE–THE PRICE OF GREED IS AGONY!
You ask God to heal your body from its ills which you, yourself, created by overeating, by giving vent to violent anger, or by diverse acts which destroy normalcy of balance given you by God. It seems never to occur to you that you must regive that which you ask for by eating properly, by…
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MAN BLAMES GOD FOR MAN-MADE WARS
Consider the many prayers for cessation of wars. “O, Lord, we beseech Thee to stop this cruel war,” you say, forgetful of the fact that you make your wars yourselves by the free will to act as you choose. You certainly fail to realize that the way TO STOP WARS IS TO STOP CAUSING THEM.…
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GRAVE MISCONCEPTIONS REGARDING PRAYER
It is generally believed among men that one who prays often, and with many words loudly and piously uttered, is holy among men and much favored of God. But we say that he who finds ecstasy of happiness in his Soul from the giving of his love to touch the Soul of a despairing neighbor…
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RELATIONSHIP OF PRAYER TO MEDITATION
“Let us unite in prayer.” How familiar these words are on every religious occasion and, upon hearing them, the congregation automatically bows its head, bends its knees, and words come from the pulpit in earnest tones which may be superficially heard by some and hardly heard at all by others, while the very few who…
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AGAIN. TEACH US HOW TO PRAY
He who can say in his heart, “I and my Father are one,” and feel the ecstasy of that unity, is continually IN PRAYER, even as he is continually IN LIFE and continually breathing. His prayer is like unto his inward-outward breath which is forever with him, forever vitalizing him. Every life should be a…
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MISCONCEPTION OF PRAYER
Realize, therefore, that prayer is not for the purpose of asking for something you wish to have. It is for the purpose of realizing that you already have that for which you have asked. All power exists in the universe and is yours when you do your part in bringing it to you. You have…
