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| are always demanding something, not necessarily in direct prayer for the fulfillment of this or that wish | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| the unconscious, make it conscious in meditation, in prayer, in all your striving. Without this there can | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| time these efforts of daily self-finding, retrospection, meditation, prayer, and resolutions will enable the person to react | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| just because now and again they say a prayer, or because they take pains to become decent | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| friends, near and far. Be with God. 9. PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER Greetings. I | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| God. 9. PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER Greetings. I bring you God's blessings, my dear | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| friends, today I would like to speak about prayer and meditation. What is the difference between the | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| I should like to make the following distinction: Prayer is a preliminary step to meditation. Prayer is | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| distinction: Prayer is a preliminary step to meditation. Prayer is a matter of thinking, meditation is prayer | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| Prayer is a matter of thinking, meditation is prayer with feeling, it engages the soul forces as | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| certain discipline and concentration which you learn through prayer. Most people are not used to be spiritually | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| achieving a certain continuity and concentration. This is prayer. Do not forget, as humans often do, to | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| don't you say: Help me to learn real prayer, or real meditation. At any moment, when you | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| Knock and it shall be opened. Concentration in prayer is beneficial not only as a training but | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| thought builds a form. With the thoughts of prayer you build harmonious forms, so that the thought- | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| you build harmonious forms, so that the thought- prayer activates favorable energies even before you have learned | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| the pure power of thought through concentration in prayer, and the liberation of the feeling currents, which | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| is meditation. Once you have learned concentration in prayer to some degree, practicing regular self- discipline for | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| fall into the opposite extreme of overdiscipline where prayer becomes a fetter. Then the time has come | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| has come for you to learn to bring prayer into the deeper layers of the soul. At | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| At this point, too, helpful tools are available. Prayer, as I said, is in the domain of | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| a specific passage from the Bible, a certain prayer or spiritual law. The tools may vary, and | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| further interpretation of, or meditation on, the Lord's Prayer. I talked about the meaning of this prayer | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| Prayer. I talked about the meaning of this prayer and the way to meditate about it once | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| show you how you can meditate on the prayer -- it can easily take an hour -- | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| in it. I will show you how the prayer can be applied in a very personal way | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| contained in the first two words of the prayer: Our Father. WHO ART IN HEAVEN. Heaven is | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| foolish of you human beings to say a prayer that God's will be done in Heaven, which | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| on the path. FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES. The prayer says, Forgive us, not me alone. This includes | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| TRESPASS AGAINST US. How many people say this prayer, yet they do not have the slightest intention | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| is why this sentence is part of the prayer. For if it were possible to do it | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| not touch you. Put this thought into your prayer. Ask Christ to help you overcome temptation, so | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| personally in your life. This then is living prayer, when the meaning of each word expands as | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| how you already apply the essence of the prayer in certain areas of your life and not | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| know more than oneself. Spiritual nourishment is also prayer and meditation in the right way. Here again | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| significance of it you cannot win, and your prayer will not have the desired effect because it | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| to help heal our friends through meditation and prayer? ANSWER: Very few people, indeed, have the strength | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| people, indeed, have the strength to heal through prayer. However, your prayers and your thinking of friends | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| can conceive of at present -- then your prayer will have an immediate result. If, on the | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| permanent happiness and liberation from bonds, then your prayer will not be lost either. You can be | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| souls to some extent devote more time to prayer not only for themselves but for other people | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| -- and there is nothing more productive than prayer -- then you would add a great force | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| check yourself each day in your hour of prayer, meditation and daily review, when something like this | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the spiritual world if you merely do certain prayer exercises. If I were to tell you such | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| are trying to overcome it through meditation and prayer and yet you don't seem to get further | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| God is wonderful if it manifests in beautiful prayer and meditation. But the work has to be | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| on your surroundings. When you say your daily prayer and do your meditation, this is what you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| Take the results to God in your daily prayer to help you further. These efforts are a | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| do this in connection with adequate and pertinent prayer, they will change and leave you a liberated | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| God recognizes your goodwill, and if you combine prayer with the work of self-examination and tearing down | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| your good efforts and God's help enlisted in prayer, you will find out the answer for yourself | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| far away your emotions still are from your prayer. By seeing this discrepancy and yet praying for | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| and His creation. It does not even mean prayer and meditation which, of course, if done in | 31 SHAME |
| it; you think that the answer to your prayer should come in a certain way. You fail | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| fulfillment to come to you. God answers your prayer by making you conscious of the specific difficulty | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| be for all to join together in sincere prayer asking for divine guidance, inspiration, and enlightenment. We | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| friends! Be in peace. Be in God! 36. PRAYER Greetings in the Name of the Lord. Blessings | 36 PRAYER |
| I promised you that I would speak about prayer tonight, because it is one of the most | 36 PRAYER |
| to develop and advance on the path. Without prayer -- and putting your intentions into practice -- | 36 PRAYER |
| -- nothing can be accomplished. Now what is prayer? Many people have no questions about it; they | 36 PRAYER |
| take it for granted. Many others cannot understand prayer. They say -- in their own way and | 36 PRAYER |
| being help or grace simply in response to prayer? Why should someone else who works but fails | 36 PRAYER |
| like the person who has learned what proper prayer is and practices it. I will now try | 36 PRAYER |
| God's love, and all the other divine attributes. Prayer is essential to achieve this goal. How? -- | 36 PRAYER |
| -- you may ask. In the first place, prayer is the best exercise for learning concentration. Without | 36 PRAYER |
| separate concentration exercises. My advice however is that prayer and concentration exercises can be combined. There is | 36 PRAYER |
| for. You can simultaneously derive the benefit of prayer without losing time by concentrating on some non-essentials | 36 PRAYER |
| in God may at least learn concentration. Daily prayer is important because of the concentration and the | 36 PRAYER |
| being mentally and emotionally as relaxed as possible. Prayer is a training that is part of your | 36 PRAYER |
| development. In addition to the concentration and discipline prayer helps you achieve, you benefit in that during | 36 PRAYER |
| helps you achieve, you benefit in that during prayer your frame of mind will automatically be different | 36 PRAYER |
| devote a certain period of every day to prayer, making a disciplined effort to concentrate on others | 36 PRAYER |
| their daily lives. While they can succeed in prayer, outside of it they fall back into the | 36 PRAYER |
| well-meaning and unselfish goodwill, can be expressed in prayer, but only some of the time when you | 36 PRAYER |
| feel when they pray. So the importance of prayer lies not only in training your ability to | 36 PRAYER |
| sincerely feel when you do not pray. In prayer you may sincerely wish well those who have | 36 PRAYER |
| well those who have hurt you. Outside of prayer, you cannot do so as yet. At the | 36 PRAYER |
| for some people this is difficult even in prayer, but eventually they will succeed if they try | 36 PRAYER |
| will succeed if they try again and again. Prayer has a wonderfully cleansing effect on your soul | 36 PRAYER |
| is that your whole life will become a prayer. But that is a long way off. None | 36 PRAYER |
| far enough advanced yet seriously to live a prayer. When you are that far, you will not | 36 PRAYER |
| day and pray, because you will then emanate prayer by every breath you take, by every thought | 36 PRAYER |
| your mind; even your unconscious feelings will be prayer. Oh, I know there are many people, particularly | 36 PRAYER |
| thoughts. But that is not what I mean. Prayer must come from the heart, from the innermost | 36 PRAYER |
| exists between your thoughts and your feelings -- prayer is necessary. It is vital that you learn | 36 PRAYER |
| you want to advance on your path. In prayer you will automatically tend to view yourself, your | 36 PRAYER |
| of the work should be done also in prayer. You can, if you prefer, call it meditation | 36 PRAYER |
| one can find answers and develop without daily prayer. Ordinarily your thoughts run wild. You concentrate, perhaps | 36 PRAYER |
| is of real importance unless they are in prayer. I do not wish to imply that everyone | 36 PRAYER |
| shirking the real issues. Another important element of prayer is that anyone who approaches God in prayer | 36 PRAYER |
| prayer is that anyone who approaches God in prayer will automatically have a more humble attitude. Even | 36 PRAYER |
| miseries will, at least during the time of prayer, change their way of thinking and become more | 36 PRAYER |
| learn to feel differently by cultivating thoughts in prayer that gradually will affect their emotional currents and | 36 PRAYER |
| ashamed? Isn't that a sign of pride? In prayer you learn to humble yourself; it is another | 36 PRAYER |
| is another medicine for your soul, another cleansing. Prayer helps thin the wall between you and the | 36 PRAYER |
| confusion, so thoughts and feelings you cultivate in prayer create good, clear, and harmonious forms. These forms | 36 PRAYER |
| is to summon the discipline for the daily prayer, the more you need it! It is a | 36 PRAYER |
| your life. The person who has already made prayer a daily discipline must be careful of an | 36 PRAYER |
| not cease praying, but be wakeful that your prayer remains alive. Be mindful and wary that you | 36 PRAYER |
| at different times. Be watchful and adjust your prayer accordingly, to keep it forever new and alive | 36 PRAYER |
| you make a major recognition. To adjust your prayer to the phases of your development, you need | 36 PRAYER |
| can thus resist the temptation of making your prayer into a routine. It will then remain alive | 36 PRAYER |
| needs -- not material needs -- into your prayer and consider all that happens from the viewpoint | 36 PRAYER |
| do it first, my dear ones. QUESTION: Isn't prayer also a confirmation of faith in God? ANSWER | 36 PRAYER |
| highlights of what should be part of every prayer every day? ANSWER: The spreading of truth among | 36 PRAYER |
| will make you feel more responsible, and your prayer for all these highest values will not be | 36 PRAYER |
| specifically what your fears are. And once this prayer has been answered, pray that you can overcome | 36 PRAYER |
| changing personal problems into the fabric of your prayer, you will reap the fruits. QUESTION: There are | 36 PRAYER |
| in order to achieve the discipline of daily prayer, one should set aside the same time every | 36 PRAYER |
| rule. QUESTION: But to start the day with prayer gives a spiritual direction to the day; and | 36 PRAYER |
| devote at least two or three minutes to prayer when they get up and when they go | 36 PRAYER |
| should be done in addition to the long prayer that will take at least half an hour | 36 PRAYER |
| an hour. The important thing for the longer prayer is that you know you have sufficient time | 36 PRAYER |
| more to you than anything else? An occasional prayer is not enough. God wants the whole of | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| reactions about the past and present, and through prayer, you will find, after a long and arduous | 38 IMAGES |
| tonight. Are the batteries of both recharged by prayer? ANSWER: Of course! If you pray specifically for | 38 IMAGES |
| good purpose, as outlined in this lecture, the prayer will certainly be answered. If you pray for | 38 IMAGES |
| the battle, you also have to learn depth prayer, depth meditation, and depth thinking, my friends. At | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| and depth thinking, my friends. At first your prayer or meditation is an intellectual pursuit, but when | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| yourself of them. What I mean by depth prayer or depth meditation or depth thinking is that | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| before. You may also have established habits in prayer and meditation. They were useful in the last | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| I find it hard to understand meditation and prayer in depth. If you have approached a problem | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| QUESTION: What about the problem of selfishness in prayer? ANSWER: I have discussed that on various occasions | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| reason, then, of course, it is a selfish prayer and it will do no good at all | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| your soul will have an effect. A selfish prayer indicates a misunderstanding of life and is therefore | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| development should be the main intent of your prayer, apart from praying for others, and consider the | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| you will realize that in this kind of prayer there is certainly nothing selfish. For God wants | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| us turn to your questions. QUESTION: Is silent prayer, without uttering words, sufficient, or does formulation and | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| does formulation and verbalization in loud words make prayer more effective? ANSWER: Silent prayer, if the words | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| loud words make prayer more effective? ANSWER: Silent prayer, if the words are concisely thought, is, of | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| why it is so embarrassing to say a prayer in front of your friends, you will discover | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| most of you do not recognize when your prayer is answered. The prayer is often answered in | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| not recognize when your prayer is answered. The prayer is often answered in a form that seems | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| temporary pain is an answer to your own prayer -- the prayer in which you ask for | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| an answer to your own prayer -- the prayer in which you ask for help to recognize | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| that come to you as answers to your prayer. Turn in the other direction. Instead of becoming | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| and you will see that your very own prayer was answered. When you see your inner error | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| mood, though this may help a little. A prayer will give you the necessary strength to do | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| it is good to have a very long prayer and meditation. After some years this became very | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| is a rigidity and a habit in such prayer and that we should try to unlearn what | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| path of development and is not used to prayer or concentration at all, such meditation is a | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| discipline. It is favorable to learn concentration through prayer and meditation, since your thoughts go through a | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| cultivate unselfish thoughts. Your thoughts are elevated in prayer, thus clearing the way for a later stage | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| with cultivating constructive and unselfish thoughts, as in prayer. Certainly, concentration could be learned in connection with | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| of the thought process as it happens in prayer, and concentration is necessary on this path. Both | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| one has to guard against the routine of prayer which makes it rigid and devoid of aliveness | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| to remain in a rigid routine. If your prayer does not vibrate any more, it is better | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| concept, even in your intellect, to begin with. Prayer for recognition is important. When you pray, observe | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| one of our friends expressed the thought that prayer was indicative of weakness and he was therefore | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| therefore opposed to it. I was taught that prayer is the means by which God's power is | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you would be willing to tell us about prayer in general, and I have also three specific | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| inner obstructions? This is a valid question. Nevertheless, prayer is good, right and beneficial. But the prayer | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| prayer is good, right and beneficial. But the prayer is not necessarily answered exactly in the way | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to do with your selfish aims. The best prayer for another person can be formulated in words | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| What you said about a friend who feels prayer to be a weakness is, of course, an | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you do. Not everyone may feel it about prayer. But many of you may feel it about | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in securing peace. ANSWER: Oh yes, indeed. If prayer has effect, sooner or later, on one individual | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| But I would like to add something more. Prayer is most constructive if one also gains a | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| errors. How can this be combined with the prayer for peace? It can be done in the | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| great deal of insight and understanding. In your prayer for peace, try to find where, in your | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| really try, you will find it. QUESTION: Does prayer have any effect on the wills of those | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| praying and have no illusions about it, your prayer is bound to have some effect. The prayer | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| prayer is bound to have some effect. The prayer may open for you a way to help | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you had not seen before. Thus, your sincere prayer may directly reach such a person. Prayer is | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| sincere prayer may directly reach such a person. Prayer is always constructive, provided one has no hidden | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not directly by you, then indirectly through others. Prayer depends entirely on the how and with what | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| loving ones. If these are not recognized, the prayer will be much weaker and therefore have less | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| recognition, you truly combine the deed with the prayer. QUESTION: I know that to answer this question | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| with all its loving generosity, as well as prayer -- stand for the best in you? This | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| time, you will have a wonderful opportunity for prayer or meditation, or to instruct your subconscious. For | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| thereby avoid the pitfalls of self-deception and suggestion. Prayer, if rightly understood and used, operates in a | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| when you pray you do not direct such prayer up into the sky but deep into yourself | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| really is not such an enormous difference between prayer and such instruction; it is only a slightly | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| it is only a slightly different approach. While prayer is directed toward that part of yourself that | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| wish to help unselfishly should be expressed in prayer and intention. The energy to cultivate it in | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| to hear about the matter of selfishness in prayer. ANSWER: I have discussed this on various occasions | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| it, then of course this is a selfish prayer, and it will do no good at all | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| of your soul will have any effect. Selfish prayer indicates a misunderstanding of life and is therefore | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| happy -- and this should be your main prayer as distinct from prayer for others -- consider | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| should be your main prayer as distinct from prayer for others -- consider this happiness as a | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| this way, you will realize that in a prayer of this kind there is certainly nothing selfish | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| really feel. This is to be cultivated by prayer, meditation, and a daily resolution of intent. In | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| self-image and the God-image, particularly in regard to prayer? How does this conglomerate interfere with our ability | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for truth, or any constructive endeavor, such as prayer. Regardless of how much real talent, healthy desire | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| or it may be crass enough to make prayer or any other constructive activity impossible. The God-image | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| many decades of learning the false attitude. Wouldn't prayer change too if we discarded this concept? Wouldn't | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| your question? QUESTION: Yes. But, for instance, in prayer and in meditation one gets, at times, such | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| discipline and wanting to see it. QUESTION: Isn't prayer a kind of discipline to keep oneself in | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| oneself in a certain chosen direction? ANSWER: Yes. Prayer is a good way not to give up | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the psychological approach, is it not true that prayer and turning to God, asking for help, is | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| to us? ANSWER: The psychological approach is actually prayer in action. If you really analyze what happens | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| in contradiction to the spiritual one. Of course, prayer is of help and is recommended. But I | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| I have to give you more than advocate prayer. And you have to do more than merely | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| help. You have to observe your attitude in prayer. This is a very deep and subtle thing | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| it depends on your efforts and willingness, then prayer is very useful. There is a fine distinction | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| hand it to you. The latter kind of prayer will do no good whatsoever. QUESTION: But the | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| If such a thought is sincere, what better prayer could there be? What prayer of this sort | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| sincere, what better prayer could there be? What prayer of this sort would not be answered? The | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| and fortifying your will, and by asking in prayer and meditation to see the truth about your | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| is the sincere will to know, manifested in prayer, to which the answer will come. God's ways | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| loving. QUESTION: Could you comment on the Lord's Prayer, particularly the words, Thy will be done on | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| God. If you ask for this in your prayer, fully aware that this may be what He | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| heaven and earth just as in the Lord's Prayer? An interpretation of the word heaven, hashomayim, shows | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| say that in man's relationship to God, his prayer -- meaning his speaking to God - - | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Will you please elaborate on the meaning of prayer in the different stages? ANSWER: I believe it | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| it is rather evident from the lecture itself. Prayer will be adapted to the conscious attitude and | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| stage of being without awareness, there is no prayer, because there is no God-concept. In the next | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| considerations to fill him, this, in itself, is prayer or meditation. The next stage may be the | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| realization of a Supreme Intelligence. In this stage, prayer takes the form of admiration of the marvel | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| wishful-thinking and greed, unacceptance of reality causes supplication, prayer will be expressed accordingly. When prayers seem to | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| his own participation in whether or not a prayer is answered, he will lose the sense of | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| add that what often appears like an answered prayer is the strength of an unconflicted mind in | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| unconflicted mind in the particular area where the prayer is answered, at least at that time. When | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| you all know by now, is the best prayer in the true sense. But it may also | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| the beginning, still be accustomed to the old prayer of begging for help, asking God to do | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| himself. Yet, in spite of this habit in prayer, he begins to face himself. Only after reaching | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| self-facing, will he gradually avoid the kind of prayer he was used to. He may even go | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| meditates -- and that is often the best prayer! He meditates by looking at his real motivations | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| reason for being. In this kind of activity, prayer in the old sense becomes more and more | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| sense becomes more and more meaningless, contradictory. His prayer is the action of self-awareness and of looking | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| and of looking at himself in truth. His prayer is his sincere intent to face what may | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| face what may be most unpleasant. It is prayer because it contains the attitude that truth for | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| matter how imperfect it is. This attitude IS prayer. Candor with oneself IS prayer; alertness to one's | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| This attitude IS prayer. Candor with oneself IS prayer; alertness to one's resistance is prayer; owning up | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| oneself IS prayer; alertness to one's resistance is prayer; owning up to something that one has hidden | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| that one has hidden from in shame is prayer. When this proceeds, the state of being gradually | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| with interruptions. Then, in the state of being, prayer is no longer an action of uttered words | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| in addition to many more indescribable feelings, comprise prayer in the highest sense. It is awareness of | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| God in His Reality. But this kind of prayer cannot be imitated or learned through any teachings | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| state of relating to God, of being, where prayer and being are one, all you can do | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| are one, all you can do, the best prayer in the world, is the renewed constant intent | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| would like to ask that I have the prayer of this group for his recovery and I | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| whole group, can pray. The validity of such prayer is the sincere good will that you wish | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| of doing so. Ask about the how in prayer and open yourself. When you are fully aware | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| make restitution, then that very desire, uttered in prayer and meditation, will make you find the way | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| can, is, as you know, one form of prayer. But with beings who are no longer involved | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| of past victory; of the proper procedure of prayer, meditation, and daily review; of formulating confusions, unanswered | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| first place, let me help you understand what prayer really means. It means straightening out your own | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| pray or meditate. Every breath would be a prayer in that it would be an expression of | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| the entire being in a most constructive way. Prayer means shaping a loose mass of hazy thoughts | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| I need to change. Make this your daily prayer and you will liberate the real self from | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| not inadvertently, unconsciously, close up against happiness. Such prayer is just as important as seeking contact with | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| of recreating soul substance. By your meditation, by prayer, by formulating deliberate thoughts of truth about this | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| to know. The least enlightened people use petitionary prayer. We do not need to go into this | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| identification with your real self, apart from simple prayer and meditation, are to reach into new modalities | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| impulse but not acting on it requires inner prayer, commitment to the truth and the goodwill to | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| a very strong, intense resistance to meditation and prayer. I have been experiencing lately a lot of | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| body. I will close this meeting with a prayer that the God in you expresses. As I | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| other times simply be there with love and prayer and companionship. No rules exist. Only the intuitive | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| valid and reliable. And that will come through prayer. QUESTION: I find myself in a state of | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| your desires and surface longings, your emphasis in prayer may be on outer needs, such as health | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| Therefore I suggest that your meditation and your prayer be concerned with specific guidance so that you | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| creation as a whole, and on learning meaningful prayer and meditation. Without this constant interfacing, without the | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| the feeling, is the bodily sensation, is the prayer. This wholeness represents the utmost of liberation, power | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| became an essential aspect of the pathwork. When prayer and meditation were explained in detail and its | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| allow the personality to stand the light? So prayer is not enough, neither is good will and | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| your mind, not necessarily immediately after meditation or prayer, but sometime later, often when you least think | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| being with compassion and realism, with your direct prayer and deep desire to feel Jesus' presence near | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |