Francoise

"Love is not the goal, it is the way""Happiness is not the goal, it is the way"WHEN YE PRAY

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Have you ever had a prayer answered? I wonder what wouldn't folks
give just to know that when they prayed, something DEFINITE would
happen! Another question: Have you ever wondered why it is that some
prayers are answered and others seemingly aren't?

Scripture says,

"What things so ever ye desire when ye pray, belive that ye receive
them, and ye shall have them."

Please note the period at the end of the sentence. It does not go on
to say, 'probably'. It doesn't say, "if you've been good.' And it
does NOT say, 'if it be God's will.'

The way I read it, t'would seem that BELIEF is the ONLY condition
imposed upon us if we would have our prayers answered. Hmmm...unless
then we believe that we receive our request, our prayer WON'T be
answered. Seems simple.

"Believe! The promises of God are real. They are as real, as solid,
yes infinitely more solid than this table which the materialist so
thoroughly believes in. If you would only believe, O ye of little
faith."

-- George Washington Carver

OK, please pay attention here: A prayer granted implies that
SOMETHING was done in response to the prayer, which otherwise would
NOT have been done.

Therefore, the one who's doing the praying MUST also be the one who
grants the prayer.

Think about that until you get it!

Mankind refuses to assume this responsibility, and our refusal has
become our prison...plain and simple.

This world of ours is built upon the Law of prayer and its answer,
yet man incredibly, refuses to see this relationship. Thinking that
GOD may answer or ignore his prayer, man never knows whether he will
hit his mark or miss it. That's because his mind is unwilling to
admit that GOD has subjected itself to its own laws. Very few people
can believe there is a relationship between prayer and its answer;
cause and effect, yet it's clear that they are two sides of the very
same coin of thought.

You might want to go to the Book of Luke, the 17th chapter. There,
the story is told of the healing of the ten lepers. Appealing to
Jesus to have mercy upon them, the lepers were told to go and show
themselves to the priests. And as they went, so were they healed.

You see, in those times Mosaic Law demanded that when a leper
recovered from his disease, he was to show himself to the priest and
obtain a certificate of restored health. What Jesus did was to impose
a test upon the lepers' faith, and supplied a means by which their
faith could be raised to its greatest potential. If the lepers
refused to go, then clearly they had no faith and, therefore could
not and would not be healed. However, if they obeyed his words, upon
reflection, the full realization of what their journey implied would
heal them. And it is written that as they went, they were cleansed.

"Oh what peace we often forfeit; Oh what needless pain we bear. All
because we do not carry everything to GOD in prayer!"

--Old Baptist Hymm.

Personally, having been led to seriously ponder the nature of prayer
and its answers, I have come to agree with that song through
experience. I believe in the practice and philosophy of what men call
prayer, but not everything that receives that designation is actually
prayer.

Understand.. .that to pray is to elevate your consciousness to the
acceptance of what it is you seek! You lift your consciousness by
assuming the feeling-tone of your desire already fulfilled!
Experience, in your Divine Imagination, what you would experience in
reality if your prayer were answered.... .NOW!

"You can attract only that which you first mentally become and feel
yourself to be in reality."-- Ernest Holmes

Prayer means feelingly getting into action. It means, holding your
attention upon the feeling of the desire already fulfilled until it
shoves all other feelings out of your consciousness! !! Prayer is not
a mental effort, or an act of will, but a surrender of self to the
knowing that your desire is ALREADY fulfilled.

If your prayer brings no response, there is something wrong with your
prayer because prayer properly done always--and I mean always
works!!! When it 'doesn't', the fault usually lies in too much
effort.

The number one rule is to make NO EFFORT. If this rule is truly
followed, you will naturally and intuitively move into the proper,
relaxed attitude.

Co-creating with God is not an act of will, but a deep receptiveness
and a uniquely keen susceptibility. The acceptance of the answered
prayer FINDS THE MEANS FOR ITS REALIZATION! !!

"So when you commit to discovering and expressing your faculty of
Divine Creativity, what emerges is living and expressing from a
deeper dimension of your being. This is real aliveness."

-- Reverend Dr. Michael Beckwith

BENEFITS OF MEDITATION

IMMEDIATE HEALING All physical afflictions are because of mental worries. All mental worries are because of intellectual immaturity. Intellectual immaturity is because of lack of spiritual energy and lack of spiritual wisdom. Through meditation, when we get abundant spiritual energy and spiritual wisdom, the intellect becomes mature. By and by, all mental worries cease. Consequently, all physical afflictions disappear. Meditation is the only way to heal all diseases.
Diseases are primarily because of previous negative karma. Until and unless the negative karma is neutralised, the disease will not vanish; no medicine will be of any help to clear the negative karma.

ENHANCES MEMORY POWER

The abundant spiritual energy gained in meditation helps the brain to work more efficiently and to its maximum capacity. Meditation enhances memory power tremendously.

Therefore, meditation is absolutely compulsory for all students...both at the school level and at the university level.

WASTEFUL HABITS DIE

There are several wasteful habits like over-eating, over-sleeping, over-talking, over-thinking, over-drinking etc., etc. With the abundant spiritual wisdom and spiritual energy obtained from meditation, all the wasteful habits die naturally.

MIND BECOMES JOYFUL

Life is so full of defeats, insults and pains... for any person. However, for a person with spiritual knowledge and spiritual energy, life is always peaceful and joyful... inspite of all the defeats, insults and pains.

WORK BECOMES EFFICIENT

In the presence of abundant spiritual energy and spiritual wisdom, all work, be it physical or mental, gets done with greater efficiency.

In less time, more work is achieved. With least resources, commendable work gets done.

SLEEP-TIME IS REDUCED

Abundant spiritual energy is obtained in meditation. Only a fraction of that energy is obtained during sleep.

Half-an-hour of deep meditation is equivalent to six hours of deep sleep... in terms of rest for the body and energy for the mind.

QUALITATIVE RELATIONSHIPS

Lack of spiritual wisdom is the only reason why inter-personal relationships are so very unqualitative and unfulfilling. In the presence of spiritual wisdom all inter-personal relationships become highly qualitative and totally fulfilling.

POWER OF THOUGHT

Thoughts need power to reach their targets. In a restless state of mind, thoughts are produced with least power. Therefore, they don't reach their respective targets.

However, in the presence of a restful state of mind, thoughts acquire great power and all intents get dramatically actualized.