TRUE prayer is not demanding things of the universe, nor yet is it imagining that things can be had by begging or beseeching, or yet knowing they are yours. Prayer is merely recognition of that which is about to appear-provided, of course, you are willing to accept your good. Thank you, Father, was one of the most efficacious prayers ever said, and it was followed up by a magnificent explanation of the nature of prayer-I knew it was already so. When we get over the idea of praying to a man god, we shall see that prayer is merely aligning ourselves with the Power of that which is due to appear in our lives. Hence, instead of any more of the prodigality comes the Sonship that, instead of begging for life, partakes of life as his inheritance, and names his statement of this fact as an automatic result, just as one who is sitting in darkness will automatically exclaim Oh, light when a sudden shaft of light pierces the gloom. It is not said with an idea of creating light, but as a full recognition of the existence of light at that place and time. We have reversed the very processes of life, and have been working at them blindly and backwards. When ye pray, the whole soul is at attention. It is so absorbing--this recognition of God within, without, everywhere-that man easily forgets his needs. He is swallowed up in the sea of All-substance and is content, and he becomes aware of his own. Be still, be joyously still. You are atop the heights of manifestation. In the Absolute Reality, when you lose your life you find it. When you lose the tiny limited personal sense of life, you lose all the irritating beliefs that go with it----petty wants and its straining to be famous or great. The Fathers business is self-revelation---you will reveal yourself to yourself, and no more will you sit in sackcloth and ashes wishing for that which is already yours. Do you go out to see a man with a reputation, or run after a book that is said to contain the key? When you realize that the I AM within you is the KEY to every person, place, and thing, you will begin to unlock the treasures of your own kingdom. You will then be able to release the hidden springs of inspiration in a book or within your soul, and see the new life fill everything. Stop the condemnation of your beautiful Self. If ye deny Me [Christ within], I shall also deny you. In other words, if you find Me incapable of governing your life, then, no matter how you call upon Me, I shall not answer because of your unbelief, because you do not honestly believe that it is possible for the Inner Lord to rule absolutely and harmoniously in your life. If you have a house consciousness, divided against itself, it will fall-and so you will fall, and attempt to work out your problem by praying to a God afar off-a tyrant that may hear your prayers ---a God of wrath and hatred. Stop thinking of yourself as a worm of the dust; stop judging yourself; stop the everlasting talking about that which is past and dead... ...Do not try to straighten out things get yourself lined out with the power within and you will find things automatically falling into harmony and order. The piece of steel follows the magnet-but you are trying to make the magnet follow the piece of steel. God cannot be made to do your bidding, but by becoming conscious of your point in the Universal Mind you will be happy in doing his bidding- you will some day cheerfully say, Not my will, but thine, be done, and be satisfied that it is the only will, and is the door of freedom, not martyrdom Perhaps you plead that you are unworthy, and you are-unworthy because you are judging the Christ within by the standards of your limited human capacity. Having eyes, ye see not, and ears, ye hear not, and hence you judge from the blinded and deaf state of human reasoning and find such a glorious attainment impossible. A new system is discovered ; it is tried with great avidity and then found wanting ; so shall it be- I shall overturn and overturn, until he comes whose place it is to rule --until I am the only ruler of your universe, and every prop is kicked from under, and you stand revealed to yourself--a glorious Son of the Living God with healing in his wing, with light in his eyes, with his feet shod with the winged sandals of attainment clothed in Light. Praying without ceasing is the prayer of thanksgiving and recognition. - Walter C. Lanyon (Sacred Cow barbequing quotes from When You Pray)
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:36:37 +0000
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