Elements of Prayer: A Post From www.SpiritSimple.com
The Nature of Praying – from “Agartha” by Meredith Lady Young
Recently I came across the following content about “prayer” from Agartha by Meredith Lady Young and was inspired to share it with you today:
“Prayers are personal and yet there are aspects of praying which need to be noted. There are elements within the prayer framework which help the individual send out the most appropriate requests for guidance and action.
- An opening or salutation – A loving introduction to the forces which one perceives as the focus and outgrowth of one’s being draws the energy of that presence within range of one’s own physical being. Whether or not the word “God” is used, an appropriate designation of the energy or presence to whom one is speaking is necessary.
- A statement of thankfulness for those gifts and perceptions already received – This approach acknowledges one’s own connection to the Universe or God and reaffirms one’s own awareness that gifts of understanding have come to allow the individual to move toward the Light.
- Verification of the problem or focus of prayer – The prayer process invokes eventual healing through the individual’s ability to precisely understand the situation and in so doing more clearly see the matching piece which is the solution. Clarity of thought in this case brings the energy of the dilemma to a head and causes the matching energy of the solution to be equally focused and thus obvious to the individual.
- Affirmation of one’s belief in an appropriate solution – If one does not believe that a solution of some type is possible, then one has no business praying, for no solution will be forthcoming. It is only through one’s belief in a possible solution that appropriate avenues of help will be noticed. In other words, if one is closed to healing vehicles, then none will be found even though they exist in one’s life.
Praying causes energy, celestial and physical, to be directed to a specific area of one’s life, and repetition of the same prayer is very effective in drawing in appropriate telepathic vibrations…In other words, when one uses the same prayer over and over, it builds not only the intensity of the invocation, but also the clarity with which the Universe’s response can be heard, seen and understood.”
*This excerpt was posted by Jeff Maziarek on his Spirituality Simplified Blog (http://jeffmaziarek.spiritsimple.com/).
Don’t Give Up On Your Dreams: The Belief Formula on Ponder Central
PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 6th, 2009 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“If you say that dreams don’t come true, I would have to ask you at what point you stopped dreaming and started doubting, and what made you choose that particular time frame as a completion date for your prayer? What might happen if you continued to expect your prayer to be answered instead of proclaiming it a failure? What if your answer was to arrive the day after you hit the “cancel” button on you request?
Unfortunately, you may never know. Why sit around thinking about how you were ignored by God when you could be thinking of all the different ways your prayer could be answered, and how grateful you are that God does such things for you? Why view yourself as a victim when you could just as easily view yourself as the recipient of great gifts – even if some of those gifts are lessons that you asked for in some way, but would rather not learn?”
~Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”
*Special thanks to Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, for posting this excerpt from The Belief Formula on www.PonderCentral.com!
The Belief Formula on PonderCentral.com: "You Must Believe!"
PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 9th, 2009 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“Our knowledge is not complete, so it is not reliable. When we place our faith in the unreliable, we train ourselves to be faithless. We come to believe, in fact, that failure and disappointment are natural parts of our existence, so we accept them and then we expect them to show up in our lives. We cannot always make our desires real with sheer force and effort, so we lose the ability to believe in those desires. It is our desires that comprise our prayers; and a belief in prayer is the only way to make prayer work effectively. You must believe in your desires in order to achieve them. To do this, you must turn to methods that allow you to believe in the reality that you wish to create. You must believe.”
Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”
*Special Thanks to Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, for posting this excerpt from The Belief Formula on his site: www.PonderCentral.com!
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Prayer: Questions and Answers about Prayer
Everyone knows something about prayer – whether they realize it or not. Even if you don’t use the word, “prayer,” the concept is an inescapable part of your daily life. Some people think they know how to pray and some think they don’t; but most people have only the understanding of prayer they were given as children. And that’s not a very clear – or deep – understanding of what prayer really is. Here are some of the more common questions and misconceptions I hear regarding prayer – along with some answers that might help you find a more useful or practical understanding of our spiritual nature and what and who we truly are.
Q. Do you have to be religious to pray?
A. Absolutely not. Prayer is thought; specifically, prayer is focused thought. And, we typically only focus our thoughts on those things that are truly important to us. Humans have always done this and, as a result, they’ve always found answers, guidance, deliverance, etc. The act of directing your thoughts inward – into your heart and mind – in order to change your situation in one way or another is older than any religion. Prayer isn’t the result of religion, in other words, religion is the result of prayer.
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Pete Koerner To Speak About Prayer as described in his book, The Belief Formula, on September 17 at FCCW
Visit the First Coast Christian Writers and hear Pete Koerner speak about prayer and his book, “The Belief Formula: The Secret To Unlocking The Power Of Prayer,” Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 6:45pm. Directions and contact information are below.
“Prayer is the oldest form of problem-solving and healing, yet has been rendered marginally effective through years of ignorance and misunderstanding. Prayer is much older than any religion, and can be explained in such a way that it will become clear what a real and powerful tool we have access to in Prayer — ALL of us.
If you don’t pray because you think it is a religious thing, you should think again. Prayer is thought; thought is prayer. It is our thoughts that create our lives; we just need to learn what that means and start using what we learn. The greatest minds of all-time have always said thing like, “As a man thinketh, so it is done unto him.”
Prayer works the same way for everyone — the only difference between one person and another is their understanding of how such things operate. As a child, I knew I was supposed to be talking to God, but I had no real concept of how to make my wishes heard.”
Pete Koerner in The Belief Formula
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Pete Koerner To Speak At FCCW In Jacksonville, FL — Thursday, September 17, 2009
Come visit the First Coast Christian Writers in Jacksonville, Florida Thursday, September 17, 2009 from 6:45pm — 8:00pm and hear Pete Koerner, author of The Belief Formula, speak about his book and inspired writing. In addition to The Belief Formula, Pete Koerner has written several e-books and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from Building Strong Relationships to Spirituality and Natural Healing. Pete and his wife, Jennifer, are peak mental performance specialists and consultants, and Pete will be sharing secrets of achieving high-performance mental states for enhanced creativity and accessing the ideal conditions for inspired writing. Pete will also discuss how he has connected with thousands of subscribers and readers in over 120-countries around the world — generating world-wide exposure for his books and articles.
First Coast Christian Writers meet from 6:45-8:45 PM every Thursday in room 513 at Christ’s Church, 6045 Greenland Rd in Jacksonville, FL, near the Avenues Mall at the intersection of I-95 and 9A South. We’re a chapter of American Christian Writers and the Florida Writers Association. Every meeting includes a speaker & writing critiques for any genre. Visitors 18 & older are always welcome.
For more information, contact:
Lorraine Haataia, PhD
Founder & President
www.FirstCoastChristianWriters.org
904-315-8962
First Coast Christian Writers
PO Box 600956, Jacksonville, FL 32260
Choose Your Thoughts — Choose Your Reality!
PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 28th, 2009 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“You can choose to occupy your mind with harmonious thoughts, and you can choose to believe in any reality you wish, but the one you believe in is the one you get. If you are not choosing thoughts that serve your highest good, you are not thinking right. You are not bad, you are simply experiencing less than your share of something you are entitled to, and that’s not the way it is meant to be; it’s just the way it is. You deserve so much more than that; you are entitled to so much more out of life than you can even imagine right now.”
~Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”
*Special thanks to Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified, for posting this excerpt from The Belief Formula on www.PonderCentral.com.
Prayer Works For Everyone: The Secret Is In Learning How To Think
It may seem like an odd thing to say; but prayer truly does work for everyone. This isn’t to say that everyone is using this innate faculty to their benefit, or to its fullest potential; but all thoughts truly do become manifest in one way or another – at some point in time. The secret to using prayer effectively in your own life lies in fully understanding the nature of prayer; and, to do that, you must consider the fact that all of us – good, bad, Christian, Jew, Muslim, etc – have access to prayer and it isn’t only the “good” people who are able to use their thoughts to create their futures.
When I speak of prayer, I’m speaking of the ability to silently – in your thoughts – issue forth imagery or concepts that you wish to experience in the future. We “transmit” these ideas to some version of a creative agency that was determined for us by our upbringing: If we are Christian, this agency is called, “God,” “Jesus,” or one of many Saints; if we are Muslim, we issue these requests to “Allah;” while other groups visualize, imagine, and otherwise name this same agency according to their own understanding, beliefs, upbringing, programming, etc. In other words, most people believe – in one way or another – that their thoughts have some bearing on their future.
Even those who aren’t religious, or oriented in any particularly religious way, are aware of the creative nature of their thoughts. Scientist are often limited by their own rigid belief systems that tell them what is and is not possible based on what they have read or been told before. Some scientist, however, have glimpsed the creative nature of thought; we call these people inventors, visionaries, and inventors among other things. These are the scientists who, rather than being blinded or limited by their thoughts, are driven and guided by their thoughts. They use their thoughts to ask questions and receive answers – and then to translate the answer into actions that shape their thoughts into a firm reality.
The world, in other words, isn’t divided into religious people and non-religious people so much as it is divided into those who understand their thoughts and beliefs and how to direct and use them – and those who do not. The vast majority of the world is driven by fears and superstitions and is far too busy thinking about what they should and shouldn’t do to concentrate their thoughts into a pure form that is truly productive and creative. The vast majority of “religious people” are more focused on what to think rather than how to think – placing importance in stories they were told as children rather than searching the stories for grains of true wisdom. Is it more important, for instance, to memorize a story about Jesus than it is to understand what He may have meant when He said, “As a man thinketh, so it is done to him…”?
Good people pray for things that happen and good people pray for things that don’t happen. Bad people are also thwarted in their thoughts and prayers; but some “bad” people are quite adept at formulating ideas that come to fruition. The world, in fact, has always been run by such people – people who do things considered morally and ethically wrong, but who are able to translate their thoughts and plans into physical reality as promised and taught by every holy text ever written in any religious tradition. You see, prayer works for everyone; you need only understand what prayer is and how to use your thoughts effectively. Your prayers, however, are always answered – even if you have little understanding and very sloppy habits and patterns of thinking. Your answers may simply be difficult to understand or recognize as the product of your scattered, fearful, or chaotic thinking. All thoughts produce something – no matter who is doing the thinking.
Secrets of Prayer: Making Prayer Work For You
If you’re like me, then there are things in life that you’d like to change. In fact, most people spend their lives trying to change things in one way or another. Throughout history, some people have intuited their ability to use their own thought processes to engage a creative agency and influence changes. Many of these same people have contemplated and perfected the use of their thoughts — though it is not the easiest thing for human beings to master. Though there are many names for this innate human ability, many people simply call it, “prayer.” And you can indeed use your thoughts to effectively create practically any change you truly desire — if you understand some things very few people ever think about.
One of the first things you need to understand is that prayer is not a “magic trick” to be used to conjure unlikely circumstances or unbelievable events. Prayer is a function of human thought that requires certain elements in order to be used effectively and reliably. There are many ways humans use their faculties of thought and belief; but most people do not use their thoughts and awareness in such a way as to create the changes they desire in their lives. Most people use their thoughts to create worry and stress and to sabotage themselves by dwelling on negativity rather than focusing on their goals and desires.
It is not my desire to convince you to trade your belief systems for mine; I am only encouraging you to look more deeply into the details of your own though processes — specifically those you have been calling, “prayer.” Most people grow into adults with the same basic beliefs they were GIVEN as children — with little thought ever given to the reality that, if they had been born in a different place, they would have been given different beliefs. Reality is not a function of geography or culture; only belief systems depend on where you were born or enculturated. If you were born to different parents, you would believe different things; but that doesn’t change the underlying nature of reality. The wise ones in every culture have always realized the limitations of the stories we tell to try and make sense of creation and reality. You can also transcend the limitations you were given as a child and consciously become more aware of the power of your own thoughts.
Every religion and culture has a basic understanding that, “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be,” as Buddha said, or, to quote the words of Jesus, “As a man thinketh, so it is done unto him.” Every society has had its wise men who have always reminded us that, “It’s the thought that counts,” and that “If you can believe it, you can achieve it.” Yet how much time do you spend contemplating the nature of your thoughts? If you’re like most people, you invest a great deal of time thinking about the problems in your life but very little time shaping your thoughts or considering their creative power. This tendency to focus on the negative is often attributed to our innate human nature; but creativity is also innate to humans. We need only spend time learning to consciously direct our thoughts, and actually doing it, if we wish to take more active control over the circumstances and events in our lives.
Consider what most people call, “prayer.” They close their eyes, bow their heads, and mentally dialogue with an unseen agency they hope will act on their thoughts in such a way as to form something new in their lives. Most people do this habitually at certain times of day, or ritualistically in certain circumstances or environments — such as church, etc. However, even people who pray quite regularly often spend much more time using their same mind and thought processes to ponder, contemplate, imagine, or otherwise dwell on negativity and things they don’t want in their lives. Has it ever occurred to you that a thought is a thought? Have you always believed that the creative agency you send your prayers to simply ignores the rest of your thoughts — discarding all messages originating from you except those you only occasionally give your attention to? What does your life tell you? Does the evidence you are surrounded by look more like your occasional prayers, or does it more closely resemble the thoughts you are constantly thinking? Be honest with yourself; I’ve already discovered the answer for myself.
If you want to make prayer work for you, all you need to do is learn to pay attention to yourself — your desires, your surroundings, your thoughts, and your tendencies. Learn to dwell on positive things; and learn to stay focused on the things you desire until you can truly feel a belief in those things growing within you. Things are done to you according to your beliefs; but you must truly believe in your dreams in order to make them become reality. Of course there may be other things you need to do — other actions you must take in order to realize your goals and dreams — but you must pay attention to your thoughts in order to hear your inner guidance; and you must pay attention to the world around you in order to see the answers to your prayers unfold for you. Prayer is thought we give special attention to. Why not learn to think more effectively and give special attention to the things you want?
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