Prayer Works For Everyone: The Secret Is In Learning How To Think

Posted on August 3, 2009 
Filed Under Effective Thinking, Prayer & Meditation, The Belief Formula

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.

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