Prayer is an art
The dictionary defines Art as follows:
“The quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.”
And Prayer as “a devout petition to God or an object of worship.”
Prayer is hearty and sincere “asking” of a benefit from one that we consider to have more power, the one “giving” is more powerful than the one doing the asking. If we do not know WHOM is doing both then prayer becomes an exercise in failure and powerleness, since we don’t know nor understand how prayer works then doubt and fear precludes us from practicing and experiencing the most important part of this art called Prayer : The Sabbath.
The Sabbath is a mental state of absolute assurance that our prayer has been answered, it is the state of mind that precedes the unfolding of events in the physical realm, it’s when all petition ceases, we have received and say with the conviction of having risen to the Christ Mind level of consciousness: “Father I thank you for you have heard me and you hear me always”. Some say to experience this level of consciousness is the goal of prayer, not the manifestation itself, if we have the assurance that our desire has been realized we are not at all concerned when it will show up in the world, we know that it is here and we had experienced its reality in our Imagination. I sort of agree but personally the complete experience is of great importance, including the physical manifestation, since it is a test that proves that Imagination is God (One and Only reality, The Source, The Creator) and that my I Amness is the operative power. It proves that the Father (Source) and I are ONE, by proving my power to create I less and less identify with being this human personality that has a name, memories, opinions, weakness, holds grudges, and fears the unknown. I can observe and detach from him or her, his or her thoughts, ideas and judgments, knowing that they are not me, no more than the actor playing Hamlet on stage IS Hamlet.
Where do we start?
We tell the story, just once to get it out of the way, the first thing we do is stop calling it “our” story, let’s make it a description of a situation, let’s tell it as if we were describing a movie we just saw or a very dramatic plot of a book we just read. Let’s detach from the events as much as we can, let’s remember that one of our goals is to learn in this process, who is the I in I am, who Am I really? What is Imagination? Or should we say WHO Imagination is? Is Imagination a BEING or just essence? And how are we the operative power of Imagination (God).
We cannot do this if we keep identifying ourselves with our human personality, “of my human self I can do nothing, is the Father in Me that does the work” To know The Father is what we want, to know the truth of saying “The Father and I are ONE” with conviction and understanding.
We cannot do this from a human perspective.
Who are I am ? How do I find the answer to this question?
What does Neville have to say about this ?
“Put this teaching to the test” “Test an see” One way to find out if we are indeed ALL Imagination is by living a la life of prayer, making the Art Of Prayer , putting Neville’s techniques to the test daily.
