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This was written by a Religious Science Minister, Rev. Richard Imprescia.
I am sure he would be delighted for me to share it with you all.
BASICS
Effective, affirmative prayer is the process of conveying your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs to a place of inner conviction and acceptance of whatever the good is you desire to experience.
Three basic ideas help ensure th effectiveness of your prayer:
1. You are surrounded by a Creative Medium that permeates everything and responds to your thought. This surroundment is an aspect of God, which we call Universal Law or Universal Mind.
2. Because you are made in the Image and Likeness of God, your individual mind is part of the God Mind. Your thinking in this sea of Mind determines the kind of response you get from It.
3. You can change your experience of life by changing your thinking. The sum total of your thoughts, feelings and beliefs create a mental field that attracts to you or repels from you according to the form of that field. The choice is yours to make.
It is important to remember that through prayer we do not makes something so that it is not. The prayer must be consistent with the natural order. It is also important to realize that we don't always know the extent of the natural order and, therefore, our perception of it may actually be a limitation. This is why it is important ot push the mental boundaries to the extent we can accept and constantly seek Divine guidance to take us further.
STAGES
An effective, affirmative prayer may be thought of as having three, integrated parts or stages, as follows:
First Stage:
Find a comfortable place free from distractions and relax. Take a few deep breaths and further relax. Now, remind yourself that God is the One Thing that does all things and is all things. Know that God is All in All; God is Spirit and Spirit is All There Is. Affirm that you are one with God; that Spirit made you in Its Image and Likeness. Therefore, you are one with All There Is, and have available to you everything necessary to fulfill your desires, wants and needs. Rest in this awareness until you are comfortable with a sense of this truth.
Second Stage:
Now, get clear on what it is for which you are praying. State it, write it down, visualize what it would look and feel like to have accomplished it, and create a scene in your mind that implies the fulfillment of your desire. Rest in this awareness for a while to have the full sense of the feeling that would accompany the demonstration of your word.
Third Stage:
This is the place where you accept your demonstration. State your acceptance of the good that is coming to you, knowing it is already accomplished in the Mind of God. Totally let go of any need to define how your prayer is to manifest. Feel secure that in turning it over to God the means of manifestation will be provided, and whatever you need to do in the process will be revealed to you. Finally, give thanks and relax in th silence absorbing the wonderful feeling of fulfillment.
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