Monthly Archives: November 2006
Prayer, does it work?
Does prayer work? The answer appears to be yes and no. As your feedback comes in I will post a more complete account of our results. To wrap things up in an “orderly” way, I will also post a “recommended reading” list, favorite prayer links, and favorite prayers and affirmations.
It is my intention to make this same project accessible to other people, should they want to try it for themselves, through a link here on the Prosperity Project blog, and also with a link and explanation on the Prayer Request Hot Line page.
As I work on the Prayer Request Hot Line, I will be using our comments about various prayer sites. So, if you would prefer that I not use your comments, or if you prefer that I change your name when posting a comment you may have made about a specific prayer line, please let me know.
Wrapping things up
One more day and this project will be complete. So it’s time to sum up the “Prayers for Prosperity” experience.
- Were your goals met?
- What did you learn?
- What basic changes occured within yourself?
- Do you have a favorite prayer line? A favorite prayer?
- If you had it to do over, what would you do differently?
- Are there any books you would recommend?
Blessings to you all.
Asleep on the job
So this is me this morning, only cuter!
Wind Fall
Now this is my idea of “fall”. I love this image, it makes for a great visualization doesn’t it?
We will be finishing up in a few days, and it’s time to begin to think about what we have gained, what we have learned, the surprises, the happy accidents, the disappointments, the journey.
“Too much a good thing can be wonderful.”
-Mae West
Here’s A Concept
I picked up “The Art of Spiritual Healing” by Joel Goldsmith this morning, and the book flipped open to the chapter on “A New Concept of Supply”. Here are a few selected quotes to give us all something to think about.
“… All the supply that exists in heaven or on earth exists within you at this moment, and, therefore, all attempts to demonstrate supply must result in failure. There is no supply outside of your being. If you want to enjoy the abundance of supply, you must open out a way for that supply to escape.”
“Supply is not getting, supply is giving. The bread that you cast upon the water is the bread that comes back to you. It is not your neighbor’s bread; it is your own bread; and if you do not cast it upon the water, there will be no bread to come back to you. All the bread on the water is earmarked for return to the person who has sent it forth.”
“Because of the infinite nature of your being, you cannot add health to yourself or wealth or opportunity or companionship: All you can do is to recognize that you embody all that God is and has. You must not try to get; you must not try to have; you must not try to draw to you: You must learn how to let Infinity flow out from you.”
“Everything that appears is made out of the substance of the Invisible, and it is infinite. For example, there is no way to increase your supply of crops, money,land, or of anything else by what the world calls prayer. There is no miracle of prayer that produces rabbits out of hats. Nobody can do that unless the rabbits were there in the first place. There is no such thing as increase or decrease: There is only Infinity expressing Itself. If you are not the recipient of the bounty of Infinity, it is not because Infinity is absent: It is because of your lack of awareness of Infinity.”
“Watch the miracle that takes place in your life as you learn to relax in the realization that the infinite nature of God makes God the only Is …”
I wish I could transcribe the whole thing, but it is way too long. It certainly gave me something to contemplate this morning.. What do you guys think? What are your thoughts, feelings, insights, long philosophical ramblings?
Morning Coffee
She drank her morning coffee, and wondered why she was so tired.
(from the Middle of the Night Art Series by Shirley Gibson)
Feedback
Hi guys,
I am working on “The Prayer Request Hotline” which will be a definitive list of places to call and/or email for prayer. I would like to include comments about the sites listed. Is it OK if I use comments that have been posted here? Or would you prefer to go to that blog, and comment yourselves on the sites that you have visited? The reason I want to post comments is because my experience has been that it’s really scary to call a prayer line for the first time. And I think it would be really helpful to read feedback..
And here’s another question: In the future, there may be people who want to try the 30 day prayers for prosperity project themselves, and it occurred to me that it might be useful to provide a list of books on that subject. We originally started with Unity prayers, so I think that a Unity book on prayer would be good to list, also we talked a lot about Science of Mind, and just recently I mentioned The Autobiography of a Yogi. If you guys feel like it, how about posting on your favorite books about prayer or prosperity. Melissa mentioned several in her post a couple of days ago.. so just make sure you post the title and the author.
We are coming towards the end of our 30 days. Monday, Nov 13 will the final day of this part of the project. WOW. Let’s start thinking of how this has changed our lives, what goals have been met, what goals remain to be met, and any other thoughts on the prayers for prosperity process.
I also thought that since the name of this post is “feedback” it might be a good idea to include a picture of food.
This awesome painting is by Owen Ford.
Self Realization
Have any of you read the book, “The Autobiography of a Yogi”? If you haven’t, it is well worth reading. And if you have, I have a nice little treat this morning because I discovered that the “Self Realization Society” accepts prayer requests.
Monks and nuns of the Self-Realization Fellowship Prayer Council pray daily for all those who request prayers and for world peace. They are joined by SRF members and friends around the globe who are part of our Worldwide Prayer Circle Each morning and evening the SRF Prayer Council deeply prays for the physical, mental, and spiritual healing of all those whose names have been given to us. All prayer requests are confidential and will remain with our Prayer Council for a period of 3 months.
Here is the link:
I also found a page of quotes about goals:
And a nice affirmation:
Day Twenty-Two: Sunday Morning Cartoon
I think that about sums it up for me today.
How about you guys?
Questions
Here is a short list of questions I found in a book about Jewish Meditation. I am looking for my answers. What are yours?
- What do I ultimately want out of life?
- What gives my life meaning?
- What is the meaning of life in general?
- If I had my life to live over, what would I do with it?
- What ideals, if any, would I be willing to die for?
- What would bring me more happiness than anything else in the world?
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Liana: A Prosperity Prayer
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Claudette Losier: Why Does It Work?
me: Make Your Own Violet Fire
Abdulrahman: Money Chant – Very Fast
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