“Some people think God should in some way come to you and assist you, should answer your prayers. Why? It exists in perfect ecstasy beyond the dualistic consciousness. It's totally oblivious to you. It has no interest in your life or your death - it doesn't matter.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldMatterGodInterestPrayerAnswersPerfectConsciousnessEcstasyOur PrayersOblivious Author:Frederick Lenz
“In memorizing the prayer, it may be helpful to remind yourself that you are not addressing some extraterrestrial being outside you. The kingdom of heaven is within us, and the Lord is enshrined in the depths of our own consciousness. In this prayer we are calling deep into ourselves, appealing to the spark of the divine that is our real nature.” MayRealHeavenPrayerConsciousnessLordDivineCallingDepthKingdomsHelpfulSparksKingdom Of HeavenExtraterrestrialMemorizing Book:The Undiscovered Country: Exploring the Promise of Death Source: The Undiscovered Country: Exploring the Promise of Death
“It is the prayer of my innermost being to realize my supreme identity in the liberated play of consciousness, the Vast Expanse. Now is the moment, Here is the place of Liberation.” PlayMomentsRealizingPrayerConsciousnessIdentityPrayingSupremeLiberationLiberatedExpanse Book:Art Psalms Source: Art Psalms
“An essential virtue is humility. ... The principle of humility and prayer leads one to feel a need of divine guidance. Self-reliance is a virtue, but with it should go a consciousness of the need of superior help-a consciousness that as you walk firmly in the pathway of duty, there is a possibility of your making a misstep; and with that consciousness is a prayer, a pleading that God will inspire you to avoid that false step” NeedsFeelsShouldSelfHelpingPrayerWalksConsciousnessStepsPrinciplesVirtuePossibilityHumilityInspireDivineDutyEssentialsGods WillSuperiorsGuidanceSelf RelianceReliancePathwaysPleadingDivine Guidance Author:David O. McKay
“There's no law that says that you cannot be a spiritual person and a sexual person. In fact, if you have the right consciousness, sex is like a prayer. It can be a divine experience. So why do they have to be disassociated with one another?” IfsPersonsFactsSpiritualLawSexPrayerConsciousnessDivine Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I've studied Kabbalah, as you know, for many years, so there are a lot of things I do that one would associate with practising Judaism. I hear the Torah every Saturday. I observe Shabbat. I say certain prayers. My son was bar mitzvahed. So this appears like I'm Jewish, but these rituals are connected to what I describe as the Tree of Life consciousness and have more to do with the idea of being an Israelite, not Jewish.” KnowsYearsIdeasCertainPrayerConsciousnessTreeSonConnectedBarsMy SonRitualSaturdayAssociatesJudaismTree Of LifeTorahKabbalahBar Mitzvah Author:Madonna Ciccone
“IN THE BEGINNING I undertook my walking not only to contact people, I undertook it as a prayer discipline to keep me concentrated on my prayer for peace... After the first few years the prayer discipline was completely unnecessary, because I had learned to pray without ceasing. I made the contact so thoroughly that into my prayer consciousness I put any condition or person in the world I am concerned about and the rest takes place automatically.” PeopleWorldYearsFirstsPersonsMadePrayerConsciousnessConditionsPrayingDisciplineWalkingConcernedContactUnnecessary Author:Peace Pilgrim
“I think maintenance comes from a daily spiritual growth practice of some kind: prayer, meditation, affirmations. Something that keeps you in the consciousness of higher thoughts and energy. That's also how you make sure you don't do it again.” ThinkingKindSpiritualEnergyGrowthPrayerConsciousnessPracticeMeditationHigherSpiritual GrowthAffirmationMaintenanceDaily Spiritual Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“It's about your heart and about your consciousness. It's not about length of time you pray. Some of the most powerful prayers I've ever heard come from children, who can barely speak.” HeartChildrenSpeakPrayerPowerfulConsciousnessHeardPrayingLengthMost PowerfulPowerful Prayer Author:Iyanla Vanzant