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How many times have you said to yourself...
"This
is what I want to be!" ... "This is what I want to have!" NOW
YOU CAN GET IT! Just by following the easy, step-by-step Secret Prayer
Ritual,
as revealed by the Reverend Ponder in this amazing book!
"What kind of Prayer?" you ask. Is it Words?
Deeds? Belief? Or is it something more that makes Prayer work? It is
something
more! . . . It's the SECRET THAT MAKES PRAYER WORK! A Secret you'll
find on the
thrilling pages of this book!
Yes, you can gain the wealth which you
deserve. You
can have the greater strength and energy that you need and the greater
power to
be made well and whole again ... if you're willing to let the most
fascinating
Cosmic Force in all the world seek you out!
This book was first published in 1968 and has
been out of print for a number of years and is quite hard to find. This
special eBook edition contains the full text of the original book and
has 277 pages. This is a prosperity classic not to be missed!
Introduction
Prayer is receiving more consideration today than at
anytime during the past thousand years!
This Book Is
Dedicated to
My various prayer partners of the last twenty
years—a
Negro maid, an elderly matron, a childhood friend, a businessman, and
several
housewives—whose prayers helped me do all the things "they said
couldn't
be done":—
Become a minister, write successful books,
establish a
church, become an international lecturer, bring up my young son alone
when I
became widowed, and make a comeback from the sudden death of loved
ones.
Together, my prayer partners and I have found that the poet and prophet
was
right when he promised, "More things are wrought by prayer than this
world
dreams of."
What This Book Can
Do for You
A young man with a grave problem was asked by
his
minister, I "Have you prayed about it?" He answered, "Prayed?
This is no time to pray. It's time to do something!"
To pray is to do something—the most important
"some-thing" you can first do about any problem.
Why?
Because prayer is where the true action is! Prayer is the only
action you
can take that truly makes things different—from the inside out.
This is true because physical action releases
the
weakest form of energy, whereas mental and spiritual action releases
the highest
form of energy.
Prayer deals primarily with the states of
mind and
laws of mental activity that rule your world. Prayer changes your
mentality;
prayer first changes your thinking as it calms, uplifts and renews you.
This is
one of the purposes of prayer—to change your thinking, which in turn
changes
your world.
But prayer goes further. There is another
reason for
all the shouting about the "power of prayer."
Prayer releases the highest form of energy in
the
universe, as it links you with a God energy, which is your source. When this happens, prayer "turns you on!"
How?
When you pray, you stir into action an atomic force. You
release a
potent
spiritual vibration that can be released in no other way. Through
prayer you
unleash and loose a God energy within and around you that gets busy
working for
you and through you, producing right attitudes, reactions and results.
It is
your prayers that recognize and release that God power.
You may not feel the force of prayer because
it
operates at a higher vibration than that ordinarily felt by man. In
fact,
prayer releases an energy that is usually too fine to be recorded
physically.
Nevertheless, as you pray you expand mentally
and
spiritually so as to become big enough in consciousness to receive a
larger
flow of the divine energy generated through prayer. Prayer is not only
asking
and communing. Prayer is also receiving.
A skeptic once insisted that he did not
believe in the
power of prayer. When asked if he had ever prayed, he replied that he
had once.
His explanation was that on that occasion he was lost in a deep forest
and
could not find his way out. He had been there several days and was
beginning to
feel the pangs of starvation. He said that in his "weakness" he
prayed.
"Then God did answer your prayer, or
you
would not be here," exclaimed his acquaintance.
"No," replied the skeptic, "God did not
answer my prayer. A couple of hunters came along soon afterward and
showed me
the way out."
This man did not understand that his prayer
had been
answered, and that the hunters were the human agency through which
God's work
had been done. Nevertheless, through the act of prayer, he had for a
moment
recognized the God power within and around him, and had thereby
contacted and
released it to produce results for him. He had not only asked; he had
also
received.
ONE PRAYS WITH THE MIND
In recent times we've heard much about "the
power
of thought" as well as about "the power of prayer." These two
terms are linked. They are twin powers. The mind is the connecting link
between
God and man. Prayer is a method of thought that links God and man. One
prays
with the mind.
Some authorities claim that what it usually
takes a
person six hours to do could easily be accomplished in only one hour by
a
person who knew how to pray and meditate first!
A man who practices daily meditation recently
proved
it, as he often has. He had been given three writing assignments which
he was
expected to complete in a single day. At first, he was tempted to panic
just
thinking about the task before him—one that would take the average
journalist
several days at best to complete.
Then he quieted his mind, prayed and
meditated for an
entire hour. During this meditation time, ideas for all three writing
assignments quietly flowed into his conscious mind. He then proceeded
with the
tasks and completed them in a few hours without the usual "blood, sweat
and tears.
An engineer with grave responsibilities on a
large
project had only one method for solving his engineering problems. When
they
arose, he always retired to his private office and sat quietly behind
his desk,
meditating and praying for guidance. Always the answer came as the
right ideas
or the perfect solution cropped up.
One day one of his employees, a young "jet
set" engineer right out of college, asked the secret of this engineer's
phenomenal success. When informed, this young man replied
incredulously,
"You mean you just pray and meditate and the answer comes?"
The root meaning of the word "man" is
"one who looks up." Some psychologists claim that man uses only about
1/10th of 1 percent of his energies and powers, because he does not
live up to
the root meaning of his name: He does not look up, nor does he look
within,
often enough. It is sad to realize that perhaps all but 1/10th of 1
percent of
man's forces are wasted because they are expressed outwardly instead of
inwardly. But something can be done about it!
WHY PRAYER HAS MIRACLE POWER
Scientists tell us there are no miracles—only
the
working of higher laws not commonly understood. Actually there seems to
be one
set of natural laws for the physical world and another set for the
invisible
world of mind and spirit. The laws of mind and spirit are so much
stronger that
they can be used to accentuate, neutralize, or even reverse the laws of
the
physical world. Prayer is the one power in the world that seems to
set off
the working of those higher laws.
Prayer can get the job done—when nothing else has.
Why is prayer so powerful? Why can prayer
accentuate,
neutralize or even reverse the laws of the physical world?
Because through prayer, you tap the
operation of
higher laws of supreme mind and spirit. Through prayer you release a
spiritual
force which shatters fixed states of mind that have caused so much
havoc in
your world. Your imprisoned thoughts and pent-up negative emotions
go free
and dissolve, as a higher energy floods your being and your world.
Indeed, the energy and power released in
prayer
help you to "crash through" the negative thought strata that had
previously bound you to all kinds of problems. Thereafter, the
impossible
becomes possible. Your ships come in. So-called miracles occur. It is
then that
you realize that prayer did overcome the usual "laws of nature" and
did what they said couldn't be done!
If prayer were commonly understood and
practiced by
mankind universally, the dreaded things of this world—crime, disease,
poverty
and war—could become ancient history. You can begin helping to
eradicate these
universal ills, as well as a score of personal ones, as you begin
deliberately
developing your prayer powers described in this book.
PRAYER
MAKES YOU IRRESISTIBLE FOR RECEIVING RICHES
Perhaps you are thinking that prayer has not
yet made
your dreams come true or your "ships of gold" come in. That is
because the art and science of prayer are not accomplished in one giant
step
nor in one dramatic act. Prayer is a continuous practice which should
be
applied to the little as well as to the big things in your life.
Does this sound dull? Well, it isn't! If you
have
thought so, you do not know what you've missed.
Prayer can be supremely exciting. Once, when
I was
trying to get guidance about my teenage son's future, as I prayed Air
Force
planes flew overhead so low that they interrupted my prayer time. When
this
happened on two separate occasions in a row, I realized that apparently
was the
answer. Within a matter of weeks, my son had decided to delay attending
college
and had enlisted in the United States Air Force.
Prayer also has a sense of humor at times.
Once when I
was trying to get guidance about whether to accept a lecture invitation
in the
State of Indiana, a college band near my apartment suddenly started
playing,
"Back Home Again In Indiana" so loudly that it roused me from my prayer
period, and I took that as intuitive guidance to go to Indiana to
lecture. It proved
to be one of the most thrilling lecture experiences I have ever had.
Dr. Billy Graham once said, "The man who has
never discovered the power of prayer in a spiritual sense has never
really
lived." I believe it! You will too!
Once you get the workings of it, there is a
certain
indescribable fascination about prayer; an unforgettable, irresistible
quality,
an exuberating and exulting feeling that draws you back to it again and
again.
As you turn within to its power more and more, you discover you are
carrying
within your own being a portable para-disc which you can contact
anytime
anywhere, regardless of what is happening around you.
There is a quaint saying among the
Pennsylvania Dutch,
"The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get!" Prayer slows you down to
GET IT attraction. Prayer gets you in the mood to receive your good.
Prayer
gives you a taste of heaven, and it tastes good! (The word "heaven"
means "expansion" and the practice of prayer expands both you and
your good.) St. Francis of Assisi, who loved to pray in a cave,
described prayer
as "a heavenly sweetness."
Your soul gets twisted out of shape when you
battle
life, people, circumstances. Prayer takes away your spirit of fuss,
gives you a
gentleness of pace. One of the most obvious signs of the person who
prays is
the quiet way he is able to maintain his equilibrium in the grip of
circumstances, until those circumstances finally lose their grip on him!
One cynic has said there is nothing so
unattractive as
a prayer-less woman. I am even more cynical: There is nothing so
unattractive
as a prayer-less person, because his prayer-less-ness has demagnet-ized
him to
the blessings of life.
When you pray you quiet your mind, body,
emotions,
vibrations. Prayer gives you a sense of peace and tranquility that are
attracting powers. In one way or another, prayer first makes you more
attractive, and then gets busy attracting your good to you. Prayer
makes you
irresistible to your good! And, most certainly, to all the riches
of
confident living, including adequate financial supply.
NOTHING DULL ABOUT RIGHT PRAYER
A lot of dull things have been written about
prayer,
but you will not find any of them in this book!
If prayer has seemed a dull practice to you
in the
past—a practice that you regarded as fine for sweet ol' ladies and
innocent
children but one that just did not work for you—it was probably because
you
simply did not know how to pray. There's more to prayer than mumbling a
few
self-conscious words that you know never reach the ceiling!
In his book, Prayer Can Change Your Life,
Dr.
William R. Parker points out that among the people who participated in
his
prayer experiments at Redlands University, those who prayed at home on
their
own without benefit of psychological insight or spiritual instruction
got no results.
Their prayers brought absolutely no improvements, because they knew not
what
effective prayer demanded of them.
When you pray with your conscious mind only,
just a
fraction of your total mind prays, and you get only a fraction of the
results
due you through prayer.
The purpose of this book is to acquaint you
with all
the fascinating ways you can pray: through relaxation, denials,
affirmations,
concentration, meditation, the silence, realization, thanksgiving.
Regardless
of your life situation, you will find there is always a way you can
pray—to suit
your mood and circumstances—a method that gets the job done. There is
no better
way to secure all the riches of life you so earnestly desire.
After studying the favorable effects prayer
had on his
patients, world famous doctor and scientist Alexis Carrel, M.D.,
promised;
"If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very
noticeably
and profoundly altered." But you must be sincere in prayer. You should
pray the way you make love—with everything you've got! One plain spoken
theologian has described this method as "passionate praying." Truly,
as you study the laws of prayer hereinafter described, you will find
yourself
getting into the act—the act of prayer—more and more and getting
richer—more
and more—without tensions or fears.
Prayer will then turn on the action of God's
goodness
within and around you. As you persist in developing your various prayer
powers,
it will dawn on you that prayer is where the action is; that prayer has
"turned you on" and you will undoubtedly have the results to prove
it! But whether or not the sure-fire answers to prayer have come
through yet,
you will be convinced of its necessity in your life from the peace of
mind and
deep soul satisfaction you are experiencing—which, in turn, lead to
every outer
blessing, and I do mean richer blessings and more of them.
When this happens, you will no longer
complain,
"Why all the shouting about the richness and power of prayer?" You
will be one of the enriched "shouters"!
Book Contents
1. The Shocking Truth About
Prayer
How a businesswoman got out of a deep rut in
her life.
Nothing ever dull nor complex about dynamic prayer. Your universal God
power is
within your grasp, four indwelling God power. Why many people's prayers
go
unanswered. Pray first instead of last. A case of power of prayer in
finance.
The path to riches of instant good. Prayer is soul-stretching. No
frustrating
strain in prayer. When you think your prayers grow stale. The variety
of
prayer. Oriental and western prayer methods reversed.
2. What to Do
When Your Prayers Have Not Been Answered
How to "grow" into the answer to prayer.
Overcoming blocks to answered prayer. A healing for riches through
forgiveness.
The secret of dissolving negatives within you. How to channel yourself
for
answered prayer. How to deny all that saps your prayer vitality.
Answered
prayer will not be rushed. Why one must clean up one's life for
answered
prayer. Persistence in prayer always brings results. How to meet one
day at a
time prayerfully. Prayer has many fringe benefits for you. Proved
techniques
for answered prayer.
3. The
Constructive Prayer of Relaxation
To relay is to loosen, release yourself from
a
situation. How to tune in to a universal cosmic current. Pray in the
body.
First step in prayer of relaxation. How to relax your emotions. A
professional
woman healed through relaxation. Second step in the prayer of
relaxation. Holy
breath—what it means. Third step in the prayer of relaxation. Last
points on
prayer of relaxation.
4. The Prayer
of Cleansing to Receive Riches
The "lesson" of evil. How to invoke the
power of the prayer of cleansing. A young executive's experience with
cleansing
prayer. The cross a symbol of healing. Complete release: the second
prayer of
cleansing. Prayer of release brings marriage. The prayer of release
includes
confession. Getting release from others. Complete forgiveness: The
third prayer
of cleansing. How forgiveness heals, prospers, harmonizes. Vacuum: The
fourth
prayer of cleansing. How fasting is a form of cleansing prayer.
Cleansing: A
constant and self-renewing process.
5. The Prayer
of Complete Protection
How to be protected from robbery. Prayers of
protection for health. How your protective prayers reach others. How
crops and
weather conditions are protected through prayer. How protection prayers
put out
fire. Prayer protection in war. your angel prayer protectors. Angels of
prosperity and healing.
6. The
Powerful Prayer of Decree
How affirmations produced a book. Prayer
begins with
words. Results of prayerful affirmation. Why verbal prayer is always a
necessity. Verbal prayer has psychological value. Verbal prayer brings
quick
financial help. Most powerful types of affirmation. First: The prayer
of
talking directly to God. Second: The prayer of asking. Third: The
prayer of
asking for direct guidance. Fourth: The decree of divine intelligence.
Fifth:
The decree of divine love. Sixth; The decree that God's will is being
done.
Seventh: Decrees of the divine plan. Eighth: The decree of divine
order. Ninth;
The decree of blessing. Tenth: The prayer of faith. Eleventh: The
prayer of
divine restoration. Write out your decrees.
7. The Prayer
for Miracles
Psychologists know about miracle
consciousness.
Ancients knew how to activate spiritual consciousness. How to activate
your
miracle consciousness. The Christ mind. The power of the phrase
"Jesus Christ." Call on the name Jesus Christ. Write out Jesus Christ
prayers. Picture Jesus Christ. Behold the Christ in others. How to
behold the
Christ in yourself. How inviting the Christ within heals one. How to
invoke the
peace of Jesus Christ. How to affirm the finished works of Jesus
Christ. Ways
to invite the universal Christ presence. How a sophisticated woman was
healed.
How to be blessed with the forgiving power of Jesus
Christ.
The miraculous word power of Christ Jesus. The white
miracle
light of tlie Christ. How to invoke Christ consciousness through words
of
Jesus. How to release your miracle energy power.
8. The Prayer
of Concentration and Meditation
The history of concentration. The incredible
power of
concen-tration. A housewife's experience. The necessity of
concentration in
prayer development. How to induce concentration through
list-making. Your
first list. How a businessman made a special list. Your list of
choice—the
second list. A healer's secret formula of success. Top executives prove
value
of list-making to themselves. Your third list. How to induce
concentration
through imaging. The grand results of modern prayer wheels. How a
business woman
worked out a happier life. My own experience in completing
an
assignment. How a prayer wheel served a college
professor. How a tenement family "graduated" from their tenement.
Imaging creates and concentration hastens desires into manifestation.
Induce
concentration through decree. Prayers as "mantrams of power." Too old
to get a job? True cases of "rags to riches." Intluce concentration
through secrecy. How a woman healed herself through concentration. How
to
induce inner concentration and meditation. How concentration leads into
meditation. How to develop your concentration and meditation powers.
How to
concentrate regarding troublesome people. The art of concentration
develops
slowly.
9. The Might
of the Prayer of Silence
Why the lack of silence is abnormal. What
happens in
the prayerful silence. How one little boy grew up to "sit in the
silence." How to be spiritually ready for the silence. All the truly
great
people practice the prayerful silence. Silence is in every element of
dynamic
nature. The healing power of the silence. How silence healed in a
hospital.
Informal methods of practicing the silence. How a man in advertising
business
reaped rewards of silence. How the practice of the silence can bring
more
friends. The triumph that only silence can bring. The infinitely
prospering
power of the silence. How to know when to rest your case! How to
formally
practice the silence. The fruits of the silence.
10. The
Prayer for Realization That Gets Results
How a complex human relations problem was
cleared up.
How to identify with the prayer of realization. Healing of breast
accomp-lished
through realization in prayer. Spiritual prediction for this century
coming
true. Holy telepathy: How to get true realization through prayer. How
to ask
for inner assurance of answered prayer. How to receive guidance by
dwelling on
subject. How to affirm guidance most effectively. Your inner sensing
and
feeling is the secret of effective prayer. Many prayer methods can
bring
realization. How the author attained realization in prayer of
concentration and
meditation. Realization through group partici-pation. How prayer was
tested in
scientific experiments. Some examples of how realization was received
through
prayer telepathy. After realization, then what?
Epilogue—After
Prayer, Then What?
How to
prepare rather than despair. Get ready for
surprises. After prayer comes the never-failing light.
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