Perhaps
the fastest way to get prayers to work for you, is to
recite the prayers of Great souls.
This
is in a sense the purpose of 'The House of God Prayers', which showcases
for you a selection of the great prayers from all around the world.
We like to call them 'Prayers in Eternity', for
they are timeless and universal expressions of the highest within
the human soul.
So
how does 'prayer recital' then work?
In
the book, "Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order",
Steven Strogatz looked at the extraordinary occurrences of 'instant
synchronicity' that can arise within huge systems.
Within
the book, he mentions many wondrous examples of synchrony in the natural
world all around us. For example, some of the first explorers that
traveled the tidal rivers of Malaysia in the 1500s, they would report
spectacular displays where thousands of fireflies congregate and
flash in unison. When reports were sent back to Europe, most
would not believe that simple insects like fireflies could possibly
organize this. But that's exactly what happens.
Synchronicity
is all around us and within us. It is present within
our heart, which is just a collective of cells that all beat to a
synchronized rhythm. It is present within our brain cells, which
fire off in synchronicity to create our perception. It is present
in every aspect of our biology and the way that the cells organize
themselves.
It's
the same mysterious power that regulates our body clocks to synchronize
with night and day and even with one another. For example,
it is well known that a group of women that spend time with each
other, will tend to synchronize their menstrual cycles.
Synchronicity
is present even in non-living matter, from the synchronicity of atomic
particles, to the moon spinning in perfect resonance with its orbit
around the earth… Or as Christian Huygens had accidentally discovered
in 1665, - when placing a number of pendulum clocks on a wall where
they could sense each other's vibrations, in time they will remarkably
adjust themselves, so they all swing in unison!
So
if a mechanical instrument like a clock can synchronize itself
to the movement of other clocks, - how much more can the human
mind synchronize itself upon God, when regulated to prayers
and thoughts of the greatest souls?
Every
time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling
and new meaning in it which will give you fresh courage, and you
will understand that prayer is an education.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Prayer
puts God in full force into God's work. God has ordained prayer
as a means whereby he will do things through men as they pray, which
he would not otherwise do. The driving power, the conquering force
in God's cause is God himself.
E.M. Bounds
Reciting
the prayers of the great souls create a continuous immersion
into the language of heaven, - so we synchronize or resonate
to holy ideas, ideals and intentions.
Most
people devote their life and energy at learning the languages of sport
and all its rules, the languages of business and its jargon, the languages
of nations and all types of trivia… and bypass the greatest
language of all, – the language of the Spirit.
In
fact, we're excellent in speaking the opposite:
- We're
excellent at speaking in non-loving ways, - whether expressed
as the 'background hum' of annoyance and irritation… to
forceful hate speeches.
-
We're excellent at speaking in non-truthful ways, whether through
coercion and manipulation… or pretences and superficialities.
We have tons of models for that.
-
We're excellent in not noticing the beautiful, in criticizing,
in consistently seeing faults, in expressing ugliness and pollution.
- We're
excellent at speaking helplessness, in expressing blame and acting
as if we're victims in the world we have co-created.
Is
it any wonder that the world and our personalities are reflecting
our thoughts?
The
Psalms state that, "as we think, so shall we be".
If we looked at our topics of conversation, what we talk to ourselves
about, and how much time and space we give to the important values,
thinking of our purpose, our actions, our intentions, how to help
others, - we would be very surprised at the imbalance.
Use
the Prayers in Eternity to rebalance and return your thinking upon
the important values. By immersion into the language
of life, - you renew your mind, body and spirit. As such, these are
tools for miracles and for releasing your creative power.