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PRAYER
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"Meditation is the inexpressible longing of the inner man for the Infinite." H. P. Blavatsky
The Mental Body
(Arthur E. Powell)
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"Seek to know Brahman by 'tapas', by prayer, because Brahman is prayer." Taittiriya Upanishad
The Essential Mystics
(Andrew Harvey)
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"No one who has once really approached the Source will, by repeatedly taking refuge in it, go away unstrengthened."
An Outline of Occult Science
(Rudolf Steiner)
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"Oh Lord God,..teach the children of men the inner meaning of those things which You have visibly set forth before their eyes."
The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony
(Basil Valentine)
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“When we adore the God of harmony, we shall know the inner mystery of life.”
Lectures on Ancient Philosophy
(Manly P. Hall)
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"My tears know more than I know. That's why it's so important to listen to them, to pray with them."
A Tree Full of Angels
(Macrina Wiederkehr)
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"It is God who gives prayer to him who prays and who teaches man spiritual knowledge." St. Theodoros, the Great Ascetic, 'A Century of Spiritual Texts'
The Philokalia, volume 2
(various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)
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"Hildegard of Bingen teaches that prayer is essentially the inhaling and exhaling of the one breath of the universe."
The Coming of the Cosmic Christ
(Matthew Fox)
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"Think of the news as humanity's prayer list. How different the world would be if everyday's newspaper reports were met with prayers for healing from its readers! And that will happen, when the modern mind realizes the power of spirit. Prayer itself will emerge from the constricting limitations of religious doctrine, to become a spontaneous call of the soul to the higher power from whence we came."
Everyday Grace, Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles
(Marianne Williamson)
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"It is impossible to hate or wish ill towards a person for whom one is in deep prayer."
The Light of Love
(Patricia Devlin)
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"Prayer is converse with God, contemplation of the invisible,…a stimulus towards the divine, the assurance of things longed for, 'making real the things for which we hope' (Hebrews 11:1)." St. Theodoros the Great Ascetic, 'A Century of Spiritual Texts'
The Philokalia, volume 2
(various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)
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"Prayer is the fertile soil in which the insight into our true self in God takes root and grows. As our true awareness grows, as we see through the eyes of the Person we are, we see with a new vision. We see the Presence of God in all that is."
Merton's Palace of Nowhere
(James Finley)
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"The prayer of the heart is the source of all good, which refreshes the soul as if it were a garden." St. Gregory of Sinai
Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations
(Margaret Pepper, editor)
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"Will the Old Mother who guides the birds and animals, and teaches them to care for their young, and to build the simple nests and dens of their kind, will She remain silent to the need of the noblest of her creatures?"
Healing: The Divine Art
(Manly P. Hall)
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"Where people are praying for peace the cause of peace is being strengthened by their very act of prayer, for they are themselves becoming immersed in the spirit of peace." John Macquarrie, 'The Concept of Peace'
Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations
(Margaret Pepper, editor)
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"This morning, as I kindle the fire upon my hearth, I pray that the flame of God's love may burn in my heart and the hearts of all I meet today….And may I warm those that are lonely, whose hearts are cold and lifeless, so that they all may know the comfort of God's love." 'Carmina Gadelica' (Celtic prayers and writings)
Living Christianity
(Martin Palmer)
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"Prayer is a pure act of the will, seeking an integral understanding of and union with the Whole, the One." Gerald Heard (1889-197), English author and philosopher, 'A Preface to Prayer'
The Choice Is Always Ours
(Dorothy B. Phillips, Chief Editor)
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"Behold, I say to you, Ask firmly and you shall receive; seek trustingly and you shall find; knock earnestly, the door will open up." ch. 137, v. 14
Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ
(Leo W. Dowling)
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"Prayer is not only worship; it is also an invisible emanation of man's worshiping spirit – the most powerful form of energy that one can generate…..Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity." Alexis Carrell, Nobel Laureate, 'Homme c'est Inconnu'
Divine Light and Love
(Peter Roche deCoppens)
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"Call Them by what name you choose, the most cherished belief of humanity is that there exists in the world always and for ever a hidden Reality, Those Who have conquered death, Who possess illimitable powers to help, and Who can be reached by prayer and invocation."
The Externalization of the Hierarchy
(Alice A. Bailey)
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"The prayer itself is the essence of the Godhead." Rabbi Pinhas of Korez, 'Hasidism'
Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations
(Margaret Pepper, editor)
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"God made man to be his intimate friend; that is the message woven through the whole of Scripture. ALL are called to the intimacy of contemplative union with God."
Centering Prayer, Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form
(M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O.)
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"In prayer we journey forward to our origin."
Merton's Palace of Nowhere
(James Finley)
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"God doesn't just hear our prayers but prays them through us as well. There's a huge transformation when you forget your self and realize that your hands and eyes are God's. Once you're with, or the same as, God, you aren't praying for your own needs, because you have none." Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Spiritual Genius, The Mastery of Life's Meaning
(Winifred Gallagher)
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"Pray for all human hearts to be awakened as fast and as fully as possible to their source in the heart of light, the Father-Mother."
Son of Man, The Mystical Path to Christ
(Andrew Harvey)
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