Post by dee on Jun 23, 2006 0:44:34 GMT -5
*as previously posted on ASF and MS*
I've been saying this for ages, and now Neale Donald Walsh comes along and says it PERFECTLY, as God, for you.
Neale Donald Walsh asking God a question:
Does that mean I cannot ask for anything I want? Are you saying that praying for something actually pushes it away from us?
God replies:
This is a question which has been asked through the Ages - and has been answered whenever it has been asked. Yet you have not heard the answer, or will not believe it.
The question is answered again, in today's terms, and today's language, thusly:
You will not have that for which you ask, nor can you have anything you want. This is because your very request is a statement of lack, and your saying you want a thing only works to produce that precise experience - wanting - in your reality.
The correct prayer is therefore never a prayer of supplication, but a prayer of gratitude.
When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you in effect acknowledge that it is there... in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God; an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. There fore never supplicate. Appreciate.
But what if I am grateful to God in advance for something, and it never shows up? That could lead to disillusionment and bitterness.
Gratitude cannot be used as a tool with which to maniuplate God; a device with which to foool the universe. You cannot lie to yourself. Your mind knows the truth of your thoughts. If you are saying "Thank you, God, for such and such," all the while being very clear that it isn't there in your present reality, you can't expect God to be less clear than you, and so produce it for you.
God knows what you know, and what you know is what appears as your reality.
But how then can I be truly grateful for something I know is not there?
Faith.
If you have but the faith of a mustard seed, you shall move mountains. you come to know it is there because I said it is there; because I said that, even before you ask, I shall have answered; because I said, and have said to you in every conceivable way, through every teacher you can name, that whatsoever you shall choose, choosing it in My Name, so shall it be.
If you are interested in more of what God has to say about this and many other fascinating topics, please pick up a copy of Conversations with God, by Neale Donald Walsh.
This was taken from pages 11-12.
I've been saying this for ages, and now Neale Donald Walsh comes along and says it PERFECTLY, as God, for you.
Neale Donald Walsh asking God a question:
Does that mean I cannot ask for anything I want? Are you saying that praying for something actually pushes it away from us?
God replies:
This is a question which has been asked through the Ages - and has been answered whenever it has been asked. Yet you have not heard the answer, or will not believe it.
The question is answered again, in today's terms, and today's language, thusly:
You will not have that for which you ask, nor can you have anything you want. This is because your very request is a statement of lack, and your saying you want a thing only works to produce that precise experience - wanting - in your reality.
The correct prayer is therefore never a prayer of supplication, but a prayer of gratitude.
When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you in effect acknowledge that it is there... in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God; an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. There fore never supplicate. Appreciate.
But what if I am grateful to God in advance for something, and it never shows up? That could lead to disillusionment and bitterness.
Gratitude cannot be used as a tool with which to maniuplate God; a device with which to foool the universe. You cannot lie to yourself. Your mind knows the truth of your thoughts. If you are saying "Thank you, God, for such and such," all the while being very clear that it isn't there in your present reality, you can't expect God to be less clear than you, and so produce it for you.
God knows what you know, and what you know is what appears as your reality.
But how then can I be truly grateful for something I know is not there?
Faith.
If you have but the faith of a mustard seed, you shall move mountains. you come to know it is there because I said it is there; because I said that, even before you ask, I shall have answered; because I said, and have said to you in every conceivable way, through every teacher you can name, that whatsoever you shall choose, choosing it in My Name, so shall it be.
If you are interested in more of what God has to say about this and many other fascinating topics, please pick up a copy of Conversations with God, by Neale Donald Walsh.
This was taken from pages 11-12.
