Can Prayer Have a Real Effect? Q&A with David Hoffmeister ACIM
Question: I feel so desperate, I don't even know how to pray anymore. I don't know what is “appropriate” to ask for, or if I should even ask. Any insight on this is highly appreciated.
David Hoffmeister ACIM: You can relax because prayer is not something you have to know "how" to do. As long as you believe in the ego, in lack, in multiplicity, your prayers will be those of need. Once you have questioned the ego so completely that you have allowed it to be undone by the Holy Spirit, then you can truly pray: Father what is your Will for me? And this prayer is Answered forever in the remembrance of Christ and God.
The Holy Spirit knows the prayer of your heart, and your prayer IS your desire. As you sow so shall you reap. Prayer is continuous and prayer is always Answered, although in distorted perception this does not always appear to be the case. Split desire seems to result in a split mind which attempts to serve two masters and thus perceives conflicting witnesses.
Your deepest desire is to learn to forgive completely and to remember our Union with God. Because this IS your prayer, everything which seems to stand in the way or obstruct this forgiveness and Union with God is being raised into awareness and exposed, so that it may be released. https://youtu.be/v_fyiwTsWBo
The world perceived through the ego's lens is split and backwards. It is split because the ego (which made it) is the belief that cause and effect can be split apart and different from each other. It is backwards because in the sleeping condition of self-deception, cause and effect appear to be reversed. It seems in distorted perception that there are real causes "in the world" and that the mind (which is actually causative) is at the mercy of unreal effects (the images of the world). Examples of this reversal are the thoughts "you make me angry," or "you hurt my feelings." Nothing perceived through this darkened glass is reliable, for the five senses report only fragmentation and separation.
David Hoffmeister is an expert teacher of A Course in Miracles who has been invited to over 40 countries to share the message of Love, Peace, and Oneness. Find free ACIM Audios at http://a-course-in-miracles.org and A Course in Miracles book free online at http://acim.biz/a-course-in-miracles-book-acim
David Hoffmeister ACIM: You can relax because prayer is not something you have to know "how" to do. As long as you believe in the ego, in lack, in multiplicity, your prayers will be those of need. Once you have questioned the ego so completely that you have allowed it to be undone by the Holy Spirit, then you can truly pray: Father what is your Will for me? And this prayer is Answered forever in the remembrance of Christ and God.
The Holy Spirit knows the prayer of your heart, and your prayer IS your desire. As you sow so shall you reap. Prayer is continuous and prayer is always Answered, although in distorted perception this does not always appear to be the case. Split desire seems to result in a split mind which attempts to serve two masters and thus perceives conflicting witnesses.
Your deepest desire is to learn to forgive completely and to remember our Union with God. Because this IS your prayer, everything which seems to stand in the way or obstruct this forgiveness and Union with God is being raised into awareness and exposed, so that it may be released. https://youtu.be/v_fyiwTsWBo
The world perceived through the ego's lens is split and backwards. It is split because the ego (which made it) is the belief that cause and effect can be split apart and different from each other. It is backwards because in the sleeping condition of self-deception, cause and effect appear to be reversed. It seems in distorted perception that there are real causes "in the world" and that the mind (which is actually causative) is at the mercy of unreal effects (the images of the world). Examples of this reversal are the thoughts "you make me angry," or "you hurt my feelings." Nothing perceived through this darkened glass is reliable, for the five senses report only fragmentation and separation.
David Hoffmeister is an expert teacher of A Course in Miracles who has been invited to over 40 countries to share the message of Love, Peace, and Oneness. Find free ACIM Audios at http://a-course-in-miracles.org and A Course in Miracles book free online at http://acim.biz/a-course-in-miracles-book-acim