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Prayer is a form of direct communication with the Divine. There are many different prayer practices across many faith backgrounds, whether performed as a group or individually, whether out loud or alone, whether with song or music or in silence. Prayer is often viewed as a conversation with God or a divine presence, a way of deepening a spiritual relationship. St. Teresa of Avila, the sixteenth-century mystic, called prayer an “intimate friendship.” Others have called prayer a call or cry, an asking, or simply a communion. How we interpret the purpose or process of prayer depends a great deal on how we perceive the presence we are trying to connect with, and there are many philosophies from many different traditions on how to deepen, intensify, or improve our practice of prayer.

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Listening in with . . . Bruce Lipton: From Chaos to Community

The impact of our subconscious programming, and how to overcome it.

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What Is Prayer? Everything You Think, See, and Do Is a Prayer

Prayer is the most important part of the human experience. It is the most important part of our daily activities. The reason it is the most important part of our experience and our activities is because it is the process by which we create our lives.

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Counting Our Blessings: Why We Say Grace

No matter how you say it, grace can transform an ordinary meal into a celebration—of family, love, and gratitude.

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Spirituality, Healing and Science

There are striking parallels between the current rejection of distant healing phenomena and the earlier refusal of scientists to accept the phenomenon of meteorites.

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Merton as Writer: Echoing Silence

And he said, when you’re really encountering God, God is not a thing. God is more like nothing. So when you enter into the depth of prayer, it’s like encountering nothingness.” - Paul Quenon

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4 Prayers for Your Roughest Times

A prayer to release it: Blessed and Divine Holy Spirit, today, in this moment, I ask to be freed...

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Be Direct: Ask for What You Want

Feel guilty about praying for favors, especially mundane ones like a new job? Don't.

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The Woman in the Fifth Car Back

....what other proof do you need that prayer has an effect and that another dimension exists beyond what our senses can perceive? - Caroline Myss

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Anthony de Mello: On Fire

In this article for Thinking Faith, Karen Eliasen thinks about why de Mello could have been well-described as a ‘contemplative in action’.

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Spirituality and Prayer

Spirituality and prayer: What’s the precise connection? “When asked if I pray, I used to say ‘no.’ ... Now when such a question is posed, I ask what the questioner means by prayer before I answer.”

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