As stated in the 1st reference, "When one realizes that the whole problem of manifest results is more a matter of opening up the consciousness to see or include something which already exists in Fact, instead of trying to bring something that is not out into manifest form, then the matter will be much simpler."
Your prayer is the seed. God is in Whom we live, move, and have our being. The prayer seed that you plant grows into the "experience of your prayer answered" because you have planted it in the only place that KNOWS HOW TO grow your request "seed" INTO experience.....God withn YOU.
You don't need to have faith in the seed, or the soil, or in GOD. The soil, the seed, and God ALREADY KNOW WHAT TO DO, automatically, and with no further assistance from you whatsoever, exactly how to turn a seed or a "seed prayer" into a perfect representative of its kind.
The ground doesn't need your faith to grow plants, does it?
.....neither does the Creator, Who is....."The Ground of Being". You only need to understand that it is the ACT of planting it in yourself (i.e. the ground of your being) and LEAVING it there that grows your desire into experience, NOT whether you have faith in the ground's ability to grow plants.
YOU DO NOT MANIFEST ANYTHING, any more than you CAUSE a plant to grow into a bloom. Your responsibility is simply to plant the seed you want. Do you see ?
"I of myself can do nothing. It is the Father in me Who does the works...."
It is all about clarity of YOUR intent….stated IN THE PRESENT….and ACCEPTED IN THE PRESENT.
By YOU !
If you've ever had the experience of wanting to buy a new car or had a desire to search for and find a very special gift that fits that certain someone just perfectly, then you know what the law of attraction is.
The mechanism of "attraction" is simply this: ACCEPTING, not wishing for, WHAT YOU WANT….NOW.
It’s very much like how a Tiger GPS
With some GPS models configured with 6 million or more “points of reference”, all YOU have to do is TELL THE GPS WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, so that the GPS can tell you HOW TO GET THERE ! Just as the GPS, in conjunction with orbiting satellites, all act as a single unit to convey your intention in this metaphor I described, SO DOES YOUR OWN MIND, but.......with a crucial difference between the GPS metaphor and Reality.
And that is......that YOUR MIND works in conjunction with an "operating system", which in Reality is.....the ENTIRETY OF CREATION, seen and unseen....operating AS ONE.....AT ONCE.....to do so.
Because the only time you CAN state your intent (desire) IS now. And the only time you can receive your desire (or solution, or arrive at your destination, etc.) IS now, as well. So between the time you ASK and the time you RECEIVE is.......only NOW !
THERE IS NO OTHER TIME, BUT NOW ! There IS NO past. There is no FUTURE ! What we call past or future is just a different part of NOW, that is not divided at ANY point or time, whatsoever. ALL IS NOW ! because ALL IS ONE, which includes you asking AND you receiving....and all times in between.....NOW. Do you see ?
We've been erroneously taught that FIRST we must ask, THEN we can receive. Why is that wrong ? Think about it.
The solutions we seek PRECEDE our need.....exactly like the availability of air precedes our need to breathe it.
If the answer (solution) were not ALREADY true, and truly within YOU.....you would not be ABLE to recognize (RE - cognize) the Truth of it AS the answer (solution) !!
2+2=4,....even BEFORE you compute it !! .....NOW, right ?
In the same way, ALL Principles of Life are True, Perfect, and Immutable....BEFORE you are even ABLE to know them or utilize them.....
When you understand that all the principles of Life are ALWAYS consistent with Truth, without variation, deviation, or attenuation for anybody, at any time, or any place, then you'll begin to see that the real test in Life, is to live KNOWING the difference....between TRUTH and belief, and that the consequences of your actions WILL occur just as certainly as 2+2=4, truthfully, invariably, perfectly......and unavoidably.
To your mind, and in Reality, there is no "past" OR "FUTURE", it's ALL available NOW, in the PRESENT ! You just can't ACCESS all that's kept within this vast storehouse of your memories at once; you choose from among them rapidly, and selectively, based on what YOU TELL YOURSELF you need to know. You are constantly re-energizing, thoughts and feelings in a kind of continuous "calculation" of actions and alternatives, FROM which to choose, and UPON which to act, in the PRESENT.
You accept what you want now because you are ALREADY CONNECTED to whatever the solution is, or wherever it is......NOW.
"When you pray, pray believing that what you have asked is yours. It is done unto you as you believe."
Substitute the word "KNOW" for "believe". "When you pray, pray KNOWING that what you have asked is yours. It is done unto you as you KNOW"......when you KNOW truly that it is so (without doubting).
Why ?
Because doubt is really "accepting" an ALTERNATIVE outcome, WHILE HOPING that it doesn't happen.
Using the GPS metaphor, again, doubt is like telling yourself where you want to go.....BUT INPUTTING A DESTINATION INTO THE GPS OTHER THAN THE ONE YOU SAY YOU REALLY WANT.
Where do YOU think the "system" will take you......perfectly ? To the ALTERNATE destination YOU inputted, right ? Not to the solution you really wanted, but DIDN'T input. Do you see ?
No different than how your OWN mind operates, in conjunction with the entirety of Creation WORKING AS ONE....PERFECTLY !
....to take YOU to the "alternate" destination (solution) you TOLD YOURSELF about with doubt, INSTEAD of the outcome you wanted !
THAT'S WHY you clearly state what you WANT TO HAPPEN (clarity), not what you HOPE DOESN'T HAPPEN (doubt).
THAT is the secret law of attraction!
.....Accepting that what you want is truly yours
.....EXACTLY like 2+2=4 EVEN BEFORE you compute it !
"Perfection does not come from projecting our own ideas but from awakening to the knowledge that it is already the established order of things.".....as indicated in the 1st reference.
Does the secret (law of attraction) really work?
YES !!!...... PERFECTLY ! as based on YOUR CLEARLY STATED and FIRMLY ACCEPTED INTENT (input) .
It's not a matter of "if" our prayers are answered. It's a matter of "when" we are ready to accept that which has always been ours.
You do NOT need to wish for the perfect solution, because it ALREADY IS TRUE ! Do NOT wish.....KNOW !
The law of attraction is really only 4 steps (think of the Tiger GPS
1. CLEARLY ACCEPTING that what you want (i.e. where you want to go) already exists (RIGHT NOW !) BEFORE you experience it (i.e. “arrive”)
2. CLEARLY STATING TO YOURSELF what you want (where you want to be).
3.CLEARLY INPUTTING what you want into the very mechanism whose SOLE purpose is to RECEIVE and ACT UPON YOUR CLEAR INPUT.....your OWN MIND.
4.“LETTING” (not begging or forcing !) the system “TELL YOU HOW TO GET THERE” or “bring IT to YOU”.
NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROCESS involves ANY wishing or pleading or hoping, whatsoever.
IT IS ALL ABOUT KNOWING and ACCEPTING...BEFOREHAND, not about wishing or doubting !
As indicated in the 2nd reference, "In the last analysis there is but one treatment given for anything that is desired. That treatment consists in convincing the mind that the thing desired is already accomplished...." It goes on to say, "Treatment is not for the purpose of making things happen; it is to provide, within ourselves, an avenue through which they may happen. Treatment opens up the avenues of thought, expands the consciousness, and lets Reality through; it clarifies the mentality, removes the obstructions of thought and lets in the Light. We already live in a Perfect Universe, but It needs to be mentally seen before It can become a part of our experience."
Creation PERFECTLY KNOWS where you are, IN RELATION to the destination, or the solution, or the desire....which EXISTS RIGHT THIS MOMENT, whether you are focused on it or not.
....because CREATION is One....and YOU are inseparably one with EVERYTHING in It. There are NO gaps or separations between you and ANYTHING in Creaton. This includes all the "points of action" required to manifest you AS the solution, desire, or destination.
Not "to" you....."as" you.
Because….the destination, or the solution, or the desire is NOT attracted TO you.
The destination, or the solution, or the desire IS YOU...EXPERIENCING IT !!
YOU ARE the VERY experience OF the destination, or the solution, or the desire…..NOW !!
ALL YOU NEED TO DO is accept that it's yours....NOW.
....and "let" ALL OF CREATION create the experience OF you becoming your desire.
Finally, as your desire is being transformed into your "experience of it", continually nurture your desire with expectant, loving thoughts of the good you will receive by LIVING YOUR THANKS...before and after you receive it.
What's in it for you ?
THAT’S WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU !!
Source(s):
Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East (6 Volume Set)
by author Baird T. Spalding
The Science of Mind
by Ernest Holmes
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