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==91:6. THE PROVINCE OF PRAYER==

==91:6. THE PROVINCE OF PRAYER==

91:6.1 Prayer, unless in liaison with the will and actions of the personal spiritual forces and material supervisors of a realm, can have no direct effect upon one's physical environment. While there is a very definite limit to the province of the petitions of prayer, such limits do not equally apply to the faith of those who pray.

91:6.1 [[Prayer]], unless in [[liaison]] with the [[Free will|will]] and [[actions]] of the [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[forces]] and material supervisors of a realm, can have no direct [[effect]] upon one's [[physical]] [[environment]]. While there is a very definite [[limit]] to the province of the [[petitions]] of [[prayer]], such limits do not equally apply to the [[faith]] of those who pray.

91:6.2 Prayer is not a technique for curing real and organic diseases, but it has contributed enormously to the enjoyment of abundant health and to the cure of numerous mental, emotional, and nervous ailments. And even in actual bacterial disease, prayer has many times added to the efficacy of other remedial procedures. Prayer has turned many an irritable and complaining invalid into a paragon of patience and made him an inspiration to all other human sufferers.

91:6.2 [[Prayer]] is not a [[technique]] for curing real and [[organic]] [[diseases]], but it has contributed enormously to the enjoyment of [[abundant]] [[health]] and to the [[cure]] of numerous [[mental]], [[emotional]], and nervous ailments. And even in [[actual]] bacterial [[disease]], prayer has many times added to the efficacy of other remedial [[procedures]]. [[Prayer]] has turned many an irritable and complaining invalid into a [[paragon]] of [[patience]] and made him an [[inspiration]] to all other human sufferers.

91:6.3 No matter how difficult it may be to reconcile the scientific doubtings regarding the efficacy of prayer with the ever-present urge to seek help and guidance from divine sources, never forget that the sincere prayer of faith is a mighty force for the promotion of personal happiness, individual self-control, social harmony, moral progress, and spiritual attainment.

91:6.3 No matter how [[difficult]] it may be to [[reconcile]] the [[scientific]] doubtings regarding the [[efficacy]] of [[prayer]] with the ever-present urge to seek help and [[guidance]] from [[divine]] sources, never forget that the [[sincere]] [[prayer]] of [[faith]] is a mighty [[force]] for the promotion of [[personal]] [[happiness]], [[individual]] [[self-control]], [[social]] [[harmony]], [[moral]] [[progress]], and [[spiritual]] [[attainment]].

91:6.4 Prayer, even as a purely human practice, a dialogue with one's alter ego, constitutes a technique of the most efficient approach to the realization of those reserve powers of human nature which are stored and conserved in the unconscious realms of the human mind. Prayer is a sound psychologic practice, aside from its religious implications and its spiritual significance. It is a fact of human experience that most persons, if sufficiently hard pressed, will pray in some way to some source of help.

91:6.4 [[Prayer]], even as a purely [[human]] [[practice]], a [[dialogue]] with one's [[alter ego]], constitutes a [[technique]] of the most efficient approach to the [[realization]] of those reserve [[powers]] of [[human]] [[nature]] which are stored and conserved in the [[unconscious]] realms of the human [[mind]]. Prayer is a sound [[psychologic]] [[practice]], aside from its [[religious]] implications and its [[spiritual]] significance. It is a [[fact]] of [[human]] [[experience]] that most [[persons]], if sufficiently hard pressed, will pray in some way to some [[source]] of help.

91:6.5 Do not be so slothful as to ask God to solve your difficulties, but never hesitate to ask him for wisdom and spiritual strength to guide and sustain you while you yourself resolutely and courageously attack the problems at hand.

91:6.5 Do not be so [[slothful]] as to ask [[God]] to solve your [[difficulties]], but never hesitate to ask him for [[wisdom]] and [[spiritual]] [[strength]] to guide and sustain you while you yourself resolutely and [[courageously]] attack the [[problems]] at hand.

91:6.6 Prayer has been an indispensable factor in the progress and preservation of religious civilization, and it still has mighty contributions to make to the further enhancement and spiritualization of society if those who pray will only do so in the light of scientific facts, philosophic wisdom, intellectual sincerity, and spiritual faith. Pray as Jesus taught his disciples—honestly, unselfishly, with fairness, and without doubting.

91:6.6 [[Prayer]] has been an indispensable [[factor]] in the [[progress]] and preservation of religious [[civilization]], and it still has mighty contributions to make to the further enhancement and [[spiritualization]] of [[society]] if those who [[pray]] will only do so in the light of [[scientific]] [[facts]], philosophic [[wisdom]], [[intellectual]] [[sincerity]], and [[spiritual]] [[faith]]. Pray as [[Jesus]] taught his [[disciples]]—[[honestly]], unselfishly, with [[fairness]], and without doubting.

91:6.7 But the efficacy of prayer in the personal spiritual experience of the one who prays is in no way dependent on such a worshiper's intellectual understanding, philosophic acumen, social level, cultural status, or other mortal acquirements. The psychic and spiritual concomitants of the prayer of faith are immediate, personal, and experiential. There is no other technique whereby every man, regardless of all other mortal accomplishments, can so effectively and immediately approach the threshold of that realm wherein he can communicate with his Maker, where the creature contacts with the reality of the Creator, with the indwelling Thought Adjuster.

91:6.7 But the efficacy of [[prayer]] in the [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of the one who prays is in no way dependent on such a worshiper's [[intellectual]] [[understanding]], philosophic acumen, social level, cultural [[status]], or other mortal acquirements. The [[psychic]] and [[spiritual]] concomitants of the [[prayer]] of [[faith]] are [[immediate]], [[personal]], and experiential. There is no other [[technique]] whereby every man, regardless of all other [[mortal]] accomplishments, can so effectively and immediately approach the [[threshold]] of that realm wherein he can [[communicate]] with his Maker, where the [[creature]] contacts with the [[reality]] of the [[Creator]], with the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]].

==91:7. MYSTICISM, ECSTASY, AND INSPIRATION==

==91:7. MYSTICISM, ECSTASY, AND INSPIRATION==