Unity is centered in the power of prayer, meditation and silence which allows us to uplift our thoughts, open our hearts and live more gracefully. It lies at the very core of the Unity movement and this Unity spiritual family. Prayer is most simply an ongoing conversation with the Divine Presence where we must remember to listen as well as speak.
PRAY = Please Remember, Awaken Yourself
H. Emilie Cady in Lessons in Truth calls us to enter that inner “Secret Place of the Most High” where we can experience mystical union with the Divine. She also reminds us that we need to Practice Prayer like we would practice music to become more and more attuned to Spirit.
Eric Butterworth in Discover the Power Within You writes “Prayer is not a way to turn on the light in God, but to turn on the light in you ~ and that God is that light.”
Edmond Bordeaux Szekely in his Essene Prayer shares “Prayer is the putting of ourselves in tune with the infinite spiritual and cosmic energies, so as to draw upon all the sources of energy, harmony, and knowledge . . . through it we bring about a change in ourselves and get into harmony with all the higher laws and powers.”
Kahlil Gibran in his poem On Prayer reminds us “For what is prayer but the expansion of yourself into the living ether?”
And James Dillet Freeman in Prayer: The Master Key inspires us with “We pray without ceasing when we habitually meet whatever comes to us with faith and with love, with a mind to draw from the event all that it has to give, with a willingness to do whatever has to be done to make the most and best of it.”