MAKING THE PRAYER
By Max Freedom Long*


1. The picture of the thing to be asked in prayer is reviewed and
brought clearly to mind. Nothing must be added or taken away from it
after the first prayer of any series has been made, unless the High
Self is asked to drop the entire prayer and begin afresh for some
good reason.

2. Faith must be reaffirmed if anything has come up to weaken it
between the sessions of prayer. A strong affirmation of faith is
often needed each day before the prayer begins.

It is unwise to tell others what one is praying for, because if
others thoughtlessly express doubts as to the outcome, the faith and
confidence of the suggestible low self may be shaken. Such a
suggestion of doubt needs much contrary affirmation of faith to
counteract it. There must be a determination from first to last not
to allow the slightest doubt of the final outcome to get a foothold
in the mind. If necessary, special additional prayers for the
strengthening of faith and confidence may be made.

3. The surcharge of mana is accumulated and the low self is told to
hold it ready for the moment when contact is made with the High Self
and the gift of mana can be made.

4. Sufficient meditation on the High Self is made (the body relaxed
and easy whether standing, sitting or reclining) to arouse the
emotion of love for the High Self in the low self.

The low self, having learned that the reason for meditation is to
focus the thoughts and to allow it to make its contact with the High
Self, will soon learn to respond with love and to make the contact
almost immediately, also to start sending the gift of mana for that
particular moment of prayer. There may come, as the gift is
completed, a rush of the emotion of love and happiness which is the
response of the loving Parental High Self. There may also be the
sensation of prickling or tingling, which the kahunas spoke of as
the "rain" or fall of mana changed to higher frequency and sent to
bless the lower man. Or one may soon learn to know that contact has
been made by some sensation or "signal" peculiar to himself.

5. Once the feeling of having made contact with the High Self is
noted, the low self is asked to send the prayer picture (thought-
form cluster) on a flow of additional mana by the telepathic means.

The kahunas made it a practice to voice their prayer by describing
the desired condition while recalling it as clearly and vividly to
mind as possible. They memorized the short description, word for
word, and recited it three times over, as a means of strengthening
the "seed" while sending the mana to "water" it. The memorization of
the description, after writing it out with thought and care, will
have impressed the prayer picture on the low self very strongly and
clearly.

6. When the picture has been described aloud or in silence, if
speaking aloud is impractical, the prayer is ended with the same
purpose and precision as it was begun.

One may simply say, "I give thanks, loving Father, and I now leave
the prayer picture in your hands to build into physical reality in
the future, just as it is already a reality on your level of being.
Let the rain of blessings in the form of the High Mana of Light
fall. I now withdraw from contact. The prayer period is finished.
Amen."

7. The prayer, once made, is to be released into the keeping of the
High Self until next time contact is made and fresh mana is to be
offered, together with a restatement or additional strengthening
layer for the original seed picture.

* from The Secret Science at Work

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