Does Eckhart Believe in Prayer? | Eckhart Answers 

Rumi's golden soul light still travels here.

That's why i only pray to thank and not to ask.

AMEN

Beautifully said.💫

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You are nothing near what you could still yet be. Strive for the highest conceivable good you can imagine and start going there. Don't ever think for one second that you're fine the way you are. It's a compliment from me, of the highest order, to tell you that you could be so much more than you are. You are nobody and you know nothing. What I'm really saying is, you have the entire journey to yet enjoy. Learn. Grow. Don't just feel satisfied with what you are now. The first thing you need to do is start asking the right questions. What kind of absolutely idiotic things are you doing still that were you to discontinue them, would add tremendous value to the journey. Endure the discomfort of wanting things to be better. Because it means you recognize they are not yet good. In that, you will find the meaning of your life. Assign the meaning through the burden of terrific responsibility. Carry the most you possibly can, and see what happens ❤

@@billyc2572 I agree with some of your responses...but, not all. If you don't acknowledge how far you have come...you aren't feeling the gratefulness of the paths taken. Striving to be better is a concept some take on laboriously...you need balance. Being present and feeling at peace, is appreciating the now. No one has the right to judge others, how they find their direction or path..it's an individual's choice, of course. Enjoying every step on the journey...while feeling satisfied with your growth...if you don't...you will be making a huge mistake. Life is not a race...but, a journey of experiences that awaken you with each step, while accepting the gifts and blessings awarded for your efforts. Through these experiences...you will find your purpose, if you listen. It's not how much you carry...it's what you carry.♥

Yes me too

When you are still in the habit of thinking about how far you have come or what you have achieved etc your still in the mindset of goals,there is nothing to gain and there is nothing to achieve you just need to realise and to wake up to what you actually are and not what you think you are,forget your past and your childhood because that's just memory,dont worry about tomorrow because that's not even happened yet.....just be absolutely nothing and still and just watch as awareness ❤

Jesus said I Am the way the truth and the Life

You feel it inside? What does that mean really? It's extremely vague

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Blessings for you and your surgery 🙏🙏🙏

@@marienorris4358 Thanks Marie, just listening to good friday, crying here, surrendering I guess, just tired of being in pain, maybe it's a bit of self pity, find it difficult to remain present with the pain, just took a pain killer, so this moment too shall pass but it's lovly to hear your words at this this moment. Thanks Marie Bless your heart❤

Bless you dear one... Change your user name from nopower101 to something more positive. Words have power in our minds and create our reality. Maybe just use Power101... It truly is amazing how the tiniest of changes have the most enormous unknown impact. You are here for a divine purpose. We all are. Never give up dear soul. There is so much more good here than we realise. We walk with mighty companions 🙏✨🙏

In this moment of stillness my heart sends light and comfort and peace to you. ✨😌✨

Hadn't thought of Joel Goldsmith in years, but like you I found him in the early '80s and studied his books and teaching for many years. It was wonderful to hear Eckhart refer to him and once again I was taken into that incredible simplicity of our all-encompassing pure Reality that can heal not only our sicknesses but every other ill or problem in our life because on the most fundamental and real level, they don't exist.

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​@@adriansalmon9030 I think such would require transformation of consciousness on a larger scale, but since we can only change ourselves there's nothing we can do about the exterior madness.

Simply?

Nice way to put it. As if from “I pray/hope/wishfor this” to “I create this”.

​@@adriansalmon9030 as crazy as it seems the practice would eventually change wars but not in an instant

yes, I alternate between the Christian ways of my upbringing, and nonduality....I forget who said, "God meets us where we're at"--- I have notebooks full of inspirational stories, most of which involved prayers of petition that engendered miraculous results 🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🏵🌿🌱🙏🙏🙏

He doesn't need Allah to bless him he is already blessed and a blessing.

​@@wandarask8444 Do better. Let it be.

Arshid, he is a great guide. ✨

You were ready. he doesn't "push". He merely "persuades". 🙏

@Steven Lister Odd you should say that. His words had "great value" to my Brother when he was dying at Sloane in New York. That started me on my own journey with Eckhart. I couldn't put a dollar value on what he has done for both myself and for my Brother who died a most wonderful and heroic death. Tom told me that I would listen when I was ready. Are you ready Steven ?

I agree, being grateful to the reason for everything for everything without the need to create a story to explain the reason for everything is very healthy. When we stop trying to explain and simply allow ourselves to appreciate how lucky we are, its impossible not to feel a huge sense of gratitude from within 🙏🙏🙏🙏

The best speech I ever heard

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I pray that you touch your depth and manifest their better health 🙏

How did prayer help your friend ?

Brilliant yes so true I believe. Funny how music we listen to now is 440 Hz but 432Hz is what it’s meant to be …. Do you know that to be true ?

demons vidrate; when you are fully awakened spiritually, all your vibrations are stilled; no more vibrating high or low

"Oh can't you see? You belong to me! My cool heart aches every breath you take!" Every move you make, every breath you take, I'll be watching you" ~Sting~

​@@clarkkent3730 um no, you are vibrating at a higher frequency

gem lol

Yes gem. For sure. Better to say more precious than gem. 🙏

You put these together beautifully thankyou.

Love that.

Exactly! Very well said! ❤

Sounds like witch-craft.

@Lucy in the Sky I don't have don't have a religion.. The only thing I have faith in is humanity. I said sounds like witchcraft. I didn't say it was witchcraft. There's a difference. What does this have to do with judgments? Nothing. Besides, what does it say about prayer. Prayer 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation,[a] but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’ 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

@Lucy in the Sky anyone who has to talk about it, to feel good about it, is intentional. Because God doesn't answer prayers like that.. Read the reply before this one.

@Lucy in the Sky when you tolerate too much, you stand for nothing. Let live effects all life. Not understanding true purpose in something has consequences. Humans truly don't care, just an act. Pointing out a mistake in the way they misuse prayer ain't for fun. Be a warrior where a warrior is needed. This ain't the place. So, pretty much our conversation is irrelevant. Since you go by, "let live," but here we are chatting. Entertaining. The problem, humans do the opposite in what their told, like from the good book

@Lucy in the Sky you as well. Everyday you wake-up is a great day

Prayer 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation,[a] but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’ 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. No more, no less.

I agree. I think most prayer is either rote (going through motions; formulaic; ocd consistency in practice) and/or rejection of what is (asking for reality to be different). Giving thanks for food about to be consumed (or for anything that could be worse, non-existent) is good. Maybe the stereotypical child's prayer to protect [list of names] is good (but still implies "I'm not ok with that other reality if it happened. I'll take it personally that you rejected my prayer."). I went through a christian period where I thought I was being quite self-sacrificing to admit I needed saving. But, it was all a cop-out (deferring responsibility onto someone else; ultimately blaming them for not getting the job done). The ego is so strange. You'd think acknowledging the humble "sinners prayer" would be pure proof that you've shed your ego. But, then it turns into a new ego ("I'm saved. God's working on me. Something's happening for a reason.") Then constant moaning to God about how unsatisfactory this all is. He needs to get with it. It's not me. It's him. I invited him into my life, in the name of... Why does he grudge me? Another unsolvable puzzle I'm engaged in, narrating to myself. It's weird how the "hard admission" (of my nature) wasn't that hard. The hard part was "I'm doing it to myself. I'm the only one who can differentiate that."

@@markfuller You've done much introspection. There is no separate God, no separate entity, no persons, these are all illusions created by the mind. If I were to use the word God I would suggest to all to change their concept of God. The traditional concept is just a concept, an illusory thought like everything else we perceive. What is reality is pure awareness or consciousness itself. All thoughts are illusory that create our dream like drama, even the idea that we need to pray. At some point, all thoughts, all ideas, all concepts must be dropped (including the idea of I, me, my, you, and God). All that remains is the only thing that has been constantly with you always AWARENESS. It is permanent, unmoving, eternal. That is the real you. It does, not ask, does not think or analyze, it just is. That real you is also no other than the same awareness that is "God", Christ, Budhha, any and every saint that ever lived, the same consciousness that is all people, all life....the human mind just makes it appear that you are separate. BUT YOU ARE THAT WHICH you ARE PRAYING to. That Which is aware in you, that which knows YOUR every experience is no other than the "God" you seek.

@Steven Lister If you think about what would happen to your assets after your death, you very well need to make a will ASAP😁. After that you are hopefully ready for the Divine Will to take over.

...and contemplation is effortless prayer in total oneness and union with God; without words; telekinetic; this is after the meditative mind is put to sleep and can no longer meditate

~Edgar Cayce~

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@@clarkkent3730 You've one-upped me spiritually. 😐 Here's a cookie 🍪