Affirmative Prayer Practice

AFFIRMATIVE PRAYERThe Affirmative Prayer Practice

Highlights of the Unity and

Science Of Mind Prayer Practicesprepared by Clive deLaporte

SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR

Licensed Unity Minister

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OPENING AFFIRMATION Divine Truth, realizing in me,

Demonstrating through me, and

Manifesting in my life,

With ease and grace today.

I am thankful, I am blessed.


“In true prayer we take with us words of Truth …

an affirmation, and turn our attention within to

the very center of our being … We affirm these

words of Truth and meditate on them, then get

very still and wait in the silence for God to make

them real to us.” Charles Fillmore


True Prayer

“Affirmative prayer is not about asking an

external deity for things or to fix situations in our

lives. The primary benefit is more the realization

of Oneness and Divine Ideas”

Rev. Paul Hasselbeck


Affirmative Prayer

UNITY:

Relaxation

Concentration

Meditation

Silence

Thanksgiving


Affirmative PrayerA Five Step Prayer Process

SCIENCE OF MIND:

Recognition

Unification

Declaration

Thanksgiving

Release

The physical and mental preparation for being in

the Silence: get relaxed, calm and quiet. The

subsiding of sense consciousness and the rising

of higher awareness. The releasing of physical

and mental blocks to the awareness of

Oneness.


Unity: Relaxation

”Concentrated attention of the mind on an idea

of any kind is equal to prayer and will make

available the spiritual principle that is its source

in proportion to the intensity and continuity of the

mental effort.” Charles Fillmore


Unity: Concentration

“Meditation is the process of our conscious

intention to gain awareness of Oneness … the

process that invites the Silence. It is from the

Silence that we are inspired with Divine Ideas. “



Unity: Meditation

“As we rest in the Silence, there is nothing - not

time, space, sensation or awareness; it is a

state of total non awareness. We are “just this

side of the Silence” when we become aware of

Divine Ideas and Divine Inspiration.”



Unity: Silence

“As you come out of the Silence, count your

blessings and give thanks for them … Praise

and thanksgiving impart the quickening spiritual

power that produces growth and increases all

things.” Charles Fillmore


Unity: Thanksgiving

The objective of prayer is the realization of

Divine Ideas in the consciousness of the

individual. Realization is experienced as the

feeling of a deep inner conviction and assurance

of the fulfillment of that idea.


Unity: Summary

Know that God is all there is.We begin every Spiritual Mind Treatment with

Recognition that there is One Life, and that Life is

God. You may call God by any other name that

makes It clear and personal to you, such as: Spirit,

Universe, Allah, Buddha, Infinite Mind, the One, the

Force, Light, or any other term that feels real to you.


SOM: Recognition

Know that you are one with God.In the Unification step of Spiritual Mind Treatment, we

affirm that the same Spirit that God is, we are. We

are OF God – Divine emanations. Since God is all

there is, there can be nothing outside of God, and no

one separate from God. And so we realize and

declare our Oneness as spiritual beings.


SOM: Unification

State your word for the circumstance you want

to manifest. In Step 3 of your Spiritual Mind

Treatment, you want to Realize the qualities or

attributes of God which you want to embrace within

yourself–to call forth in your own consciousness.

These are the Divine qualities inherent within you

which want to become more conscious OF.


SOM: Declaration

Give thanks for your word being acted upon by

the Law of mind. Step 4 of your Spiritual Mind

Treatment is Thanksgiving. An attitude of gratitude is

essential to establishing a new intention in our

lives. In giving thanks, we are declaring that it is

already done. We are grateful for it. It is so.


SOM: Thanksgiving

“And so it is!”In Step 5, the Release step of your Spiritual Mind

Treatment, you let go and let God. You are turning

your affirmative declaration of Truth entirely over to

Infinite Love, Spirit, the Allness that is God. It is a

very important step, because as long as you hold on

to it, nothing can take place.


SOM: Release

”Effective mental treatment is propelled by a

consciousness of love and a realization that the

Creative spirit is always at work … A treatment

should be given in a calm, expectant manner and

with a deep inner conviction of its reality … The work

is effective because the Law is always in operation.”

Ernest Holmes


SOM: Summary

“We do not pray to God, rather we pray from a

consciousness of Oneness … Prayer is self-

realization, self-expansion. It is getting centered

within, and reestablishing ourselves in the flow of

infinite creative process.” Eric Butterworth


Prayer and Self-realization

“At some level all thoughts are prayers … we are

always laying hold of Divine Ideas and manifesting

them according to our level of consciousness … as

we leaner to source every thought, word and deed

from the awareness of Oneness, we become

intentional about our prayer.” Rev. Paul Hasselbeck


Pray Without Ceasing

“As you learn to see the fullness of God’s life and

power in (yourself and) others, you will know that you

need not pour out your own for them. You will have

the knowledge and the light to call their attention to

what they have and to prompt them to use it.”

Myrtle Fillmore


Praying For Others


Clive deLaporte

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PRAYER FOR PROTECTIONThe Light of God surrounds me;

The Love of God enfolds me;

The Power of God protects me,

The Presence of God watches over me;

Wherever I AM, God is, and all is well.
