| Prayer, Meditation and Contemplation by J.J. Dewey What is the difference between prayer, meditation and contemplation and how do they all help achieve soul contact? One group member offers a nice summary: "Prayer is talking to God. Meditation is receiving an answer from God. Contemplation is the revelation of the question and the answer. They all help to achieve contact with the soul because the soul is always in tune with God. To be in contact with God is to be in contact with the soul. To be in contact with the soul is to be in contact with God. To contact the soul is like knocking on the door between the personality and the soul. Once the personality (or ego) opens the door, the light from the soul floods in filling the personality with healing, adjusting and regulating light from God. There is a veil of illusion between the personality and the soul, and when Jesus 'rent the temple veil,' he tore open the veil for all on a cosmic level, making it possible for each of us to have that veil within us torn open. This is one of the major acts Jesus did." There are those who have meditated all their lives and still not received soul contact. The same is true with prayer. There are those who have prayed regularly all their lives, and made sure others did too, yet the closest they have reached to the soul was the solar plexus emotion. Even those who crucified Jesus were known for their "long prayers." So, if many have prayed and many have done meditations all their lives and not received contact, should we toss these acts away? No. The answer is that we must find the key that makes them work. One important key we have been discussing is purity of heart. A good dose of this is essential. But beyond this we must realize that all things that have life or create livingness operate in triads or triangles corresponding to: the Father, Son and Holy Ghost; Father, Mother, Child; or Positive, Negative, Neutrality. Unless these three aspects work together, there is no creation and no noticeable effect, as if there were only one hand clapping. Many of those who pray regularly believe that meditation is a bunch of New Age bunk and many who meditate see prayer as old fashion and outdated. Both sides leave out an important ingredient, or two important ingredients. We must practice the whole Trinity of prayer, meditation and contemplation. Prayer opens the door of the soul to gain access to the world of Spirit, meditation takes you through that door so you can receive the Spirit, and contemplation brings the things of the Spirit down into the practical realm of the material world. There are many who follow the first two steps and forget the third and thus feel the peace, but cannot put anything they sensed into words because without contemplation the experience soon becomes as if it has not been. How should we use the three aspects of prayer, meditation and contemplation? Remember the principle of the Trinity: "All life and all power that brings life and true power of livingness must express itself through three aspects or divisions of energies or methods." First, prayer is directed to God as thanks as well as an affirmation. Secondly is meditation. Where is meditation involved, you ask? In between the verses, you should have a short period of silence. You can then visualize the light descending on all those in the world. After you finish this short visualization, then you have a short period of silence where you enter into meditation deep and sense light coming through you. At this point ,you may receive some important impression that you are supposed to act upon. Thirdly and finally, you use contemplation. You can contemplate some during the prayer, but you will use this mostly after the prayer. Contemplate the impressions that come to you during the day. If you have pure intent and are tuning into the Oneness Principle, additional light will just come to you from time to time and it is important that you contemplate or think long and hard about what you receive so you can have power to retain it. Remember that the soul itself is not God or the Higher Self, but is a door to the higher realm. The dark night of the soul is merely a period where the door is shut for some reason. But remember, the door is always there and the kingdom of God behind the door is always there. An important thing to be aware of in soul contact is that it usually deals with principles instead of facts. Those who are in the solar plexus will rattle of numerous facts that may or may not be true, but the true teacher of light will deal mainly with principles, because they can be verified by the souls of those who are ready. Soul contact has little to do with facts, except in important circumstances, but it has much to do with principles. For instance, your soul may not verify to you what an inhabitant of Sirius looks like or how many there are, but it will verify to you the principle of life and its existence elsewhere in the universe. J.J. Dewey has been a student of philosophy, metaphysics and religion most of his 59 years. He is the author of numerous books, The Immortal, The Molecular Relationship, The Gathering of Lights and many others. The Immortal -- a free book that can be downloaded at www.freeread.com -- is the first book of a series that presents unique and mystical teachings in a way that captivates the imagination and leads one to ponder the number one question of philosophy throughout the ages, "Who or what are you?" J.J. has also initiated a plan called The Sixteen Principles of Unification, written to assist in bringing peace and unification among the religious world. For more info, visit www.unification911.org. J.J. conducts an online classroom called the Keys of Knowledge which has captured the attention of hundreds of students since 1995. J.J. Dewey can be contacted at www.freeread.com or e-mail jjd@rmci.net Copyright © 2004 JJ Dewey |
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