Dr. George King revolutionised the approach to prayer. Even as a child he was frustrated by the lack of conviction and energy he saw in the church services he attended when, even then, he put every fibre of his being into this powerful practice for the benefit of others. It is at the very heart of the last book I was privileged to co-author with him Realize Your Inner Potential through the path of spiritual service – King Yoga. As Dr. King put it:
“Dynamic prayer is the secret to have at this time in world history.”
The following extracts from this book illustrate in his own words not only his knowledge of the subject, but the passion he felt for dynamic prayer which can transform the lives of those who practise it and the world.
The main difference between ordinary prayer and dynamic prayer is the depth of expression. One is a shallow appeal, as though you were asking the grocer for two pounds of apples; and the other a deep expression of your inner feeling—a belief in yourself that you are capable of praying in this way and that this is the way which will bring results. If ordinary prayer is an expression of a very small portion of the conscious mind of man, then dynamic prayer must surely be a spiritual song coming from deep within. And to sing this song with your soul you must use effort, power, will, love, concentration and direction…
Dynamic prayer definitely requires a greater effort than prayer said in the normal half-hearted fashion. If ordinary prayer is a lifeless appeal to Divinity, then dynamic prayer is a deep expression of soul-feeling put behind that appeal. It is because of the effort expended in dynamic prayer that truly great results are brought about by its use…
Dynamic prayer is not so much the result of training as it is the result of an unshakable belief in God and a burning desire to help another or mankind. Those people who say that they are incapable of dynamic prayer are really saying that they are not spiritual enough to really want to help others. If you really want to help others you will find the way and the means to do so. When you have been shown that way and have created those means, then it is up to you to use those means in that way.
This information can change your life; it can make you into a more useful person than you have been in the past, and when it does, then your practice and expenditure of effort will have been worthwhile. When you pray to God, never give of your second best, and that is what most people are doing. If they would give of their best, then dynamic prayer would flow through them. But they have got to give of their best all the time they are praying in order to allow this to happen…
Dynamic prayer is one sure way of manipulating your karma in a very helpful fashion on your own behalf, especially if it is used for mass healing of the human race. There can be no higher motive than this for your prayer, certainly not on this Earth. But you have to have the will to do it; you have to have a burning desire to do it; you have to be spiritual enough and sensitive enough to feel for others…
Dynamic prayer is a wonderful expression. It is a song of the soul and the soul wants to sing; it wants to express light all around itself; it wants to go forward and help and raise others who need the transmuting power output of a joyous soul…
Prayer is a way to direct energy by thought with love. If you imagined, when you were praying, a small chariot was going away from yourselves, the chariot would be love and the load that it was carrying would be the universal life force, or prana. Prana is given out by the sun and every 32 minutes exactly, it changes from one prana to another one. Every one of the five main pranas are, of course, extremely beneficial and necessary, not only to your life, but to the life of the person you were praying for, and the world as a whole. You send out a stream of pranic energy with love…
Before you start to pray, charge yourself with some breathing exercises, and while you are praying, try to keep the breath in control. You must be able to draw the energy into yourself so that you can send it out and once you begin to send it out successfully, it will then flow through you and you become a channel.
By Richard Lawrence
This extract from Realize Your Inner Potential is published with the kind permission of Aetherius Press. www.aetherius.org. The full technique of dynamic prayer is explained and illustrated in this book, now in its third edition, which also includes inspiring prayers for you to use. It is available for £9.99 and £12.99 with a DVD insert. This wonderful practice is used at classes, services and other meetings which are held around the world by The Aetherius Society. You are also invited to visit www.12blessings.org and take part in the online services there.
