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UNITY WAY

February 8, 2004

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Let There be Light

by Andrei Yashurin

I consider the first chapter of Genesis a beautiful lesson 
of prayer. It is not merely a historical account of what 
happened long time ago. It is an accurate description of 
what is going on now in the process of creation. Right now, 
being co-workers with God, we speak things into existence. 

For example, light was an idea in God's mind until is was 
brought into manifestation through positive and affirmative 
words: "Let there be light!"

"And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness did not 
overtake it" (John 1:5). One of the greatest characteristics 
of light is that it is not conscious of darkness. It shines 
freely and without restrictions, expressing its nature.  

So often people come to us, asking to pray for their needs, 
and our compassion naturally leads us to become involved. 
But let all our prayers be in harmony with God's Truth on 
that particular situation. When certain problem is presented 
to us, let us not become problem-conscious. Let us not allow 
anything to burden us or drag us down at the low mental level, 
for this won't help anyone. The best thing we can do is to 
form a positive ideal of how things should look like in our 
minds, and then to speak it out into existence. For instance, 
we may declare:

Let there be health;
Let there be wholeness;
Let there be abundance;
Let there be wisdom;
Let there be clarity.

Those affirmations are meant to both general specific. First, 
we come to the realization of the universal Truth; when we 
apply it to a case presented to us. 

It is not always wise to ponder why we ourselves or a person 
we're praying for got into troubles, because again it will lead 
us into a wrong direction and distract our attention from 
the Source of all power and all blessings. Let our inner eyes 
be fixed only on God, and the desired results will surely follow.  

Should we expect instant and complete answers to our 
affirmative prayers? I don't think so. 

Processes of creation are active right now all around us, 
and nowhere we see instantaneous transformations. Some things 
occur more rapidly than the others, but in all of them we may 
observe the pattern of gradual unfoldment. This fully agrees 
with what Jesus taught: "For the earth brings out fruit of 
itself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full 
grain in the ear" (Mark 4:28).

It appears that Jesus healed instantly only those who already 
developed sufficient faith to receive that healing. In other 
instances, healing was gradual. And when the Master came 
to His own city, He simply could not heal anyone for the 
reason of people's unbelief! This fact is hard to swallow 
for those who imagine that Jesus was a magical miracle-worker 
who needed no cooperation from humans. 

If results of our affirmations do not appear, or when they 
are coming too slow, it is the sure indicator that some inner 
work should be done. It is not the time to give up 
the affirmative approach and to ask why it doesn't work. 

"The answer to 'why' is always the same. It is you. You are why. 
For anything that exists in your life, you are the reason 
it is there", writes Brad Jensen. 

Affirmative prayer method implies consciousness of God's love 
at the deep level. When we know God and ourselves in Spirit 
and in Truth, we are aware of our own divinity and our rights 
to build and re-build ourselves and our world. Being cleansed 
of every sense of guilt or inferiority, we boldly step into 
adventurous living of faith, love, and creative self-expression. 

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Andrei Yashurin: pczine@yandex.ru

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