Spirit and Understanding Prayer

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the verse lies a psychology of prayer: your spirit may voice in the unknown tongue, yet your outer mind remains uninformed, and without unity of both, little edification occurs. The true work is not to discard either, but to imagine their harmony. See the unknown tongue as the language of your I AM, the creative impulse that imagines states into being. See the understanding as the coherent form through which those states step into the world. When you separate them, you experience a hollow thanks; when you align them, the entire room—represented by your own consciousness—responds in Amen. Practice ceaselessly the act of praying with spirit while maintaining inner comprehension, so the thanksgiving is both felt and known, and thus edifies all who partake in your inner room. The God you seek is the I AM within you; your words, whether understood or not, carry the same blessing when your awareness is poised in unity.