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The Uncommon Book of Prayer Elsa Joy Bailey
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The Uncommon Book of Prayer
Elsa Joy Bailey
Lord and Bilder, Tiburon, California, 1990
“Ever wonder
why some prayers work and some don't? The Uncommon Book of
Prayer is a small but powerful book which reveals how to make prayers
more effective, so that they can impact both healing and personal
growth.”
This little book,
first published in 1987, is one of the most the most economical
expressions of spiritual principles in prose that you will
find. In just 20 pages and 440 words (I’ve counted!), it
distils the essence of spirituality into a message that can be read
over and over in time of need, and which, if listened to, can never
fail to restore a person’s sense of equilibrium. Its basic
message is that thought is prayer, that listening is communication, and
that God, Spirit, or whatever name we give to that “something deep
within us” is in constant dialogue with us.
Aside from the spiritual principles that it disseminates, the book
itself embodies another spiritual principle—the Law of
Economy. This law presupposes that everything we do is in
harmony with life, that we get the most out of everything we do, and
that everything that occurs in life is turned to proper spiritual
effect. Of course, this principle flies in the face of
practically everything we see around us. The world economy
is wasteful, as is our national economy, just as people are with their
personal affairs—their finances, their time, their activities, their
thoughts, and even their feelings. Just as we are glutted
with materials things in this day and age, so we are with would-be
counselors and advisors, self-help books, and spiritual
paths. There are thousands of books on spirituality, but how
many have attempted to condense the knowledge and even the wisdom they
offer into that which is absolutely essential for us to know and
possess?
If you
were stranded on a desert island, with one book to choose for a
companion, what would you choose? Would you choose some huge
tome with which to while away the hours, or would you choose something
highly practical, that you could turn to quickly and easily, and which
would always furnish you with the reminder of who and what you are and
what you need to do? What, in fact, does a book on
spirituality need to do except remind us of that which we already know
within ourselves? As small as this little book is, there is
little of that which truly and urgently needs to be said that it does
not say.
For information, go to http://www.elsajoy.com, or e-mail: elsajoy@ccnet.com |
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Date Submitted:
2001-07-17 00:00:00
Review by The Spiritual Traveler |
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