Teach Us to Pray (Unity Classic Library)

Affirmation is the core of prayer practice as taught by Jesus. In this understanding of prayer, Jesus raised us from being mere beggers, asking for things of the physical world from a God "out there." Instead, he united us with our Source--our Father--reminding us that we are sons and daughters of the very essence of all that is, that we have direct and constant access to all we will ever need. In this book, Charles and Cora Fillmore break down the practice of prayer for us, expose its components, and show us how to tap into a level of consciousness that will ultimately go beyond beseeching, even beyond affirming, to being in the Christ consciousness. In learning how to pray, we learn the importance of communicating with God through practicing affirmations and by entering the silence. Through these and other techniques, including six-day prayer treatments, we arrive at ultimate communion with our Source.

Charles Fillmore was an innovative thinker, a pioneer in metaphysical thought at a time when most religious thought in America was entirely orthodox. He was a lifelong advocate of the open, inquiring mind, and he took pride in keeping abeast of the latest scientific and educational discoveries and theories.

Cora Dedrick Fillmore, an ordained Unity minister, married Charles in 1933. The author of Christ Enthroned in Man, she also compiled two books from the writings of Charles Fillmore, Keep a True Lent and Atom-Smashing Power of Mind.