Lost Secrets of Prayer: Practices for Self-Awakening

by Guy Finley

Book Overview

OUT OF PRINT. Bestselling author Guy Finley presents The Lost Secrets of Prayer, a guide to the purpose of true prayer. As revealed in the powerful insights that make up this book, is not to appeal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567182763
• ISBN13: 9781567182767
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Book

Like all of Guy's books, this one is well worth anyone's time to read. It helps us to understand why our lives are the way they are. Since we are actually "praying" for something in each moment of our lives (most of the time without knowing what we are asking for) - Guy's exercises to increase our self awareness are not only helpful, but necessary, if we ever hope to have a different kind of life than we do now. In this book, Guys says that "response is request" - we are actually requesting something from life, by the way we respond to an event. That's why it's so important to be aware of yourself in each moment. This is a wonderful book, that has been very helpful to me. If you like the ideas in this book, you may also like books by Vernon Howard, J. Krishnamurti, James Allen, and Maurice Nicoll.

The Lost Secrets of Prayer

Guy Finley's new book, The Lost Secrets of Prayer: Practices for Self-Awakening, is one of those special books that will last a lifetime. Each rereading will yield new awareness and understanding of the nature of true prayer. Finley explains that the suffering in our lives results from being "wrongly invested in some relationship . . . "; for mistaking something "as being permanent that was only temporary." He says the "essence of this book is about awakening within yourself to yourself . . .. " His emphasis throughout the book is on turning within for understanding and awareness of the spiritual energy that resides in each of us. Finley says that, although most of us don't realize it, we're all engaged in continual prayer. He maintains that hoping or expecting that something will, or will not, happen, is a form of prayer. Most of us "don't know how to request what we really need," often because we don't understand what our true needs are. The key, Finley says, is to ask God to give you what He knows you need. The basic prayer is "asking God to remove the veils from your eyes." Each chapter of The Lost Secrets of Prayer ends with special lessons for self study. The final chapter presents more than 100 helpful maxims to aid in the journey to self-awakening, such as "Life is not asking you questions--it is giving you the answers!" Finley is the founder of Life Learning Foundation and author of several international best sellers on self-development. He has guested on numerous radio and TV talk shows. Readers won't find rote or one-size-fits-all prayers in The Lost Secrets of Prayer. Those seeking to awaken their souls, however, will find the spiritual guidance for which they've been searching.

Not many people will get a full understanding of the book.

I first read Guy Finley's "The Lost Secrets of Prayer" about a year ago. I didn't really undrestand alot of what he was talking about but I tried doing some of the exercises he recommended. A few months later I read the entire book again and got a little more understanding do to the fact that I was getting some insight into the exercises I was doing. A few more months went by and I read the book again. Two weeks later the impact of one of the exercises hit me like a ton of bricks. I was insulted by a collegue of mine that caused me great anger. I went outside to walk in the cool breeze when I remembered one of Guy Finley's exercises that I was suppose to be doing. It is during one of these angry moments that we are suppose to be doing the exercises but it is precisely these moments that make it the most difficult to do. I forced myself to "look" at the anger, to try to seperate myself from those "waves" that were battering me around when I actually "saw" what I was intended to see. At that very moment my life was completely changed forever. I began laughing at the incredible insight that I had gained and at the blindness that had left me. After many months of trying the exercises I finally had a breakthrough. It wasn't until then that I fully understood the book and its purpose. If this book does not change your life it is because you didn't do the exercises with the deepest of sincerity and a true desire to discover your inner self no matter how ugly it may appear. Guy Finley has walked the path of Self Knowledge and is trying to lead others. It is a very difficult path, one that takes time and patients. Unless you're ready to dedicate yourself to the practice of Self Knowledge a true understanding of the book will remain hidden.

Truly a transformational experience

I could not put this book down. It held so many original insights that I couldn't wait for the next one. Guy Finley is divinely inspired and he has certainly inspired me. His secrets have made each day brighter and lighter and sweeter for me.

I never even heard a Pastor describe Prayer Like this!

This is truly a wonderful book. In all my years of listening to preachers I never expected to be reading a book by someone who is quote, unquote not religious but KNOWS more about true prayer than any Pastor I have ever heard. If you need to revitalize that part of your life in your heart that has been missing for so long, I highly suggest you start here. You won't be dissapointed. VT NY