Prayer - A Natural Anxiety Solution!
The power of prayer to improve mental health is well-documented.
Dale Carnegie included a whole chapter on prayer in his best-selling book Stop Worrying and Start Living.
He included many quotes from famous and successful people about how prayer was a vital factor in their success and serenity.
One of the most significant quotes is by the famous psychiatrist Carl Jung from his book Modern Man in Search of a Soul: "During the past thirty years, people from all the civilized countries of the earth have consulted me.
I have treated many hundreds of patients.
Among all my patients in the second half of life - that is to say, over thirty-five - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.
It is safe to say that every one of them fell ill because he had lost that which the living religions of every age have given their followers, none of them have been really healed who did not regain his religious outlook.
" He goes on to quote a scientist, physician and Nobel Prize winner, Alexis Carrel, who was quoted in Reader's digest as saying the following: "Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate.
It is a force as real as terrestrial gravity.
As a physician, I have seen men, after all therapies have failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer...
"Prayer like radium is a source of luminous, self-generating energy...
"In prayer, human beings seek to augment their finite energy by addressing themselves to the Infinite source of all energy.
"When we pray, we link ourselves with the inexhaustible motive power that spins the universe.
"Whenever we address God in fervent prayer, we change both soul and body for the better.
"It could not happen that any man or woman could pray for a single moment without some good result.
" The success of the 12-Step programs hinges on a recognition of a higher power and our dependence on that Infinite energy source to help us take control of our lives.
When we feel hopeless, anxious and out of control it helps to plug into that infinite source of calm and serenity.
Whatever you believe in, the power of prayer is a tool that can greatly help you achieve peace of mind and get rid of anxiety.
There are three reasons why prayer is practical even if you are a die-hard agnostic.
Dale Carnegie included a whole chapter on prayer in his best-selling book Stop Worrying and Start Living.
He included many quotes from famous and successful people about how prayer was a vital factor in their success and serenity.
One of the most significant quotes is by the famous psychiatrist Carl Jung from his book Modern Man in Search of a Soul: "During the past thirty years, people from all the civilized countries of the earth have consulted me.
I have treated many hundreds of patients.
Among all my patients in the second half of life - that is to say, over thirty-five - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.
It is safe to say that every one of them fell ill because he had lost that which the living religions of every age have given their followers, none of them have been really healed who did not regain his religious outlook.
" He goes on to quote a scientist, physician and Nobel Prize winner, Alexis Carrel, who was quoted in Reader's digest as saying the following: "Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate.
It is a force as real as terrestrial gravity.
As a physician, I have seen men, after all therapies have failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer...
"Prayer like radium is a source of luminous, self-generating energy...
"In prayer, human beings seek to augment their finite energy by addressing themselves to the Infinite source of all energy.
"When we pray, we link ourselves with the inexhaustible motive power that spins the universe.
"Whenever we address God in fervent prayer, we change both soul and body for the better.
"It could not happen that any man or woman could pray for a single moment without some good result.
" The success of the 12-Step programs hinges on a recognition of a higher power and our dependence on that Infinite energy source to help us take control of our lives.
When we feel hopeless, anxious and out of control it helps to plug into that infinite source of calm and serenity.
Whatever you believe in, the power of prayer is a tool that can greatly help you achieve peace of mind and get rid of anxiety.
There are three reasons why prayer is practical even if you are a die-hard agnostic.
- Prayer helps us crystallize and put into words exactly what our problem is.
- It also gives us a sense of sharing our burdens.
Sometimes our problems are too personal to share with others. - And prayer propels us into action.
When we pray for something day after day, we tap into the energy source and take action to make our lives better.
Why not tap into the power of prayer to help ease your tension and anxiety today?
