A Prayer for Life by Barry Long
A Prayer for Life is an extended essay about how prayer works and how the power of prayer is often misused. The author offers examples of right prayer and describes the consequences of praying for things that are not ours to have. The book's subtitle is 'The cause and cure of terrorism, war and human suffering'. Barry Long argues that these are the ultimate consequences of the unconscious praying of human race for material success and advantage. He predicts that our planet will not be able to withstand the extent of man's corruption and that eventually a more evolved humanity will inherit 'a new earth.' In a few short, closing chapters he offers a vision of a future where human beings will have been utterly transformed.
Barry Long (1926-2003) was a writer and spiritual teacher with an original and challenging way of communicating age-old truths. Born and raised in Australia he started out as a junior journalist and became the youngest-ever editor of a Sydney Sunday tabloid, somewhat prophetically called 'Truth'. At that time spiritual truth was far from his mind, but in his early 30s, the ambitious and successful family man began to question all his values. For some years his inner pain and suffering increased. Eventually, in 1965, he fled Australia and went to India. After many adventures, alone in the Himalayas he experienced what he called a 'mystic death', or the realization of immortality. This was the real beginning of his journey towards 'the unfathomable mystery of God or Life and that other divine mystery of true love between man and woman'. He wrote of his insights and realizations and for thirty years gave talks and seminars in many countries. He inspired and guided many thousands of men and women without wanting to create a big organization or attract personal fame. He was concerned with the individual, not society. He taught that the way to truth and the reality of love is through direct experience, not belief or imagination; and that freedom comes from taking responsibility for one's own life. He was fulfilled by the prospect that one day someone might hear the truth from him and be able to live it. Evidently very many did. His legacy may be seen in their lives and in the work of some of those he inspired, including other teachers, notably Eckhart Tolle.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781899324170 |
| ISBN 10 | 1899324178 |
| Title | A Prayer for Life |
| Author | Barry Long |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Barry Long Books |
| Year published | 2002-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 127 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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