PRAISE AND
THANKSGIVING

IN SPIRIT, praise accumulates. In sense consciousness this faculty is called acquisitiveness. It accumulates material things. Praise opens the portal of the mysterious realm called the superconsciousness where thought is impregnated with an uplifting, transcendent quality. Every lofty ideal, all the inspiration that elevates and idealizes in religion, poetry, and art, originates here. It is the kingdom of the true and real in all things.

Praise is the complement of sight and hearing. It is the redemption of weariness. From it issues the Savior of the world. Instead of a supplication, prayer should be a jubilant thanksgiving. This method of prayer quickens the