???: A Life of Reporting to God

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• We have considered many elements of the
  spirituality of ???
• The fundamental duties we have as BCFs, given
  by True Father during his Palace speech
• Establishment of an ideal family
• mind and body unity (???? ??)
• Husband and wife unity (????)
• Experience of the heart of God (???? ??)
• The overcoming of our bad habits and our effort
  to develop good habits
• The importance of connecting to the spirit world
  (?? ??))
• Levels of our attention in our daily life (winter
  mind/feeling, summer mind/feeling, etc)
• Daily life at home (practical things about
  clothes, eating, etc.)
• Our ritual life, and its importance (??? ? ???
  ???)

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• One important thing for us to keep in mind, is to
  maintain an unchanging mind toward God and True
  Parents (??? ? ????)
• Our mind is always changing sometimes we are
  high, sometimes we are depressed
• This is our reality during the course of even one
  day
• How can we maintain an inspired mind?
• Our effort to develop our attention, and the
  rituals in which we engage help us to maintain an
  unchanging mind toward God, True Parents, and
  Heaven.
• Reporting is another method of seeking to
  maintain an unchanging mind toward God, True
  Parents, and Heaven
• What is reporting? What is a report? What
  is prayer?
• We used to pray in the UC, following the
  Christian tradition, basically, except that we
  would pray in the name of True Parents.
• With the development of the providence, we now
  pray in our own names, as BCFs.
• This is a remarkable change.
• We need to reflect on its deeper meanings.
• First, let us briefly consider the providential
  context of prayer/reporting

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True Parents Step by Step Restoration of the
Cosmos

• 1960 Parents Day
• 1960 Childrens Day
• 1963 Day of All Things
• 1968 Gods Day all things of the family restored
• 1985.8.15 Il Sung Il
• 1985 1992 True Fathers responsibility
• 1991 True Father embraces M. Gorbachev Kim Il
  Sung (elder sonship restored)
• 1992 WFWP established centering on True Mother
• 1992 1999 True Mothers responsibility
• 1992-1997 True Mothers speech tours worldwide
• 1992 Proclamation of True Parents
• 1993 Proclamation of CTA
• 1994 Family Pledge
• 1999.3.21 Satan (Lucifer) surrendered to True
  Parents (parentship restored)
• 1999.5.14 Satan (Lucifer) surrendered to God
• 1999.9.9 Liberation Day of Cosmic Unification
  (end of Satans dominion)
• 1999 2006 Saints responsibility to restore
  Kingship (nation is needed)
• 2000.9.14 Registration Blessing
• 2001.1.13 Gods coronation ceremony

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• 1999.3.21 Satan (Lucifer) surrendered to True
  Parents (parentship restored)
• 1999.5.14 Satan (Lucifer) surrendered to God
• Lucifer voluntarily surrendered his position to
  God (God held the position He should have held
  from the beginning)
• 1999.5.30 East-West Global Victory (Belvedere,
  NY)
• 1999.6.14 Declaration of True Parents Cosmic
  Victory (Korea)
• True Father presented an award to True Mother on
  that occasion
• True Parents had achieved total cosmic victory
• True Father immediately bequeathed this victory
  to humanity
• Horizontal expansion of this vertical victory
  now became very important
• This was our (saints) responsibility we must
  live lives of no shadow
• True Father no longer only cared about the actual
  of blessed couples
• True Father now was concerned about the actual
  living standard of BCFs
• He began to do something about this right after
  1999.9.9
• 1999.9.9. 90909 True Father Liberation Day
  of Cosmic Unification (end of Satans dominion)
• This is the 9.9 Jeol (9.9 ?) the end of Satans
  dominion over the cosmos
• This is the second great pillar of Gods
  providence (??? was the first establishment of
  True Parents on the cosmic level)
• The last moment under Satans dominion

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• 1999.9.10 at 1010 am (3.10 ?) - a new beginning
  after the last moment under Satan
• True Parents (we saints) must restore kingship
• 1999.9.10 at 1010 am True Father immediately
  began to educate BCFs and to bequeath everything
  to us.
• In order to be able to inherit what True Father
  has bequeathed to, and to live properly in this
  new age, there are certain important conditions
  we need to meet.
• True Father bequeathed to us BCFs
• The authority to confer the Blessing
• Our style of prayer changed, and later changed
  again we now pray in our own name.
• 1999 2006 Saints responsibility to restore
  Kingship (nation is needed)
• 2000.9.14 Registration Blessing
• Before we were categorized as 36, 72, etc.
  couples these were restorational groups.
• All BCFs now stand on an equal footing equal
  before God/True Parents
• 2001.1.13 Gods coronation ceremony we were
  given three important laws
• Keep purity
• Dont hurt peoples feelings
• Dont misuse public property
• Actually, the observance of absolute sex
  fulfills all three laws (as we saw previously)

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• Now that we can understand something about the
  providential foundation and context on which we
  stand, we can more deeply understand the meaning
  and importance of prayer/reporting (????) in the
  context of a ??? spirituality
• Prayer (reporting to God/Heaven) is another way
  in which we can nurture the development of our
  mind and a ??? spirituality.
• (???? ?????)

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?? On Prayer (Reporting)

• The question is what is prayer (??)? ???
  ?????? ?????
• Traditionally, there have been many different
  kinds of prayer.
• Christian history has many varieties
• Jesus prayer
• Prayer of simple union
• Prayer as primary speech
• Personal prayer and group prayer
• Unison prayer
• Apophatic (re via negativa, or silent prayer)
  prayer
• Cataphatic (re via affirmativa, or vocal) prayer
• Prayer as communion with God
• Charismatic prayer
• Mystical prayer
• Sulpician prayer (simple, non-intellectual Jesus
  before the eyes, in the heart, in the hands)
• Supernatural prayer
• The Lords prayer

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• Adam and Eve, if they had not fallen, would have
  had direct personal communion with God, their
  Father.
• Because of the fall, they became separated from
  God.
• Prayer is one of those helps which support us
  as we seek to regain that original relationship
  with God.
• Even in FFWPU there are many varieties of prayer.
  (??? ???????)
• Some people offer long prayers
• Some people just speak words, even in their minds
• Some people have extended liturgies which they
  follow
• There are prayer lists also that people sometimes
  use
• Prayer is one of those helps which supports us
  as we seek to regain that original relationship
  with God.
• What do we do once we have that original position
  restored?
• What do we do once we have the position as
  children of God?
• What do we do once we have a new relationship
  with God?
• We report we offer a report to God/Heaven.
• Then the question is what is a report? What
  constitutes a report?

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• In the past, we would pray for the things that we
  thought/felt we needed (?????)
• Gods love
• Health
• Safety
• To accomplish Gods will
• Some people even prayed for money and other
  things.
• At this point we were still in a restorational
  mode
• We now live in a new age, and especially the ???
  era, the age after the coming of heaven.
• In this new age, our prayer needs to take more
  the form of a report than a prayer as such.
• What does it mean to say that our prayer in this
  age is actually a report?
• As citizens of ???, our status before God and
  True Parents is not like what it was before. Our
  position now, is unprecedented in human history.
• All the previous concepts and ways and traditions
  are gone by the way.
• Reporting is now the mode of our communication
  with God.
• What (??) are we reporting? And to whom (????)
  are we reporting it?

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• Reporting is now the mode of our communication
  with God.
• What is a report?
• How do we report?
• What contents are we reporting?
• To whom are we reporting it?
• Where does a report fit in, in the context of our
  everyday life?
• In all cases
• True Father Prayer is the concentration of our
  sincerest heart. (WGsW, 363)
• (??? ??)
• True Father Prayer is like rain, washing
  everything, giving moisture to the land so that
  life might come forth. (WofT 3, 96)
• True Father Prayer is an absolute necessity.
  (WofT 3, 101)
• (??? ?? ????)
• Let us look at these one by one first what is a
  report?

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What is a Report?

• We know what Gods will is True Parents have
  taught us many things
• True Father has educated us about everything.
  There is nothing else that we need to know. True
  Father has told us this several times.
• We have many tasks to carry out as we walk the
  path of the restoration of the world.
• Most important establish an ideal family, 4
  great realms of heart, 3 great kingships
• Our status and position in relationship to God
  and True Parents is different from what it was in
  the past.
• Dae Mo Nim Go to the ??? and report on your
  entire life to God. Give a detailed report and
  that will help you as you seek to overcome many
  problems.
• We are not asking for things to be given to us
  (as we may have in the past).
• We are already in the position of being able to
  inherit and receive all things.
• Our responsibility is to act, to work, to do, to
  actualize Gods will in our lives.
• We must be active (????)
• We must make effort everyday (pledge 5) (??)
• We should have a clear plan of action, be
  purpose-driven, and with clear objectives
• We need to report to God and to Heaven, in
  detail, what our plan is
• A report is a plan of intended action. (??? ??)

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• True Father Whether or not your prayer is
  realized depends upon whether it is in accordance
  with Gods purpose. (WGsW, 366)
• True Father Only prayer plus action will bring
  about restoration. (WofT 3, 97)
• ????? ---? ??
• True Father Whenever you pray, the focus of the
  prayer should be upon something greater than you
  for the world, for the universe and ultimately
  for God. Do not ask for personal favors, do not
  worry about yourself, but dedicate yourself to
  God. Do not ask favors, but ask what you can do
  for God. (WofT, 3, 88)
• ??? When you pray, you should first pray for
  the nation, then pray for the world, and then
  pray for the liberation of God. (1036)
• ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ??

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How do we report?

• Reporting does not mean to be vague, ambiguous,
  abstract or conceptual
• Please help those people
• I pray that this will be a good day
• Please take care of us
• I pray that I can understand Divine Principle
• This kind of prayer is too general (????? ????)
• True Father Dont pray empty prayers. (WofT 3,
  106)
• True Father There are two kinds of prayer. One
  is for a particular person and the other is for
  the realization of a public purpose. (The Way of
  Gods Will, 360)
• The first can be a very specific report. The
  other, also as specific as possible, can be
  connected to our mission.
• In either case, we need to report as specifically
  and as concretely as possible. (???)

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What contents are we reporting?

• We must be as detailed as possible, as concrete
  as possible (the more so the better)
• We need to report centering on time, place,
  feeling, motivation, etc.
• We need to report in as much detail as possible
  our plan
• Exactly what it is that I plan to do (???)
• Exactly who it is that I plan to meet (??)
• Exactly when it is that I plan to meet this
  person (??)
• Exactly where I plan to meet this person (??)
• Exactly how this person may be feeling, or
  thinking, or expecting, or worrying about, or
  concerned about
• Exactly how I plan things to go (???)
• Exactly what result I plan to bring forth from
  this particular situation (??)

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• Any parent prays about their children in such a
  way, often with tears
• True Father Show your utmost sincerity. Those
  parents who show their utmost sincerity can
  intuit unfortunate accidents which happen to
  their children who are not nearby. (WGsW, 366)
• We need to report this kind of specific detail,
  while we are keeping our heart/mind centered on
  God and True Parents, and Gods Providential will
• Our ancestors can work more effectively based on
  this kind of prayer
• When you have a real-world conversation with
  someone, you must talk in certain detail
  reporting is a similar case.

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To whom are we reporting?

• When we report, we are offering this report to
• God (???)
• Heaven (the spirit world in general)
• We may not be aware of the resources available to
  us from the spirit world, especially in the case
  of angels, guardian angels, etc., who are willing
  and ready to help us, if they know what we are in
  need of
• Ancestors (??)
• Dae Mo Nim has clearly indicated that oftentimes
  our ancestors know better how to deal with
  problems and other situations than we do often
  they are involved or responsible for those
  problems
• If we know about our ancestors, it is better than
  if we do not know about them
• Many people have genealogies of their ancestors,
  and at least know their name
• We can even mention their name in connection with
  our reporting prayer
• Myself (?)
• By vocalizing myself in a reporting prayer, I am
  helping myself to understand more deeply the
  nature of my life, my situation, my needs, my
  strengths, my weaknesses, etc.
• My conscience (??)
• A report prayer is one aspect of speaking to
  ones conscience

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Where does a report fit into my life?

• We should keep ourselves in a prayer state of
  mind at all times.
• True Father Always pray in your life. As you
  walk, pray that you may be able to live according
  to Gods words, and that they may be transformed
  into flesh and blood and move within you. (WGsW,
  361-2) (?????)
• True Father You will have no time to pray
  kneeling down before God, but you can pray as you
  work. From early dawn you can be prepared and
  work, work! (WofT 3, 92)
• We should act as if God is with us, and we are
  talking, discussing, sharing with God, asking His
  opinion or His idea about things. We can ask Him
  questions, share insights with Him, ask Him what
  He thinks about this or that, and so on.
• As we develop this habit or consciousness, we
  become more and more used to prayer or reporting.
• Of course, most of this would be done silently in
  our mind. We dont want to be like a crazy
  person in New York (walking down the street and
  apparently talking to ourselves)!

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• True Father Without leading a life of constant
  prayer, you cannot go the way of Gods will. Do
  not think of money in your daily life you should
  first think about Gods will. (???, 1060)
• That does not mean that we absolutely cannot
  think about money! We will consider this point
  soon.
• True Father If you pray unconsciously in
  everyday life then undoubtedly you are becoming
  sons and daughters of prayer (i.e. a person with
  a ??? spirituality)

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The Benefits of a Reporting Life

• Life is very uncertain
• We do not know when we might go the spirit world
• We do not know when we might have a serious
  accident
• We are sometimes separated from our beloved
  families (wife, children)
• When separated, we have no real control over the
  lives of our family members
• We do not know if we are truly accomplishing
  Gods will or not
• True Father encourages us to have
• Absolute faith (complete (100) conviction that
  results will come)
• Absolute love (complete (100) living for the
  sake of the other)
• Absolute obedience (complete (100) self-denial)
• Through our prayer-report we can have some
  assurance that
• Our family is protected
• Our children will be okay
• We are doing the right thing/s especially since
  our conscience becomes more sensitive

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• Heavenly law (natural law and spiritual law)
  operates absolutely
• If we do our best to follow spiritual law, and
  are in accordance with Gods divine providence,
  then the cosmos moves to protect us
• Suppose you drive a car, for example
• If it is in good mechanical order and functioning
  well (tires, engine, safety, etc.)
• If you are well-versed in the rules of the road
  (driving regulations)
• If you drive safely, with care, and are
  well-rested and not tired, etc.
• If you have good plans, know the road, and
  directions, and where you are going
• Then, the cosmos functions to enable you to have
  a successful drive
• There are guardian angels watching over you, and
  protecting you
• If we prayer for our children, for example
• If they are faithful and working hard (in
  accordance with Gods will)
• If they take care of their health (good
  discipline)
• Then, we can have some assurance that Heaven
  will watch over them, and our anxiety and worry
  is reduced.
• In some instances, we simply must turn all things
  over to God, and believe in His care
• This is why, in some instances, a person who is
  sick (i.e. cancer), after giving their lives over
  to God, can be healed. this has been documented
  The Dawning of a New Culture, 193-195

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• True Father Equip even your face with spiritual
  dignity through a life of prayer. If you dominate
  the spirit world and are in accordance with the
  Principle, you will become confident. (WGsW,
  361)
• Spiritual dignity this is an interesting
  concept
• A life of prayer not just at 500 am but all
  the time keep God in the picture
• Dominate the spirit world be in complete
  control of your emotions, intellectualizations,
  and volitional tendencies in any situation
• In accordance with the Principle a Principled
  life (S, O, relationship)
• Confidence assurance that God is with you, and
  you will have the power, energy, and ability to
  say, do, etc. just about anything, anywhere,
  anytime

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The flow of heavenly fortune and heavenly blessing

• True Father (and Dae Mo Nim) often speaks about
  heavenly fortune and heavenly blessing.
• The cosmos which God created is a beneficent
  (friendly) cosmos
• If we are in accord with Gods will, then the
  cosmos protects us
• We must have unity and harmony on all levels
• Of most importance is unity between my mind and
  body (conscience and body or spirit mind and
  physical mind) this is foundational and
  critical
• We sometimes feel overwhelmed by our environment
  (too many things happening at once all this
  can be calmed down, and dealt with if we have
  mind/body unity
• Unity between husband and wife
• Unity between parents and children
• Unity between my family and other families
• Unity in society, etc.
• Unity can be realized on progressively higher
  levels
• Heavenly fortune and blessing can flow smoothly
  if there is harmonious give-and-receive action on
  all these levels
• If there is any breakdown at any point, the flow
  of HF and HB is/can be blocked

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• Prayer and reporting helps us to create unity by
  helping us to clear up all the problems,
  difficulties, etc. which might be confronting us
  in our mind, our family, etc.
• Once we begin to establish this harmonious kind
  of interaction between mind and body, husband and
  wife, between people, etc., heavenly blessing and
  fortune begin to flow freely.
• Our lives in ??? need to be in complete harmony,
  balance and equilibrium
• This is what attention helps us to achieve
• This is what ritual helps us to achieve
• This is what reporting helps us to achieve
• Once we begin to achieve this condition, the
  entire spirit world (God, angels, ancestors,
  etc.) and the entire cosmos conspires together
  to support us, protect us, energize us, and guide
  us.
• This is what True Parents have experienced their
  entire lives
• This is what we can begin to experience this is
  heavenly fortune and blessing.

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• The reason for the remarkable success of such
  books as
• The Secret (by Rhonda Byrne)
• Think and Grow Rich (by Napoleon Hill)
• Secrets of the Millionaire Mind (by T. Harv
  Eker)
• is because they have caught on to this powerful
  idea, although they do not realize the full
  ontology of it. They do not necessarily
  understand about spirit world.
• According to Unification Thought, we are created
  to resemble God.
• When God first created, He did so on the basis
  of
• Absolute faith, absolute love, and absolute
  obedience
• As we come to resemble this nature of God, the
  entire cosmos responds to our mind (and all its
  wishes, hopes, dreams, etc.)
• All the books mentioned above, address the
  incredible power of the human mind, and human
  thinking.
• What we think (with conviction, sincerity,
  passion, and with absolute belief), that becomes
  our reality.

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• Hill (Think and Grow Rich) states
• Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it
  can achieve.
• Conceive formulate something into a concrete and
  specific thought (a plan)
• Believe have total conviction and confidence
  that something is/will become real
• Endow your thought with passion and conviction
  (emotional content)
• True Father When you pray, your heart should be
  as earnest as a baby who cries for his mothers
  milk (WGsW. 359)
• Believe in it absolutely, without any doubt in
  your mind
• Achieve Realize the thought in everyday life
  make it a reality
• All authors state that our environment, which
  surrounds us, conforms itself to our thoughts and
  brings into reality that which we are thinking.
  We are the boss
• Think health ------? become healthy consider
  what it means to think
• Think angry ------? become angry
• Think worry ------? many small problems happen
  in life
• Our thoughts do become self-fulfilling
  prophecies. Buddhism knows this clearly

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• The Divine Principle teaches that mind is subject
  and that body is object
• The human mind is so incredibly powerful
• It is meant, by God, to control the body that
  is the original design of its creation
• The fall has disordered our mind to an
  incredible degree
• The human mind has the ability to resonate with
  God all feelings and emotions
• Prayer/reporting is one way we can connect to God
• If we pray and report with this kind of attitude,
  our prayer/report can have incredible power.
• True Father comments how our prayers begin to
  come true how we experience in real life what we
  experience in prayer, etc. (see the Hoon Dok 12
  volume series)

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• But, it is important to realize that if our
  report is self-centered it will not be
  effective.
• We must have absolute obedience (no self)
• Dont pray let me get rich, etc. etc.
• True Father A selfish prayer is just a dirty
  prayer, a beggars prayer. We ought to offer the
  prayers of comfort and inspiration and
  encouragement to God, not the prayers of
  beggars. (WofT 3, 98)
• We must be focused on something greater than
  myself on the providence of God on an unselfish
  motivation

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• True Father Pray, Father, I would like to give
  to all people, so please enable me to do so.
  (WGsW, 362)
• I could do this and that if I had
  1,495,102.37 and you might just get it!
• If it is public-centered God-centered centered
  on the providence
• We are Gods children we are important to God
  and to the providence
• Dae Mo Nim (Azalea Festival) pray and ask
  God, what can I do for You?
• When your desire, and Gods desire, and the thing
  that you really want and like to do, and get
  excited and inspired to do, then that will surely
  be realized. this was expressed by another one
  of the CGST faculty just recently but it is this
  point that is being expressed

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When things dont turn out the way we hoped

• After we have planned our activity in detail, and
  reported to God what our plan is, and then we act
  the best we can, and tell God what we are doing,
  and then make our best effort to accomplish our
  plan, what we believe/know to be Gods will (good
  family, good contacts, etc. etc.), and try to
  actualize it in real life.
• Then, dont worry.
• True Father Prayers are only answered to those
  who try their best to fulfill that for which they
  prayed. (WofT 3, 91)

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• At the end of the day, we need to reflect on what
  we have done, and what we have accomplished. And
  what we didnt do and what we did not accomplish,
  and why we could not do or accomplish. We need to
  reflect on our weaknesses, inadequacies, and
  flaws (why am I like this? How can I change
  myself?)
• We need to offer a full prayer report to God,
  again reporting in detail what happened, how
  things went, what we felt, what our motivations
  were, what we said and how we said it, what we
  did and did not accomplish, how we could have
  done better, how things could have different,
  etc.
• We need to repent for those things we are
  deficient in, and ask continued guidance and
  support for when we need it. In this way we are
  nurturing, in some detail, a continuous communion
  with God, with the spirit world, with our
  ancestors, etc.
• Eventually, this communion will become more and
  more real, vital, continuous, and an integral
  part of our continuing life experience. This
  means that we are approaching a ??? spirituality.

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Just words? Or is our passion there also?

• Now, there are various levels on which these
  things can be done.
• You can give a prayer report to God using
  basically just words (like a lawyer)
• You can give a tearful report to God using
  emotion (like a saint)
• We previously spoke about being in touch with
  Gods heart, and about the various levels of
  attention
• If your report to God can be offered with a heart
  that resembles His (if you can feel what God is
  feeling) your report can have a much more
  profound impact
• If your report to God can be offered with the
  level of attention we talked about previously,
  you can learn and gain many insights from your
  report
• An experiment in your prayer sometime, get mad
  at God. Stop being so polite and proper. Shout
  at Him, and get angry, and express all your
  resentment, bitterness, frustration, anger,
  hostility, and heartache.
• At first, it will be artificial then, you may
  begin to actually feel it then, you will unleash
  things you could not imagine then, there comes
  a point where you will break down in tears. You
  will have experienced something of Gods heart a
  parent who knows all these things about you
  already, but still listens quietly to your
  sincere prayer, longing that you can overcome and
  return to Him Who never stopped loving you, no
  matter what.

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• You cannot deceive God you can only deceive
  yourself!
• We must be brutally honest with ourselves.
• True Father Prayer life consists in reporting
  to God honestly. (WGsW, 367)
• stop being polite and start being honest
  (especially with yourself)
• True Father It is not good to pray by keeping
  something from God but you should give reports to
  Him reporting your struggle and fight (WofT 3,
  92)
• We must pray with utter sincerity.
• True Father Utmost sincerity is more fearful
  than poison. (WGsW, 567)

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• The more sincere and attentive we are in
  reporting to God, the more we can be potentially
  affected and influenced by our own report.
• In various ways our report is for our own
  benefit. Because God does not live in heaven,
  He lives inside me.
• True Father When you pray, you must be able to
  receive grace from your own voice of prayer. It
  becomes the source of grace. (WGsW, 364)

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