November 13, 2025

Prayer is communion by way of our intentionally shared presence with the source of life and being. It does not consist of words so much as the experience of being with That Which Is More Than Words Can Say, which is also That Which has always been called God.

If you have been with me for a while, you know that I contend there are two forms of God, the God of theology and the God before and beyond theology, which has been experienced as God long before theology was invented by the Church of Rome, which is now the Roman Catholic Church, in the 400 years between Jesus’ execution and the closing of the Canon, when the Church declared there would be no more scriptures allowed in the Bible, and also declared that it had the authority to do so because of its uninterrupted line of apostolic succession with those who knew someone who knew someone who knew someone who knew at least one disciple who knew Jesus, or so they said. That is how the Bible came to be. Leading me to conclude that theology is a collection of opinions about hearsay. And, of course, there is no one to dispute this with facts because the Church, then and now, is grounded on Faith not Facts, with Faith being believing that what someone has said is so.

However That Which Has Always Been Called God is not taken on faith, but is experienced as That Which Has Always Been Called God through inward, spiritual, experiences of outward, physical, events and circumstances.

The God of Theology is believed to be so, while the God Before and Beyond Theology is known to be so on the basis of the conviction of one’s own experience, as can be attested to by all of the religions of the world throughout the existence of the world.

And prayer is a medium of establishing, confirming, substantiating, deepening and sustaining our on-going connection with That Which Has Always Been Called God. And we do that with prayer beyond words, grounded in and upon our intentional shared presence with More Than Words Can Say, which is also That Which Has Always Been Called God.

Exploring ways of experiencing the presence of That Which Has Always Been Called God is the foundation of Spiritual Development with experimental approaches to More Than Words Can Say, and I find that the simple act of dropping into emptiness, stillness and silence (One thing, not three) and waiting for something to emerge, arise, appear with a compelling urgency that sets it apart from ordinary ways of thinking or reflecting, and seeing where that encounter/experience leads is always available without need of external accessories or paraphernalia. We can drop into the silence anywhere, any time and commune with what communes with us for as often and as long as that proves to be helpful.