Inward Prayer

Taken from Thomas Kelly's book, "A Testament of Devotion"

At first the practice of inward prayer is a process of alternation of attention between outer things and the Inner Light. Preoccupation with either brings the loss of the other. Yet what is sought is not alternation, but simultaneity, worship undergirding every moment, living prayer, the continuous current and background of all moments of Life. Long practice indeed is needed before alternation yields to concurrent immersion in both levels at once. The "plateaus in the learning curve" are so long, and many falter and give up, assenting to alternation the best that they can do. And no doubt His graciousness God gives us His gifts, even in intermittent communion, and touches us into flame, far beyond our achievements and desert.

I couldn't have said it better!!