God, I Need Help!

In his book entitled, “For the Love of God,” the late author Dr. Wayne Dyer offered a reflection on his prayer life. He writes . . .

“I find God by giving myself time every day — through prayer, or meditation, or whatever you want to call it — to go into another level of consciousness. I close my eyes and breathe. I center myself and empty my mind and begin to feel the love that is there when I quiet down enough to feel. As I do this, I transcend time and space, and I am in the very presence of God, and it puts me into a state of harmony and bliss that transcends anything I’ve ever known.

He continues, “How you do it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t come about in some linear fashion or by studying somebody else’s ways. The secret is in permitting yourself to experience it firsthand, and then living whatever messages you’re getting. When you experience this, you connect…