“‘How should one pray to the Spiritual Beings?’ asked Ma-u. ‘For although they are finite they must have tremendous Powers, and if an unselfish prayer is directed towards them they can and will hear and respond?’ ‘Yes,’ replied the Divine Messenger, ‘they can and do. But one should never address them with requests that have only to do with material advantages for the supplicant. The only things we may ask for are in regard to spiritual matters, such as will advance the World spiritually. With regard to material advantages, there are quite natural Laws one may put in action. But we are not concerned with those now.
To address the Higher Beings you must never kneel down; for the act of kneeling down lowers the whole attitude of the petitioner, and brings him in attunement with the lower worlds of beings; with the material, or even lower. Therefore, the supplicant should stand upright, with arms crossed over the breast and one hand resting lightly on each shoulder. He should look UP. Furthermore, he should address his petition silently and mentally; for the spoken word issues from within outwards, and as soon as it is uttered it flows into the material realms of illusion and is lost there. It can then have material results only and, at the worst, they may be dire in the extreme, or be answered with Satanic laughter by the lower elementals if the prayer should be in connection with Spiritual conditions. The only powers that can be addressed with the spoken word are the dark beings, or the material. In order to petition the Divine Denizens of the Spiritual Realms, the prayer should be from without inwards; from the material to the Spiritual. That is the only way in which such prayers will reach the goal for which they are intended. At the same time, the supplicant should raise up his thoughts. They should go inwards and upwards, and always silently.’”
