What is prayer? In this video John Butler shares his understanding of the purpose and practice of prayer gleaned from 60 years of experience. "Prayer is so simple - turning from the little to the great. Prayer is opening the heart so that God's grace which is spiritual sunshine can shine in. The wider we open our heart to include the whole world then all the grace can shine in. The more I open my heart and say 'Thy will not mine' then grace can do its work in the world." In this episode of the 'Inside Story' series exploring more deeply the 'windows of realisation' in John's most popular book 'Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment' (Chapter 16), he comes to see the importance of John the Baptist's words "He must become greater; I must become less.” You can read more about John's time in Russia in his book 'Mystic Forbearance' (2 volumes) - https://spiritualunfoldment.co.uk/store/Mystic-Forbearance-in-Russia-two-volumes-p131875345. Join the discussion with your own copy of John's first and most popular book. You can buy 'Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment' as a companion to the Inside Story series in Kindle and paperback versions here - https://spiritualunfoldment.co.uk/store/Wonders-of-Spiritual-Unfoldment-p130835556. Producer: Phil Shankland, InSight New Media Productions Ltd Location: Bakewell, UK and Montana, USA Date: March, 2023 Copyright: Spiritual Unfoldment Trust 2023 Title photo credit: Joshua Earle on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/Dwheufds6kQ You can watch 80+ ad-free videos with John in the "Feet on the Ground' supporters section. Join here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi0TFuqj6eND-mJRf8i2Tnw/join. Those wanting more detailed accounts of John's life experience - the formative influences, which have taught and made him what he is, will find it in his 8 published books, available through the website: https://spiritualunfoldment.co.uk/store/. Did you know you can now listen to John on Spotify and other audio platforms? Here is his most popular recording 'Common sense guide to meditation' (1m views) - https://ffm.to/commonsenseguidetomeditation. FREE 86pp PDF 'Introducing Spiritual Unfoldment' With tempting extracts describing his life-long spiritual journey - in the hope they will encourage readers to go further, buy his books and read the whole story for themselves, we invite you to join John Butler's email community and receive a free 86-page PDF 'Introducing Spiritual Unfoldment'. Go to http://spiritualunfoldment.co.uk and scroll to the bottom of any page. Those who wish to support the Work of the Spiritual Unfoldment Trust can donate here - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BBAWMHB4JQMKY Find out more about the the Spiritual Unfoldment Trust: https://spiritualunfoldment.co.uk/charitable-trust/ Disclaimer: https://spiritualunfoldment.co.uk/disclaimer/