What astonishing work and far ahead of its time, even though it is based on an ancient prayer practice… Deborah Heartwood, MA, Sr. Prayer Chaplin, Unity Churches Unity Reverend Carol Ruth Knox shared her encounters with the Divine and the lessons she learned from them. Her messages were an anomaly for New Thought ministers. Instead of using the Divine to manifest health, houses, or relationships, she taught that God is everywhere - in every situation, even the most difficult ones. Sometimes life is hard. But you are never alone, Carol Ruth would say, God is here in this hard time, too! I’m not here to make your life easier, she cautioned, I’m here to help you grow deeper. In this Book, Prayer of the Heart, Rev. Knox explains how she survived some of the darkest times of her life - her ‘Dark Night of the Soul’. She shares, I felt barren and bitter and experienced an overwhelming feeling of bondage. Do you? Are you bored and bicker a lot? Do you feel as if you are inside a gray cave and you don’t know how to get out? Do you feel your relationships have not treated you right, your living situations don’t work, and your general way of being is like a low-grade headache? Are you married to the ‘perfect person’, have a wonderful job, sleep for ten yours but you are not at all renewed and have no zest? Right. I tried to think correctly and did 15 different workshops, and even experienced spiritual ‘openings’ only to have them close down again and I returned to the same ‘drone of consciousness’ and did not'break out of the cave’ Then I began the Prayer of the Heart work and entered a whole new level of spirituality.