Mental Prayer

Question 1

General Preparation 01

Answer 1

recollection

Question 2

General Preparation 02

Answer 2

detachment

Question 3

General Preparation 03

Answer 3

spiritual reading

Question 4

Immediate Preparation 01

Answer 4

comfortable (but not overly) position

Question 5

Immediate Preparation 02

Answer 5

put yourself in the Presence

Question 6

Meditation on reading 01

Answer 6

slowly chew on it

Question 7

Meditation on reading 02

Answer 7

put yourself there, Third Person

Question 8

Conversation 01

Answer 8

go from third to Second Person

Question 9

Conclusion 01

Answer 9

conclude as in a normal conversation

Question 10

Conclusion 02

Answer 10

Make a firm purpose of amendment

Question 11

Progress 01

Answer 11

You may start with long preparation and slowly move to a larger percentage of conversation to prep

Question 12

Progress 02

Answer 12

Do not ignore promptings to skip preparation- “if the orange is peeled, eat it!”

Question 13

Advancement

Answer 13

Once a soul hits three certain markers, it can pass beyond meditation into acquired contemplation

You may have to phase mental prayer out at this point, though not necessarily never doing it again

Question 14

The Royal Highway

Answer 14

St Teresa’s name for holy prayer, it is the hardest at the beginning. God will give us the grace to conquer if we persevere.