Prayer is talking to God

Prayer is talking to God and at the same time some inner view of the things that are being prayed for.

Answering to this there is something akin to an influx into the perception or thought of the person’s mind, which effects a certain opening of his internals towards God.

But the experience varies according to the person’s state and according to the essence of what he is praying for.

If his prayer springs from love and faith, and if he prays about and for heavenly and spiritual things, something like revelation is present within his prayer.

This manifests itself in his affection in the form of hope, comfort, or some inward joy.

—EMANUEL SWEDENBORG