Pastor
A Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from Nyack College and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. Not a pulpit to fill on Sundays; a life to live as prayer, every day.
Michael Soaries
“My prayer is my life,
“My prayer is my life,
my life is my prayer.”
A redefinition of church: not a place we go, but a life we live. The mantra was received on a vision quest in Guadalajara, Mexico. It has been the center ever since.
The Practice
Not a service. A way of living.
For over twenty-three years, the I AM practice and New Thought spiritual recovery work have been the ground beneath everything. Not a technique to master; a remembering. A gradual clearing of everything that obscures what was always already true.
Personal transformation is not about going from nothing to something. It is awakening: getting in clearer touch with that thing within you that is everything already, and then learning to express that power as you, as your life, now.
“Everything I think, say, and do is a prayer. I am praying now.”
Church, redefined
Church is not a building we visit on Sunday. Church is the life we live every day: every thought, every word, every act a prayer. The altar is wherever you are. The congregation is everyone you meet. The liturgy is your own attention, turned toward what is real.
The Community
The Global Prayer Closet
A community gathered around the practice of life as prayer. Not a congregation to join; a closet to enter, together.
About
Michael Soaries
Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from Nyack College and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. His path has carried him through pastoral study, the mystical traditions, New Thought, the I AM practice, art, and writing, each a facet of one lifelong inquiry: what does it mean to live as prayer?
That inquiry found its answer on a vision quest in Guadalajara, Mexico, where the mantra arrived: my prayer is my life, my life is my prayer. Everything since has been the slow, daily work of living it.
Artist
Oil, acrylic, and photography. The canvas as another place where the unseen takes form: the same inquiry, a different medium.
Author
A children's book and a book of poetry. Words as vessels for the same truth the mantras carry: you are already that which you seek.
Practitioner
Reiki and energy work: the healing dimension of a life lived in conscious attunement. Offered quietly, as part of the practice, not as a storefront.
Bachelor of Arts
Pastoral Ministry · Nyack College
Master of Divinity
Union Theological Seminary
The Work
The teachings live at Abundant Thought
The writings, the Science of Getting Rich course, and the Abundance Alchemy app all live at Abundant Thought. This site is the person. That site is the work.