It began with a principle, not a website.
In 2020, while driving to work, M. Austin White experienced what he describes as a moment of communion with his Creator. From that experience came the principle that would become Benevolent Prayers.
The thought challenged the ordinary direction of prayer. We spend much of our lives thinking about our own needs, desires, fears, hopes, and struggles. In Austin's spiritual understanding, God, the Creator, or the universe already knows what we carry within us.
“Forsake yourself and pray for someone else.”— M. Austin White
The mantra, written by M. Austin White, gives the principle its clearest expression. The practice is simple: devote 99.9% of the prayer to someone or something outside yourself, and leave 0.1% for yourself.
This is not about denying your own needs. It is about creating one intentional moment in which another person's needs come before your own.
From the universe, transmitted through M. Austin White.
These words describe how Austin understands the source of the principle: received through communion with his Creator and transmitted through him. The mantra and its expression as Benevolent Prayers were written and developed by M. Austin White.