Thought is creative, once we think of something we create an image in the upper three chakras...after that, our unconscious creates an emotion in the lower three chakras, this emotion can only be either the love of the thought, or the fear of the thought.
Now the thought, and the emotion meets in the middle, in the heart chakra...which creates a feeling...and this feeling is one kind of prayers that we emit daily. This feeling is the what the field around us understands, some call this field THE MATRIX, in Quran it's called ARSH, it's like an array or a network of energy pathways that holds the whole universe together, through a glue of compassion.
This matrix doesnt understand needs, nor desires...it just understands feelings and what it consists of (thoughts and emotions) if the thought had an affirming emotion of love, the prayer is in harmony with what you want and you will get it. If the you wanted something and the emotion was fear of the thought ( majority of people create fear without they know it, like creating a thought to be rich, but having an emotion of fear because i may have to pay more taxes, or i may lose this money during a crisis) they're in contradiction to each other, and it wont be in harmony with what you desire and you will not get it, sometimes people even get the total opposite of what they want.
The solution to this is to be authentic, and clear regarding what you want, and most importantly...being honest to oneself. Then all of your feelings will be prayers that will be answered exactly as you please.