"Morning Prayer" - 3 (With a Twist)

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Dear Mani Ji:

 

My Guru had a Prayer that was extremely practical.

 

Being a "YOGI" he did not believe in dragging God for something he

was personally responsible for. Because he believed that there is on

one other than you yourself to blame for. Therefore, he never

liked "passing the buck" as "HIS WILL !!!"

 

Everyday he use to say -

 

Oh Lord ! I will take care of my enemies (internal as well as

external). Just help me take care of my "FRIENDS".

 

Regards,

 

Dr. Yadu

 

 

advaitin, "R.S.MANI" <r_s_mani> wrote:

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> "MORNING PRAYER" – 3

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> (BY Swami Dayananda Saraswati)

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> No one wants to be a victim of one's own past. If I hold to

the past, I can drop it. I can let it go. Like an object in my hand,

I can drop it. However, the problem is that the past holds me. I am

helpless. When the past holds me, the past and I are so united, so

identical, that the past itself becomes I. It seems to hold me

hostage.

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> In my ignorance and innocence, I subjected myself to hurt,

guilt, and, therefore, pain. I remain associated with these memories.

Some of these memories may not be vivid, but they form the very I. I

find myself helpless in letting go of the past.

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> If someone holds me, I can seek someone else's help to free

myself. Here, the one who holds, the held, and the holding itself are

identical. I have to either plead to myself or to the Lord. In this

pleading, imploring, there is submission. There is an acknowledgement

on my part that I am helpless, The submission of my helplessness to

the Lord is real prayer.

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> This prayer, implying an acknowledgment of helplessness and

submission to the Lord, is what brings about the conversion of

letting the past go. In the submission is the acknowledgement. The

completeness of the acknowledgment takes place in the submission and

the submission takes place when I pray, consciously pray. Prayer is

not a technique. It is an action, no doubt, but it is not a

technique. It is born of an acknowledgment of my helplessness.

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> "O Lord, help me to let go of the past. Let me not try to change

what I cannot. When I blame someone, I do not let go. I want to

change what I cannot change. In blaming, there is no acceptance of a

fact. There is an attempt to change what I cannot. O Lord, let me not

blame anyone. What has happened is a fact. It remains a fact. I

cannot do anything about it. I do not have remorse, resentment, or

anger. O Lord, let me not try to change what I cannot change. May I

have the will to back up my desire, to fulfill my will. May I have

adequate effort to change what I can. May I have no confusion with

reference to what I can and cannot change. I implore Thy help."

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> Om Om Om

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