Morning Prayer -4

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MORNING PRAYER – 4

 

(By Swami Dayananda Saraswati)

 

 

 

I bring Iswara, the Lord, into my life when I recognize my helplessness,

uncertainty, and incapacity to order things as I want. There is uncertainty with

reference to the fulfillment of my wishes and desires. There are limitations of

strength in terms of will and the capacity to make the necessary effort. There

are also limitations in terms of knowledge and resources. There is an absence of

freedom in my mental life. Recognition of all this makes me acknowledge my

helplessness.

 

This recognition itself reveals a degree of maturity. I seek further

maturity by invoking the grace, the invisible, the intangible something that

makes things possible. I invoke that grace, the grace of the Lord, to accept

things that I cannot change. Our sorrows, agitations and anger, leading to

depression, all stem from not accepting and understanding the past.

 

.. . . “Oh Lord, I have blamed a number of factors; people, situations, time,

places, society. Perhaps all of these have helped me come to the point where I

can pray. I realize that no one is to blame, nor do I blame myself. What I

cannot change may I gracefully, totally accept.

 

I can change my attitudes and work for the necessary understanding. I can bring

a better order to my personal life. I can make whatever effort is necessary. Oh

Lord, may I have the will and effort to change what I can. May I know what I

can and cannot change.”. . . .

 

More often I lay waste my powers and my time to change what I cannot

change. And when I have to change what I can, I am already tired. I am

impoverished in terms of will, energy, effort and the capacity for effort. May I

have the knowledge to know the difference between the two: what I can and cannot

change.

 

-Find out, one by one, what you want to change. One by one, list them.-

 

I wish my father had a different attitude. I wish my mother had a different

mental make-up and more personal discipline. I wish I had studied more. I wish

my home was a real home. I wish I had understood the value of values. I wish I

had been more disciplined. I wish I had heeded the words of advice of so and so.

I wish I had not met this person. I wish I had not done a particular action. I

wish I had done a particular action. I wish I had equipped myself with some

skills and better titles. I wish I had been born under another astrological

sign. I wish I had been born a male. I wish I had been born a female. I wish I

had not been born at all.

 

.. . . .“How many resentments and useless wishes! Oh Lord, help me understand

intimately the uselessness of all these wishes. Help me drop every one of them”.

.. .

 

Om. . .

 

 

 

 

 

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