Prayer !

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Many of my friends always complain, they do not get positive reply

to their prayers.

 

Prayer is an inseparable part of any Sadhna. Watever the

Vedantis say that we are Brahms ourselves, yet when we begin our

sadhna, we have to start as a Jiva and the god as our goal. We have

also to keep in mind that God just did not make the universe and is

sitting like a cruel king to rule it. God has become Universe

Himself and is helping the Lower Prakiti to realise its permanent

Unity with Him.

 

Why prayers are most of the times not replied to? First we have

to bear in mind that prayer is a very powerful tool and it can not

go unanswered. But why then most of us fail ? There may be many

reasons.

 

First and the most important aspect of prayer is full faith in

the power we are praying to. If we dont have faith from our inner

heart, prayer is not going to be heard by Him. Once there was no

rain in the region, and the local priest asked all the villagers to

gather in the village temple to pray for rain. When all the

villagers reached the temple, the priest came out and said - No

prayer today, becoz god is not going to listen to you! "Why" asked

the irated villagers. Priest said," becoz none of you brought

umbrellas with you - you had no faith in god that it may rain while

on return".

 

Second most important point to remember is that Prayer not

necessarily means sitting before god for 5 minutes and utter goody-

goody words. Those who consider all 24 hours of the day as their

Sadhna, get their prayers listened and answered for sure.

 

The Universal System of Energy, call it God or krishna or shiva

or Braham, is constantly listening to us. He is aware of each of

our thought, each of our desire. So if we pray for 5/10 mnts and

other 23.50 hrs we are busy in thinking dirty, System is not going

to reply to that 5/10 mnts.... It will look at the whole day and

then it choses the most powerful desire/thoughts and acts on that.

Hence we have to correct our thinking/desires for the non-puja

period too.

 

Third and a very powerful point is that If we have made a little

progress on sadhna and the System is keen to keep us on the path, It

will not provide us with those things which go against our sadhna.

Like if money is going to move us away from sadhna, Godwill never

provide us money! Even strongest of prayers will not yield results.

 

If these three points are kept in mind....i am sure our prayers

will yield fast results. Also if a prayer is not fulfilled, we

should not lose faith...otherwise it will act as a negative force,

when we next time go for prayers.

 

Tagore has written in Gitanjali "O God...let me not be proud in

times of good luck....but more important is when i am rejected by

others..when i am in distress...let me not question my faith in you

in darker times too "

 

hari aum