A household hopes by a diya’s warm radiance, their faces lit, in the middle of joyful designs and rangoli.
From an extremely young age, we are informed, ‘If you discover yourself in some trouble, simply pray.’ Therefore, with folded hands, we stand before an idol or picture of God in a temple or search for at the sky, and we plead with God to remove our discomfort, our worries, our suffering.
Are we ever taught to ask or discover out: Who is God? Where is God? What is God?We are motivated to shout prayers without comprehending their significance. We are never ever directed to review the power behind the prayer, or the Truth that prayer is implied to awaken. We mature thinking that prayer alone will repair whatever. Will it?Envision this: You’re strolling through a thick forest, and all of a sudden, you reach a large river. You wish to cross to the opposite. If it’s shallow, you might attempt to learn. If it’s deep, possibly you might swim. If you can’t swim, you might search for a boat. If you just sit by the riverbank and begin hoping– without taking any action– will you reach the other side?This is the issue. We have actually been conditioned to rely just on prayer, without awakening to the Truth.
Yes, prayer is effective. Yes, it can provide us strength, nerve and hope. And definitely, it is excellent Karma, despite whether we wish ourselves or others. Thinking that prayer alone will repair all our issues is to live in impression. Isn’t it stated– God assists those who assist themselves? We can not passively want for things to take place.
Prayer is a two-way interaction with God. It is not just talking with God however likewise listening to God.
We may hope shouting some sloka or mantra however if we do not comprehend what we are stating when we hope, what is the point of such a prayer? And unless we silence the sound of the external world, we will never ever have the ability to hear the Divine voice. Our prayers are responded to however not at our impulse and fancy– they are responded to based on the Will Divine: When the concept is not right, God states ‘no!’ When the time is not right, God states ‘sluggish.
When we are not all set, God states ‘grow.’ When whatever is prepared, God states ‘go!’If we go an advance, prayer ends up being really transformative when it is rooted in Realization.
When we end up being mindful of the Divine we hope to, that God is not an individual or saint, however the Supreme Immortal Power, a Power that is within us, that is all over and in whatever; when we comprehend the essence of our prayer, it ends up being a spiritual force. This takes place through Self-Realization. When we understand who we really are– not the body, not the mind, not the ego however the extremely God we hope to, we take the initial step towards God-Realization.
And with that, our issues start to liquify.What sort of issues do we deal with?We suffer through the body– discomfort, illness, pain. When we recognize we are not the body, that the body is just a short-term automobile, our suffering modifications. The discomfort might still exist, however the suffering stops. Why? Due to the fact that we no longer relate to the body.We suffer through the mind. Concerns, stress and anxiety, worry, and tension fill our ideas.
We are tortured by a mind that declines to rest. When we awaken to the Truth that the mind itself is an impression– a package of ideas– and when we find out to utilize the intelligence to discriminate, the mind disappears. What appeared like issues are no longer genuine. They vanish, similar to a dream fades when we get up.And what about anger, hate, jealousy and vengeance? These are the illness of the ego– the ‘I’. The minute we recognize that we are not this ego, that there is no different ‘I’, we are quickly totally free.
Anger liquifies, hatred disappears, jealousy loses its grip. Knowledge launches us from the jail of the ego.The supreme prayer, for that reason, is requesting the grace of God so that we can be Enlightened. Prayer that results in Realization, prayer that awakens us to who we genuinely are– that sort of prayer changes our life. Not by altering the world around us, however by altering the one within. Not just do we change however as we develop, we go through a transformation– from a crawling worm, we end up being a stunning butterfly that flies easily.
We progress from the lower self to the greater self. When we go beyond the body, mind and ego, we see the world for what it is– an impression, a cosmic play. And with Enlightenment, all our so-called issues fade, like mist in the early morning sun!Authored by: AiR – Atman in Ravi