Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

PRAYERI am a poor slave of Thine and depend uponThee alone with nothing else to dependupon.The repetition of the Lord’s Name has banishedall my fears, and with the collyrium of ThyWord (All Wisdom ), I have been rousedfrom a long drawn sleep of ignorance.Thou art fathomless and extremely great, OLord! The veritable Ocean of kindness, full ofjewels.Nanak seeks and begs for the Divine Naam: hebows at the feet of the Lord. 21Lord be Gracious, and keep me in Thy sharan(shelter), for I know not how to serve Thee,low and ignorant as I am.I have the proud privilege to have Thee as myBeloved:We are all sinners and always commit mistakes,while Thou art the Benefactor of theworthless.We run after Maya with our back to the Lord forsuch are our deeds.Thou givest us everything in Thy Compassion,while we are callously ungrateful to Thee,Entangled in Thy gifts, we forget the DonorDivine.There is nothing beyond Thee, O my Liberator,Nanak saith: O I have come to seek Thy shelter;liberate this muddle-headed one also. 22138