Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

APPENDIX PRAYER A — SPECIMEN DEFINEDPRAYERSWe are dirty, Thou Pure: we are so unworthy ofThee, O Benefactor,We are fools, while thou art All Wisdom andPossessor of all powers (arts).O Madho, what a world of difference betweenthe two;We the failing ones and Thou so perfect:We the sinners, and Thou the Destroyer of allsins, O beautiful Beloved:Thou hast created everything and hast providedfor everyone with life, body and soul;This worthless one is without qualities, and yetThou givest him all out of Thy kindness.Thou doest good which we do not appreciateand yet Thou art always kind;O Lord! protect Thy children, Thou the treasureof everything and an ever-abiding King.The creation begs of Thee:Nanak saith: Low as we are, save us for the sakeof Thy saints. 25Make me Thine own, O Merciful One, for I havetaken shelter at Thy door,Save me, O Benefactor of the poor, I have tiredmyself out in quest of Thee.It is in Thy very nature to love Thy devoteesand to lift up the fallen:There is no one else save Thee to hearken to myprayer,141