Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

PRAYEROf all the pilgrimages, the one to the humanmind is the most sacred,Much better it is to win merit here, thancountless trip,s to Mecca.maulana rumiAs soon as a person collects himself and focuseshis attention at the seat of the mind, he stirs upthe mercy of God, which, in turn, fills him withstrength and fortitude never experienced before.These enable him to find a way out of the difficulty,whatever it be. A will, when concentrated, workswonders. “Where there is a will there is a way,”is a common saying. Prayer is nothing but concentratedwill falling back upon its source, thegreat reservoir of power, in which are lodgedall sorts of possibilities — physical, mental andspiritual — and one can draw upon any of these,according to one’s needs. Great indeed is man.He lives in a God-made temple along with GodHimself. His very spirit is just a drop from theOcean of Divine Life. Between God and spirit,there is no other obstacle but that of the veil ofthe mind. If this veil were to stop fluttering inthe breeze of desires, as it does at present, thespirit could take in directly the Cosmic Energyfrom its very source.“As you think, so you become,” is a commonadage. If a part thinks of the whole, it graduallybegins to imbibe the characteristics of the latter.4