Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

APPENDIX PRAYER B DEFINED — SIMRANelse, for that is not of any consequence. Eachone of us can learn The Art of Life and TheScience of Spirituality so as to find a way outto the Kingdom of God which is the commonheritage of all and the summum bonum of life.Again, a Master Soul may come into theworld in any garb He may choose. It is of noconsequence to the aspirants for spirituality.Any such considerations will surely be a hindranceand a positive disadvantage. Our onlyconnection with the Master Soul is purely of aspiritual nature and not a temporal one. SaintKabir, though a Muslim weaver, had amongHis followers Rajput chieftains like Bir Singhand Bhaghail Singh. Similarly Saint Ravi Das,a cobbler by profession, had Mira Bai, a Rajputprincess, and Raja Pipa in His sacred fold. Allthat we have to ascertain is that the Master isShabda Sanehi. He who loves the Word is Wordpersonified and can give us first hand experienceof the Shabd or the Sound Principle to startwith. If He satisfies these conditions, we shouldhave no scruples on any ground whatsoeverin accepting Him and learning from Him theScience of Spirituality.The macrocosm is in the microcosm. Thehuman body is the prototype of the universeand much more than that. In it there are millionsof solar systems with their suns, moons, andearths revolving in and out. The sweetest of the187