Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

APPENDIX PRAYER B DEFINED — SIMRANIt is God’s Law that nobody can reach Himexcept through a Master Soul. This is what isgiven out by almost all the Saints who came sofar.The Master teaches us how to withdrawfrom the body and contact the Sound Current— the Word within. There are so many ways towithdraw from the body but the one devised bythe Saints is most natural and quickest and thatis achieved through SIMRAN or repetition ofthe names of God. So I would like to just givein detail something about this subject which isvery important and is the first step toward goingup. As far as the Word or Naam is concerned Ihave already given a talk separately. I will nowspeak on Simran.SIMRANEveryone in the world is doing Simran ofone kind or another. In fact none can do withoutit. A housewife, for instance, is thinking all thewhile of the kitchen requirements like flour,pulses, spices and pepper, lest any of thesethings run short. She is thinking of recipes fornew dishes and delicacies. Similarly, a farmer isalways thinking of ploughing the land, furrowingthe fields, sowing the seeds and harvestingand the like, besides his cattle and fodder. Ashopkeeper is preoccupied with his stock-in-195