Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

PRAYERan aspirant by a Master Soul. As these aremagnetized, they have the power to attract andpull the spirit up to the planes to which theyrelate. The engrafted “Words” charged with theDivine Spirit of the Master very soon bear fruit.Christ in this connection says, “I am the vine,ye are the branches, and as branches cannot dowithout the vine, ye cannot do without me ... Letyou abide in me and my words abide in you.”Again, these charmed words of the Master —Basic Names of God — have the power to dispelthe forces of darkness that may meet and assaila Spirit on its onward journey. Simran of thesenames helps the soul both in the physical planeand supra-physical plane, one after the other.Hence it is imperative that Simran be done ofsuch Names as the Master-Soul enjoins, forthey are charged with a tremendous spiritualpower which negative powers can hardly putup with, and from which they flee as from anenchanter driven. Immortal and everlasting asthese words of the Master are, they bestow lifeeverlasting to the soul in which they sink andtake root. Death cannot come near such a soul.This is why it is said, “Take not God’s name invain.”Every name has its own significance, influence,energy, and power. If one thinks of ice, heis reminded of the bleak cold and the shiversit brings; the thought of fire puts into mind202