Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

APPENDIX PRAYER B DEFINED — SIMRANand prosperity of his kingdom. Seeing this,the farmer felt humiliated for having come tobeg from a beggar; for he, too, could directlyappeal to the Great God, who listens alike tothe prayers of both rich and poor.Guru Nanak has said, “Why should we askfor worldly things from God?” All those wholove the body and bodily relations go the wayof hell, but one who does Simran motiveless istruly great. We generally pray for the fulfilmentof our wishes and desires. So long as a man ora woman is full of these, the human body, farfrom being a temple of God, is an abode of Satan.So Kabir says that God loves those who love Godalone: for no other purpose but for the love ofGod. The same is in the Sikh Scriptures: “Whatshould I ask for? There is nothing lasting in allthe world over. I see the whole world passingaway.”Kabir says, “In pain we pray to God; inpleasure we forget; Could we in pleasure pray,then pain would not come up.”We remember God only when we are hardpressed from every side. It is affliction andnot affluence that turns us God-ward. If onewere not to forget God in prosperity, adversitywill never come near him. Hard times onlycome as a result of sins committed whenforgetful of the Lord. Simran (or constant211