Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

PRAYER5. Prayer and EffortPRAYER and effort go cheek by jowl. Wepray to God for what? For the success of ourendeavors. Should we wish for a thing, we musttry for it, and alongside our efforts to achieve it,pray that God may grant it. Prayer is just the lastweapon and a sure one that comes to our aid.Where all human efforts fail, prayer succeeds.. . . More things are wrought by prayer, thanthis world dreams of.TENNYSONAs a bird cannot fly on one wing only, nor a chariotmove on one wheel, so effort and prayer must gotogether if we want success in all our ventures.One of them by itself can achieve nothing. Aslong as a person is not fully Divinized, or in otherwords does not become a conscious co-workerwith the Supreme Power by understanding HisWill, he cannot do without endeavor, for Godhelps those who help themselves.A mere prayer without endeavor seldombears fruit. Just take the instance of a boy whois late for school. If he were to sit down on theroadside to pray, he would be running againsttime. If he wants to gain time, he must run, and itis possible that even if he be late, his teacher mayforgive him because of the effort he has madeto reach there in time. To have a ruling passion20