Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

THE THREE PRAYER TYPES DEFINED OF PRAYERAgain there are myriads of obstacles in theinner path. Sometimes an aspirant gets no responseto his prayers and begins to doubt their efficacy.At other times, far removed from God, he findshimself in a strange and vast stillness and feelshis own vibrations. Others get entangled inthe deep darkness behind the eyes and cannotpenetrate into the Beyond. So bewildering andcomplicated are these regions of darkness andsilence that one feels he has lost his way. Inspite of his best efforts, he totters over and overagain, tries to stand on his legs but slips over.This is indeed a very sad and delicate situation.By his unaided efforts he cannot safely come outof this labyrinth. It is in such weird and eeriesurroundings that instructions from a Mastersoulcan be of avail to him.These are just a few of the countless difficultieswith which this path is strewn. The NegativePower has a regular network of pitfalls to thwartdesigns even of the wisest and wariest of souls,and by all kinds of wiles tries to ambush theweary traveler on the path. Its triumph lies inkeeping the Jivas or embodied souls entirely inits clutches so that its sway over them remainsundiminished and its glory undimmed. One canescape these dark forces only through the help ofone who has himself conquered them, for suchforces live in fear of him and do not molest asoul that is in league with him. The long arm of33