Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

WHAT PRAYER TO ASK DEFINED FROM GODListening to the Dhun, the mind gets stilled,None of the myriad of ways can work thismiracle.The yogin practices yogic exercises,The Jnani is immersed in Jnana.The hermit tires himself out in lone solitude,The anchorite does endless austerities.Those who meditate on the mental patterns,They too suffer from a great delusion.Learning and knowledge are of not muchavail,For the wise in the end have to rue theirwisdom.The Pandit engages in the recitation of theVedasBut all his sacred lore fails to take him anynearer to God.No other means are of any consequencewhatever,The only beneficial way is that of Shabd.When a Master of the Sound Currentappears on the scene,The disciple too begins to feel the yearning ofthe new birth.With the practice of the Surat Shabd Yoga,The mind-stuff gradually sinks within itselftill nothing remains. 115SWAMI SHIV DAYAL SINGH87