3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

PRAYER: YOUR DIALOGUE WITH GOD5 Iwith the senses. Unless we are able to turn its directionupwards, God's grace cannot directly flow ihto it. Prayers,humble and sincere, help in establishing a harmonybetween man's mind and God's grace. All that is requiredis a loving and pure heart attuned to His grace and thelatter is automatically attracted to it. Prayer has in it agreat dynamic force. It strengthens and prepares a personto face and fight the battle of life fearlessly and successfully.It is in fact, the only panacea for all types ofills. It is the key that unlocks the Kingdom of Hea~en."~Prayer must arise from the depths of the soul. It shouldnot be a vain repetition of empty words with little meaning.What we pray for we must really wish for, notonly intellectually, but from the very core of our being.It must churn the very soul to its depths and the music ofprayer should comc out and tingle-from the very nerves,tissues and fibers of the entire frame making us unmindfulof everything else beside the sweet music of the ~0ul.l'~The secret of successful prayer lies not so much in thewords we use, nor in the time we devote to it, nor in theeffort that we put into it, as it lies in the concentratedattention that one may give it at the seat of the soul soas to make it soulful. The most natural form for a fruitfulprayer is the yearning of a soul without the agency ofwords, oral or mental, with the tongue of thought. Aprayer like this generates and releases such a fund ofspiritual energy that all the cosmic powers are attracted,and combine together, shaping out things as well as possible.A true prayer is one continuous process, independentof form, time, and place, and leads ultimately to perfect