To George on Prayer

[Guest guest]

George wrote:

Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ph.D., is the spiritual head of the Himalayan

Institute,

and is the successor of Swami Rama of the Himalayas

 

“Prayer is a means of unfolding our own willpower and connecting ourselves

with the Divine within. It is an invisible thread of sounds connecting the

individual with the Supreme, and it is strengthened when spun with feelings of

faith, love, and total surrender...

Dear George ~ I loved this definition of prayer. I will share another in a

minute. At first when I read the first sentence, I got very confused, so I went

to my favorites and realized I was confusing the Himalayan Institute witih the

Himalayan Academy, which was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. I

know you know about him because you have also posted things from their site.

Wonderful to have all this wisdom at our fingertips.

 

I think I posted just a bit of this before. It is from Swami Satyananda

Saraswati of the Devi Mandir in California. It was a message he sent to their

Prayer Club.

 

"Prayer, worship, and meditation

refer to different intensities of absorption in Divine Communion

 

In prayer wee week

for a specific outcome or resoluton to our actions.

 

In worship we demonstrate

respect and appreciation for the privilege to be in the Divine Presence.

 

In meditation we remove

all distinctions between ourselves and the Divine and become One."

 

I thought this was so beautiful, I printed it out, clipped it and taped it to

my wall. : )

 

We are very lucky to have such wise and great souls walking upon the earth in

this time.

Jai Gurus All ~ Linda