Pray and prosper

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--- Aravind Kumar <aravind_kumar_32 wrote:

> Do you ever cry for God? Cry for Him always. He will avert

> all kinds of calamities. Twine yourself around Him for support. You will be

> free from the injuries of life. Follow this method and reap the harvest. Pray

> and prosper. None in this world will save you. It is God alone who loves you

> most. Call on Him and invoke His mercy. Pray fervently from this very second.

> You will attain eternal blis.

 

OM Namah Shivaya

Aravind-ji, If we take the above to be true, don't you think God is very

biased. If I praise him or remember him, I will be benefited otherwise I am on

my own. Such a God he very human - he is not divine. He is almost like a King

who likes to be praised by his courtiers and general public. My personal

opinion is God neither hates anybody nor loves anybody. God is totally

attributeless. The vast variety of behavior, events, goodness or badness or

evil that we see in the world can only be explained by the law of Karma -

whatever you sow you reap. Due to this law of Karma, different people behave

differently in the presence of same consciousness. The same consciousness

lights up the mind and 5 material senses in everybody just as sunlight falls on

filthy water as well as clean water. Then the question arises - what is the

importance of prayer. In my opinion, the effectivenss of prayer is

proportional to how much of your ego has been subdued or sublated. No doubt,

chanting the name of the Lord purifies and elevates thoughts but it is not

because God was pleased to hear his name but because it helps realize the

infinitude of the infinity. Words fail now - it is hard to explain how prayer

works but a Vedantin will say that more than prayer meditation works because

you try to see your own Atman in your own self. It is the same atman in

everyone. Just some thoughts.

Om Namah Shivaya