Flight of fantasy: Imagine the Buddha or Jesus or Mohammad praying for himself...himself alone...on bended knee so God would know he was really serious, that he was really, really in need. Picture it: My finances are really shaky and taxes are due. Or I've gained ten pounds and cannot stop eating sweets. Or one of my friends is being a pain to me and needs fixing. All ending with, "Please do for me what I can do for myself...I just don't want to."
That's like holding our breath and begging God for air. Then when we're forced to gasp for air or die, we declare there is no God...because "He sure wasn't there for me when I needed Him." Yet we got our air...it just felt like we had to do it alone.
It is in our connection with, our realization of, a higher power within/without, ever present, and present for our own personal benefit, that our sense of separation is closed...the hole in our soul is filled. That, then, becomes our only prayer...for a deeper knowing that God is.
The way to that realization is the way of praise, of gratitude. "If the only prayer we ever say is 'Thank You.' that will suffice," so said Meister Eckhart.
Thank You.
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