Prayer

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Our hands must rise but rise in prayer.

We must bow, not before any person, but in prayer.

We must look not outside but within our own selves in prayer.

© Amritbir Kaur

 Prayer is a medium of relieving ourselves from the tensions and worries of this world that surround us at all times. It is often in times of great crisis that we pray fervently and in a more attached way. But this is not to say that we all are opportunistic. Prayer is not a mere lip-service. When we are happy and simply say ‘Thank God!’ that is the best prayer, in the form of showing gratitude towards God. I say the best because it is most spontaneous and thus the most clear hearted words. It is the intentions that matter and not the length of the prayer. Being in prayer means in communion with God, and it has to be internal and verbal, lengthy kind. We do the talking even though our lips will not move, we’ll be conversing even though we won’t be using any words.  Sometimes the words not spoken can be the most powerful ones.