All of us work hard. And almost all
of us pray. Many of us wonder also if prayer
works. Especially when our prayers are not ‘answered’. Consider this: if you
make your work, your prayer, you will neither need to work nor pray!!!
Think about it. Life will be so simple and
blissful. Let’s demystify two myths that the world has been conditioned to. 1.
The first myth is that work is drudgery. That it is something you to do earn a
living. Rubbish. Work is everything you do. Whatever you are immersed in, you are
working on it now. You are working at your computer now. You are working on
your facebook Page now. If you get up and go for a bath, you are working on
cleaning yourself up. When you eat, you are working on your appetite and so on.
Work therefore is everything we do living and not only what we do to earn a
living. 2. The second myth is that prayer is asking something from God. That it
is a method. That it is a practice. That it is a dialogue. Every religion has
made prayer a ritual with their prescriptions and standard operating
procedures. The reality is that prayer is about being immersed, being alive,
and, in fact, just being. So, being in the present moment, engaged with Life,
living, and totally immersing yourself, mindfully, in thought, body and soul
with whatever
you are doing, is prayer.
Offer whatever you do to Life, in
gratitude. If you are cooking, cleaning, sweeping, making a presentation,
making love, preparing a report, tending your garden, drinking, eating,
whatever, make it an offering to Life. That’s when work becomes prayer. And
Living becomes praying. And then you don’t need to ask anything from Life. All
the answers are there in front of you, within you. When you reach this state of
awakening, you stop treating Mondays as manic workdays and weekends as leisure
days. Every day is fun. Each moment comes alive. And
Life becomes meaningful. Blissful.
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