11/24/20
The Essence of Prayer
A daughter went to her father and said,“I won’t be going to temple anymore..”
The father asked: “why?”
She said:“when I go there, All I see is people on their mobile phones during service & bhajan,some are gossiping, others are just hanging around.”
Father became silent, and then said:“OK, can I ask you to do something for me before you make your final decision?”
She said:“Yes, sure, what’s that?”
He said: “Please take a glass of water and walk around the temple 2 times; but you mustn’t let any water fall out the glass.”
She said:“yes, I can definitely do that.”
She came back and said, “it’s done and here is the Glass Of Water”
Father asked her three questions:
1. Did you see anybody on their phone?
2. Did you see anybody gossiping?
3. Was anybody living without Integrity?
She Said:“How could I have seen anyone else? I didn’t see anything; All I was focused on was the glass and the water within it, making sure the water never dropped.”
He told her, “when you go to temple, this is what you should do. You should be simply focusing, thinking and connecting with God! Nothing else.
The daughter understood her shortcoming and thanked her father for helping her understand the essence of prayer.
This too shall pass,
Focus on your faith, focus on the prayer, focus on the connection you are trying to establish with the almighty and stay blessed forever.