Prayer

It's been sometime since I last posted something on my blog.Got a little preoccupied with some household chores.Anyways....today i'm going to write about prayer.Now you must be wondering what is there to know about prayer,we all have been doing it since our childhood.From the very childhood it is deeply inculcated in us to say our prayers daily.Just read the article to know the difference between what we have been doing and what should have been done?

We have been taught since our childhood, that it is enough if we are good and helpful to our fellow human beings.Is it really enough?If it is,then why do we have some unsolvable problems,which should not have come to us at all?What have we done to deserve this?We feel cheated by God,fate,life or destiny.We have tried our best to come out of our problems,but still can't find solutions.

The answer is to be found in the words of Sri Amma,"When you cannot help yourself and seek my help,I would help you."How exactly should we seek help?Is there a way?Yes,the answer is prayer.Prayer is essentially a conversation you have with God in order to solicit Grace.Prayer should be like an itch that you send down the body of God.It is an art that has to be learnt.

Now let's see how one must pray?

Emotional Bond:You should relate to God as a child,friend,brother,sister,or any relation that comes naturally to you.In one of the Darshans,a devotee asked Sri Bhagwan,"Bhagwan how do I come close to you?"Sri Bhagvan said,"There are many ways to reach me.You could fight with me,plead,play or do anything with me;I would certainly respond to you.However,if you are indifferent to me or are careless with me I would not respond to you."

Clarity:The desire for which you are praying should be clearly communicated to your God.Do not pray for more than noe thing at a time.Sri Amma says,"If you are not clear about what you want,it becomes difficult for me to bless you."

Speak to your God internally:Prayer is speaking to God.Hold the photo or idol of your God in your hand and tell him/her whatever is weighing heavy on your heart,the way you would tell your parents or friends.Having a bond while speaking is very important.

Gratitude:Gratitude is the most important part of prayer.After praying,express your gratitude to your God for having listened to your prayer.When your prayer is answered,share the Grace you received with others for Grace when recognized multiplie's in one's life.

Please remember that your prayers must always be for your own good and for the good of the world.

Sri Amma Bhagvan's Message:

Prayer is a conversation with God.All prayers,when done in a spirit of helplessness are most certainly answered.Prayers done with emotion reach me.Simply the word 'God' would mean nothing.The Divine must either be your father,mother,sister,brother,friend,or any other relationship that comes naturally to you.

Oneness University

In my posts I have mentioned about the Oneness University and its founder Shri Bhagwan.Today i'm going to write about the vision or the purpose of the Oneness University.

This university is a university for universities.It is to make you into a true human being.Other universities give you technical knowledge,specialisation,but they never make you into a human being;into what you are supposed to be.Every human being has to be enlightened.Every human being has to be God realised.This university exists to help you become enlightened,to help you become God realised.But down the line if you have got specific problems,the guides at the university are prepared to deal with that also.The full flowering of the human being is nothing but the flowering of the heart.Society must be so structurd that the heart of the child does not wither away.And the way parents conceive children,bring them up in the womb,the way they deliver them in the hospitals and the way they bring up the children in the schools,in the colleges,in the society,everything destroys the child.That is why there are no human beings.

There was once a great saint,in Chennai city,about a century ago.He used to sit in front of his house and when people went by,he would say,"here goes a dog,here goes a fox,here goes a pig,here goes a donkey".Only on one occassion,throughout his life he said,"here goes a man" and that was for Ramalingaswamy,a great saint who disappeared into light.Only he was qualified to be called'man' by him.To him,all the others were animals.

Look deep within yourselves and see what you are.Outwardly we all appear to be very cultured,educated,sophisticated,but if you look inward are we not that dog,pig,fox or a donkey that that saint had the vision to see.Wake up and grab this opportunity that has come your way to become a human being,rather than be the animal that exists in all of us.

Think about it and think hard!!!!