Have you ever prayed without demanding anything? directly, indirectly?
A woman, a young woman, heard a mystic say, ”You should not ask God anything for yourself. Ask for others, then the prayers will be heard. Ask because of compassion.”
The woman was young but was very much worried... in fact she had come to the mystic only to be blessed. She wanted a husband, and it was getting late. Must have been homely, ordinary; must have been poor or something.
But now the mystic says, ”Ask not for yourself, only then will the prayers be fulfilled.” So what is the point in praying?
But then she found a way.
She went into the temple and prayed to God, ”God, give my mother a beautiful son-in-law.”
Directly or indirectly, all your prayers are demands.
A woman, a young woman, heard a mystic say, ”You should not ask God anything for yourself. Ask for others, then the prayers will be heard. Ask because of compassion.”
The woman was young but was very much worried... in fact she had come to the mystic only to be blessed. She wanted a husband, and it was getting late. Must have been homely, ordinary; must have been poor or something.
But now the mystic says, ”Ask not for yourself, only then will the prayers be fulfilled.” So what is the point in praying?
But then she found a way.
She went into the temple and prayed to God, ”God, give my mother a beautiful son-in-law.”
Directly or indirectly, all your prayers are demands.
