FOREWORD:

FOREWORD:

"I know my thoughts are different from most of you who are reading this blog... So pardon me if it hurts your sentiments in anyway, because, it is not my intention... Well I would still request you, to not shut your mind completely and to think honestly, with out bias, or preconceived notions about what I have written and I am sure you will understand every word that I have written..." - ZaThinker

This space is dedicated to all the great people I have met or seen in my life and who have taught me everything that I know about life today....

From the paralyzed and immobilized beggar snailing flat on the dirty market street, picking up grains of rice with his tongue that was splattered on the floor by some ungrateful homo sapien who had too much, to the richest guy I have seen, who lives and dines like a King but is yet not satisfied in his life, From the rescued baby girl (I wish to adopt when i am more able or at least sponsor her in some way) at Missionaries of Charity who would never stopped being happy (talking to herself, singing songs and dancing) despite being blind, to the old women in the "Home for the Destitutes" who's children left them to die, but who still have the love in their hearts and have not lost faith in humanity (they ask my mom about me every time they see her and pray for me always). From all the strangers who hurt me or tried to harm me in some way or the other to the Women in my life who are the only ones who could come the closest to me physically, mentally and spiritually and so were able to hurt me worse than a stranger could.

LIFE TEACHES ALL: AND THE SMART ARE THOSE WHO LEARN NOT FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES & MISTAKES BUT FROM THE EXPERIENCES &MISTAKES OF OTHERS.... BUT THE ONES TRULY BLESSED ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE SOME ONE SPECIAL IN THEIR LIVES, TO BREAK DOWN THE MYSTERY OF LIFE, SOLVE IT FOR THEM AND ENLIGHTEN THEM ON THE TRUTH OF LIFE THUS SAVING THEM THE FRUSTRATION & TRAUMA OF DECIPHERING IT THEMSELVES...

UNFORTUNATELY LIKE ME, NOT EVERY ONE OF US IS LUCKY TO HAVE ONE...

WHAT IS MORE UNFORTUNATE IS THAT, I HAVE LEARNT ALL THAT I AM SHARING WITH YOU, ONLY AFTER INEVITABLY DESTROYING MY LIFE IRREVERSIBLY, AND IN THE PROCESS UNINTENTIONALLY AND HELPLESSLY HURTING MANY DEAR ONES, NOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO, BUT BECAUSE I NEVER UNDERSTOOD MY SELF OR MY WEAKNESS AND THE CONCEPTS/PRINCIPLES OF LIFE WHEN I SHOULD HAVE...

SO IF IT IS RIGHT TO LEARN SKILLS ONLY FROM PEOPLE/GUIDES/TEACHERS WHO REALLY KNOW THOSE SKILLS, THEN IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO LEARN ALL WHAT ONE SHOULD NEVER DO, FROM THE VERY PEOPLE/SINNERS LIKE ME WHO HAVE DONE WRONG/SINNED IN THEIR LIFE AND ARE REGRETTING TODAY!!!

THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO PASS JUDGMENTS ON ANYONE BUT FOR US ALL TO LEARN ABOUT LIFE - THE MISTAKES WE DO WITH OUT EVEN REALIZING. THE MENTAL BLOCKS WE HAVE ETC... - ZaThinker


Thursday, September 01, 2005

What is a Prayer?

A prayer isn't exactly what most of us think it is or isn't just what it is described in a general English dictionary - "A reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of worship. "

A prayer Should Not/Is Not/Does Not
  • About Asking or Begging for Blessings, Wishes, Personal Favours or Miracles. If we really trust and believe that God knows what is good for us and others in our lives we should blindly and wholeheartedly entrust our lives and the lives of the ones we love, to God. God knows all and will give us only that which is really good for us (We think we are smart and always know what is  good or bad for us, but the truth is we don't. So, many of the things we ignorantly and endlessly beg or demand from god through our prayers turn out to be the biggest mistake or the worst thing to happen in our life).
  • [Habitual] Uttering of words written by others that you do not relate to or do not feel.
  • Involve any sequence of bodily actions.
  • Governed by the clothes you are wearing.
  • Depend on the place you are while praying.
  • Shouting/Screaming or Crying in public.
  • or involve any of the meaningless man-made rituals followed in many of the Cults/Religions.
A prayer Is A/Should Be
At least a few moments/minutes/hours (Which may be immediately after a burst of Happiness [which are the moments when most humans forget the force] or Sorrow [which are the moments when most humans remember the force]) spent in silence and peace with a sincere and deep feeling of gratitude and thankfulness for all that the force has given and all that it will give us irrespective of whether it is happiness or extreme pain.

It Does Not/Should Not matter if you are
  • Lying down, standing or sitting.
  • Wearing any kind or specific clothes.
  • In a place of worship or alone in a room.
  • keeping your eyes open or closed.
In fact the most important thing that should be asked in a prayer is the strength to bear all the pain and for the presence of mind, never to misunderstand its (the Force's) rightful decisions (however painful or devastating it might seem) as we all know that we can never comprehend the ways of the force with a cup full of brains.
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