We Indians are very superstitious. Most of us never pray during the good times but always remember to pay homage to the unknown, unseen force when we know that we can only bank on luck now and if there is one entity that can control our luck...it is 'The Almighty' .It is 'divine intervention' that we hope for when we are faced with fear and uncertainty (like the day before semester results are out). What i am going to talk about is why do those, who believe in sparing a few minutes a day to pray stick to this routine for years together , how does it help us and why some of us who usually do not pray tend to get weak and pray only when we do not know what to do.
I would say it is more like exercising the mind for a few minutes and building that sense of belief that what ever i am going to do today is going to turn out right and rewarding in some way. As opposed to believing in an entity or divine intervention it is more of a way to get ones thoughts together so that his or her acts throughout that day are going to be along the right track and bear some fruit. Probably the idea of the existence of the unseen entity was formulated to instil a sense of fear in people so that no one ever skipped praying and thereby having a clear picture of what to achieve and how to achieve during the day.
Most people remember that they need to try to get their thoughts together when they are in trouble. They fall in trouble in the 1st place because they never found the time to get their thoughts together and think about what they wanted to do. So once things go wrong they again have no idea of what to do because they lack the practice required to get their act together and end up finding themselves in a soup. Once in a soup they know that the only way out is to send an SOS for divine intervention and hence they start praying.
Some of the most successful people today believe the work that they do is the karma by which their fate will be shaped and they dont pray. For them their work is equivalent to worshipping any entity and why not, after all,.. the moments that are needed in a day to gather ones thoughts , are moments that these people get while they are actually working and hence not a single thing distracts them. Just like when one is genuinely praying.
Therefore whether it is meditation or praying, it all boils down to getting our train of thought in line, achieving the coherence of thought for us to concentrate on whatever we do through out the day and get something useful out of it. So please continue to do, whatever you do, to make sure your day is rewarding but remember that it must be done a regular basis because just like everything else concerning us, we can improve our thought process to achieve the goals that we desire only with practice.
For those of you who believe that 'work is worship' are well on your way to doing the right things throughout the day (but only with respect to work). After all everything requires experience to be good.
I would say it is more like exercising the mind for a few minutes and building that sense of belief that what ever i am going to do today is going to turn out right and rewarding in some way. As opposed to believing in an entity or divine intervention it is more of a way to get ones thoughts together so that his or her acts throughout that day are going to be along the right track and bear some fruit. Probably the idea of the existence of the unseen entity was formulated to instil a sense of fear in people so that no one ever skipped praying and thereby having a clear picture of what to achieve and how to achieve during the day.
Most people remember that they need to try to get their thoughts together when they are in trouble. They fall in trouble in the 1st place because they never found the time to get their thoughts together and think about what they wanted to do. So once things go wrong they again have no idea of what to do because they lack the practice required to get their act together and end up finding themselves in a soup. Once in a soup they know that the only way out is to send an SOS for divine intervention and hence they start praying.
Some of the most successful people today believe the work that they do is the karma by which their fate will be shaped and they dont pray. For them their work is equivalent to worshipping any entity and why not, after all,.. the moments that are needed in a day to gather ones thoughts , are moments that these people get while they are actually working and hence not a single thing distracts them. Just like when one is genuinely praying.
Therefore whether it is meditation or praying, it all boils down to getting our train of thought in line, achieving the coherence of thought for us to concentrate on whatever we do through out the day and get something useful out of it. So please continue to do, whatever you do, to make sure your day is rewarding but remember that it must be done a regular basis because just like everything else concerning us, we can improve our thought process to achieve the goals that we desire only with practice.
For those of you who believe that 'work is worship' are well on your way to doing the right things throughout the day (but only with respect to work). After all everything requires experience to be good.
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