My God-Prayers and my God-Meditations
1.
PrayerCries for God.
Meditation
Dreams of God.
2.
PrayerLongs to know.
Meditation
Longs to be.
3.
PrayerIs fear-extinction.
Meditation
Is confidence-manifestation.
4.
PrayerIs a Heaven-climbing bird.
Meditation
Is all-spreading wings.
5.
PrayerIs God's fond child.
Meditation
Is God's responsible son.
6.
PrayerIs simplicity's beauty.
Meditation
Is responsibility's capacity.
7.
PrayerThinks God dwells
Far above the human head.
Meditation
Feels God's Presence
Deep inside
The aspiring heart.
8.
PrayerGoes to
The Eternal Saviour.
Meditation
Goes to
The universal Dreamer.
9.
PrayerIs affection-lesson.
Meditation
Is wisdom-lesson.
10.
PrayerIs upward self-offering.
Meditation
Is inward self-digging.
11.
PrayerIs a hope-pilgrim.
Meditation
Is a promise-traveller.
12.
PrayerIs fond of
God the Power.
Meditation
Is fond of
God the Silence.
13.
PrayerGlorifies God.
Meditation
Beautifies God.
14.
PrayerIs mind-purification.
Meditation
Is heart-expansion.
15.
I pray to GodTo receive
His Compassion.
I meditate on God
To receive
His illumination.
16.
Prayer lovesGod the Drummer
And God the Drum.
Meditation loves
God the Flutist
And God the Flute.
17.
I pray to GodTo bless me
With His Protection.
I meditate on God
To bless me
With His Peace.
18.
I pray to GodTo make me
A choice instrument of His.
I meditate on God
To make me
An unconditional seeker
And server of His.
19.
I pray to GodTo give me
A truth-seeking mind.
I meditate on God
To receive
A self-giving heart.
20.
When I pray,God blesses my head.
When I meditate,
God feels my heart.
21.
I pray to GodTo become
His Heart-Flower.
I meditate on God
To become
His Soul-Fragrance.
22.
When I pray,God charmingly whistles.
When I meditate,
God sweetly whispers.
23.
PrayerIs at once
A giver and receiver.
Meditation
Is at once
A diver and explorer.
24.
PrayerIs
My God-journey-preparation.
Meditation
Is
My God-journey-excavation.
25.
When we pray,We usually pray
For success.
When we meditate,
We invariably meditate
For progress.
26.
The highest heightOf prayer
Is unconditional surrender.
The deepest depth
Of meditation
Is sleepless gratitude.
27.
A beautiful thoughtIs the result
Of a sincere prayer.
A fruitful experience
Is the result
Of a deep meditation.
28.
I pray to GodTo push aside
My destructive
Doubt-mind.
I meditate on God
To increase the beauty
And fragrance
Of my blossoming
Faith-heart.
29.
The ChristPrayed and prayed
And then declared:
"I and my Father
Are one."
Sri Krishna
Meditated and meditated
And then declared:
"I am
The Lord
Absolute Supreme."
30.
I pray and prayTo become
The direct representative
Of God
The transcendental Dreamer.
I meditate and meditate
To become
The direct representative
Of God
The universal Liberator.
31.
I pray and prayBecause
I wish to see
The beauty
Of the higher worlds.
I meditate and meditate
Because
I wish to smell
The fragrance
Of the inner worlds.
