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change the sun, but you. And the moment you change, you enter into another world.
Normally when you pray you think that someone is going to do something for you, and that is why you pray. No, prayer is only a device. Certainly you join your hands in prayer towards someone else, but its consequences happen within you -- in the one who has joined hands in prayer.
Thus there are difficulties in understanding it. If you pray in the presence of a scientist: "Oh sun, help me!" the scientists will say, "What nonsense! How can the sun help you? When has the sun ever helped anyone?" Or you pray: "O Indra, bring rains!" and he will say, "Have you gone mad? Have rains ever fallen by prayers?" The scientist is right.
Neither the sun nor the clouds nor the winds will listen to you. None will listen to you. But the fact that you called out will transform you. How intensely you called will create an equally deep intensity within you. If your whole being calls out, you will become a totally different person.
This is what prayer is for.
Enough for today.
Finger Pointing to the Moon
Chapter #2
Chapter title: We Are In It!
14 October 1972 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India
Archive code: 7210140
ShortTitle: FINGER02
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[NOTE: This is a translation of the Hindi series ADHYATMA UPANISHAD. This version is the final edit pending publication.]
INVOCATION
IN THE CAVITY OF THE HEART, WHICH IS SITUATED WITHIN THE BODY, AN UNBORN ETERNAL LIVES.
EARTH IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE EARTH, BUT THE EARTH DOES NOT KNOW IT.
WATER IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE WATER, BUT THE WATER DOES NOT KNOW IT.
LIGHT IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE LIGHT, BUT THE LIGHT DOES NOT KNOW IT.
AIR IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE AIR BUT THE AIR DOES NOT KNOW IT.
SKY IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE SKY, BUT THE SKY DOES NOT KNOW IT.
MIND IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE MIND, BUT THE MIND DOES NOT KNOW IT.
INTELLECT IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE INTELLECT, BUT THE INTELLECT DOES NOT KNOW IT.
EGO IS ITS BODY, IT
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