Benefits of Prayer

The most influential nonviolent leaders have all been deeply prayerful people. Indeed, most of them have been spiritual leaders or devoted spiritual students. Dr. King was not a politician. He wasn’t a lawyer or a civic leader. Dr. King was a minister, a preacher. Buddha and Jesus both had a deep devotion to their spiritual practice. It was their devotional practice that gave them the wisdom that led to their becoming masterful teachers.

Mohandas K. Gandhi was a lawyer who studied the Bhagavad Gita with a passion. Gandhi considered Jesus to be his most influential teacher next to his own practice. Prayer was an integral part of his life. He said “Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else in the world can.”

As part of my spiritual practice I pray for myself first. I pray to remember my true identity as a Divine being. I pray to be loving and to perceive Truth correctly.

We have learned that we will have world peace when we have inner peace. This is our personal responsibility and it’s important that we put this at the top of the list of TO DO’S.

Every day many millions of people participate in an endless and eternal prayer circle. Today I am one of them. With every prayer I tangibly move the world in a direction of peace, harmony and joy.

There is no substitute for my own prayer to know God.

Affirmation:

I AM in tune with the Infinite. I live in the highest possibility for my life.