A powerful way to be liberated from worry is through prayer. Prayer is a state of being where man experiences the grace of the Almighty. Prayer is a way of conversing with God.
The universe contains various kinds of people and also contains various objects. The moment a need is created in one man, the object to fulfill the need automatically begins to be drawn towards him. Prayer creates the platform by which what we want begins to manifest in our life. Prayer is the answer to the question, “How to get what you want?” Birth of man is in itself a prayer. The desire of a seeker to know the truth is prayer. Man begins to pray when he seeks the truth. Man begins to pray when he wants a cure for his miseries. When man is unhappy or he sees someone else unhappy, he seeks a way out of this unhappiness. He yearns for some power that will get him rid of all unhappiness.
Such a thought, such state of seeking is a form of prayer. One day he cries out to be freed from his misery. Then he experiences that some events occur in his life such that his problems are solved and he is alleviated from his misery. That heartfelt cry is prayer too.
We need to understand how prayer works. Prayer works because of a law of the universe. The law of the universe is that every problem is pregnant with its own solution. Before a problem arises in life, the solution to that problem is already given to you. Remember this whenever worry torments you. Remember that whenever a problem arises, you have already been bestowed with its solution. The universe provides for a child’s milk even before the child is born. Thus every problem contains its own solution. The only thing to be done is to find the preprovided solution, which is within you. Prayer helps you find that solution.
Prayer is the greatest power of the universe. It is a power given to man even before his problems arise. It is but foolish not to use this great power and remain in an ego trap. As you continue to use the power of prayer, you will experience how it becomes a medium of conversing with God.
The power of prayer is immense. Prayer can move mountains, can extinguish raging fires, can control furious storms, can save sinking boats and can produce miracles. Prayer fulfills desires. Prayer can even lead to liberation. Prayer is equal to handing over your worries to a higher source. Pray and hand over your fears and worries to God and be convinced that He will handle it appropriately. This technique will attract every possible solution to your problem.
Pray to the one who is ahead of you, even if slightly. Pray to the one who is higher than you. Pray to the Ultimate. By praying, the possibility of reaching those heights increases. Pray to only the one whom you consider to be great. You could pray to God, Guru, Universe, God at Rest, Self... Pray to someone or something you have faith on and know the greatness of whom you are praying to and have faith that this prayer will work.
The World’s Greatest PrayerA village simpleton used to pray to God every day. He used to pray using a book of prayers. Never came a day that he did not pray. Once he had to visit the city. When it was time for him to pray, he realized that he did not have his book of prayers. He prayed thus: "God, I don’t have words to pray. I will chant A, B, C,…Z. Please make up the words using these alphabets.” On hearing this, God said to his angels, “This is the greatest prayer I have heard so far.”
The moral of this story is that in prayer words do not matter. It is the feeling and the intensity with which you say the prayer that matters.