3 Ways to Improve Our Prayer and Get Out of God's Way
We think prayer is about ourselves. Some people even compare it to mantras or meditation.
They both have their place. I often use mantras and meditate. But prayer is different.
Prayer is not ultimately for us. Prayer is about God. Prayer is about bringing us outside of ourselves and closer to the Source of All.
Why is that important? Because we are limited as human beings.
We cannot grow into our full possibilities until we move outside of ourselves. In other words, we cannot truly be ourselves until we get out of ourselves.
Does that sound paradoxical? Sometimes the most profound religious truths are.
So what can we do? Here are a few practices:
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