Sincere heart-felt prayers from the depths of the soul will never go unheard – Pappa
Our sadhana is involved with perfecting our ‘sankalpas’ (prayers with determination) such that we only utilise them positively – known as satya-sankalpa. Also that our determination of praying gains such a divine power that our prayers are always heard by the Lord. Thus it is imperative that our prayers are sincere and heart-felt. Prayers must be prayed as though ‘we really mean to do it’. We should pray to the Lord clearly, exactly and with sincerity. We should cast our burdens onto the Lord and pray to Him from the depths of our heart and soul. The deeply felt, intense sankalpas made when we are moved are genuine prayers. Those prayers never go un-heeded or un-answered.
P. Ben’s intense sankalpas for her devotees from Uganda ensured that they were protected from every disaster and catastrophe, granting them peace, bliss and happiness. It is due to the positive prayers – satya sankalpas – of such sadhu swaroopos that the entire Gunatit Samaj has begun to break free from the vices of lok, bhog, déha and paksh and has begun to take strides towards attaining brahm-bhav. Their past sins are beginning to be washed away, their souls purified and new destinies associated with the pure virtues of Akshardham are emerging.
Many claim that their prayers are not heard by the Lord. However, they should introspect and ask themselves the following: “Were my prayers explicit? Did I pray deeply, with intensity and sincerely? or were my prayers distorted, unclear and superficial? Were my prayers biased in any way, asking the Lord to solve my problems in a pre-specified way?” This is something that only we can ask ourselves and only we can ascertain the truth. We will realise that our prayers were probably not prayed sincerely and with deeply felt intensity. Otherwise, such prayers would never have gone un-heard and un-answered. Sincere prayers are always answered by the Lord. This has been the experience of all members of the Gunatit Samaj, e.g. the experience each of us had when we prayed to secure a place in the heart of the ékantik.