The Discovery of One’s Helplessness

The Discovery of One’s Helplessness For instance, on a very hot day in summer, you visit someone’s house. When you arrive, he ushers you into his home with honour and brings cold water in a glass. You drink the water, then your parched throat is moistened, and your thirst is quenched. After this experience you have another spiritual storm within you. You exclaim, “O God! Similarly, one day I have to come to You. When I met a person (in the world) created by You he offered me a glass of cold water. Then would You, the Creator, ask Your angel to bring boiling water for me to drink (in the Hereafter)?” The genuine prayer is not a mere repetition of certain words. In a real prayer the words are only symbolic. The real prayer is one which is said with God-realization. The real prayer is one in which the words come to your lips after a discovery of God. This real prayer is a superior form of worship. The real prayer is one which brings God’s servant closer to his Creator. The servant’s whole existence finds expression in the words of his prayer. The Discovery of One’s Helplessness M an is totally a helpless creature: that is how he was created. But due to the exigencies of his being put to the test, his helplessness is, apparently,