PRAYING WITH A FEATHER

All our lives we have had hammered into our consciousness the belief that hard work equals success. Yet, even on the secular level I think we can all point to someone, perhaps that someone gazes back from your mirror, who have worked very hard yet have little to show for it. I will leave the secular discussion for another day, spiritually hard work and struggling to succeed in prayer in meditation are impediments to growth. Successful prayer and meditation, that which demonstrates, is quiet and gentle. As Emmet Fox writes “Pray with a feather- not a pickax.” Though we may be filled with fear and trepidation, pray in the manner you would like to be treated in, gently with kindness, patience, tolerance and love.