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Prayer the Language of Love
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Prayer the Language of Love
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To someone who asked whether prayer was necessary, since
presumably God knows the wishes of all hearts, `Abdu'l-Bahá
replied: --
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If one friend loves another, is it not natural that he
should wish to say so? Though he knows that that friend is
aware of his love, does he still not wish to tell him of it? ...
It is true that God knows the wishes of all hearts; but the
impulse to pray is a natural one, springing from man's love
to God.
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... Prayer need not be in words, but rather in thought
and action. But if this love and this desire are lacking, it is
useless to try to force them. Words without love mean nothing.
If a person talks to you as an unpleasant duty, finding
neither love nor enjoyment in the meeting, do you wish to
converse with him? (article in Fortnightly Review, Jul.-Dec.
1911, p. 784 by Miss E. S. Stevens).
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In another talk He said: --
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In the highest prayer, men pray only for the love of
God, not because they fear Him or hell, or hope for
bounty or heaven. ... When a man falls in love with a
human being, it is impossible for him to keep from mentioning
the name of his beloved. How much more difficult
is it to keep from mentioning the Name of God when one
has come to love Him. ... The spiritual man finds no
delight in anything save in commemoration of God. (from
notes of Miss Alma Robertson and other pilgrims,
November and December 1900).
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