Daily Meditation: Monday, September 23, 2002

Even people who believe in God do not always know why they …

09/23/2002

Even people who believe in God do not always know why they pray. They ask themselves: 'Why does God need our prayers?' In fact, God does not need our prayers. He has installed certain devices in us, saying: 'Now it's up to you to get them working. They are built well, so they will work well.' You have no doubt seen these automatic food or drink dispensers in stations. It is you who makes them work by inserting money into them. The station master does not get involved, he has nothing to do with it. Well, in the same way God does not get involved with the workings of our inner devices, our inner machines. He has given them to us and now all we have to do is insert some coins to make them work. When prayer is done correctly, it gives results because it is like a coin that you insert into the machine. Every time you pray you emit a force, which is projected outwards but also and especially inwards, where it sets certain wheels in motion. This is why you feel peace, joy and beauty come over you.