This is what I've come to understand about prayer. Prayer is like breathing. Prayer is metaphysical respiration. Release and receiving. Escaping the trap of your subjectivity into an experience of gratitude and gift. Renunciation and grace. If you refuse to pray, it's like going through the day holding your breath. You become trapped within yourself, like a stagnant pond. To keep the waters clear you need inflow and outflow.
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
This is what I've come to understand about prayer. Prayer is like breathing. Prayer is metaphysical respiration. Release and receiving. Escaping the trap of your subjectivity into an experience of gratitude and gift. Renunciation and grace. If you refuse to pray, it's like going through the day holding your breath. You become trapped within yourself, like a stagnant pond. To keep the waters clear you need inflow and outflow.