As i was saying my prayers before i go to bed at night(a ritual i do each day since i was pretty young)murmuring sanskrit mantras silently(thanx to the religious classes I attended during my early primary school years)..i realised that i was not paying one bit of attention to what I was praying..instead all i did was say these mantras..while my head is bursting with so many thoughts as flashes of images of that days events came into my mind thats had nothing to do with me praying!!
at that moment,i realised..how many times do we actually think of God while praying..??
do we say these prayers for the sake of it?or just becoz we have become so accustomed to it..?or becoz we really mean it?do we say our prayers only when we r troubled or face problems, or come across an unavoidable crisis where only at that moment we suddenly remember that there's a guy up there watching us.Gawsshh..therez just too many things questionable in this context. We humans are very hard to satisfy. We blame Him if anything goes wrong, for the way we live,for every single shitty things happening, heck!we even swear using his name, but honestly, how many times do we actually take some time off to thank him for our blessings?To thanks him whole heartedly, knowing that ups and downs come and go, but He is there to guide us through. He is our greatest confidant(for the believers la:)). I think the spiritual pathway we all have adapted to or practised does comfort us when faced with a predicament or heartache or betrayal, or backstabbing or anything at all.
How many of us thank god for all his Blessings altough we hd a bad day?Im being a hypocrite now coz i rarely do that whole heartedly. Do we thank him for the bright side of things?..when we say "thank God"..how many of us mean it..?? or r we just saying it because we are so used to hearing people say it?do we ask for forgiveness for all the mistakes we had made?..sins we had commited?people we had hurt intensionaly or not..coz as me and u know it..we r all human beings with flaws...that incident made me realise that we spend so much of time doing so many things in our evryday lifes..so wud it kill to spare 5 minutes of full devotion and concentration for God himself..just 5 minutes..to thank Him..to Ask for forgiveness..to Talk to him..of coz..a little more time wudnt kill..but its up to each individual..as long as we do it with a full heart..and i wanna make it clear that im not here to judge, but im merely speaking my mind..i have nothing against those who have their personal believes..as i said we all are individuals and each and evry individual is entitled to his or her opinion. You know, I have this ceramic decorative plate that hangs in my living room wall and it says "Do you have time to pray?, God has time to Listen" Before i end, allow me to include a beautiful quote i read a few days back :
The Lord is the lover of all beings, but he especially loves those who keep his laws and are devoted to him. One can best worship the Lord through love.

~toodles~