Prayer as Resting in God's Light

So anything that brings us in that holy place, in that holy luminosity of God's light, that is good enough. So the process of turning towards God, starting from the remembrance that we have to turn towards God to the actual sitting empty in the holy sunlight—that whole process we are calling prayer, contemplation, whatever name you want to give to it. Satsang, another name for the same thing: to come to the company of God, to the company of the truth. So remember that when we are using the word prayer, we are not saying just the petition part of prayer. Most of the world view that prayer is petition to God. It includes the petition part, but it's much, much, much more than that. You may just turn inwards in a gentle loving glance. That is prayer. On the other hand, you may say the best sounding words without turning within at all. That is not prayer. It may sound like the holiest words. So prayer is both the invocation as well as the resting in God. Yes. So the words that are shared in satsang can only bring us to the point of you having to apply them. The rest of being in satsang may help with the application part as well. But for now it is safe to presume that you have to apply. Very strange examples are coming today.