Obstacles in our Prayers
Obstacles in our Prayers
God will always try to wake one up during a person's
life, this call comes in different forms.
Sometimes in dreams, sometimes when you hear a good sermon,
sometimes a crisis, sometimes a tragedy.
All these ways are to pull you back so that you can prepare yourself for
your return to God.
Some people are able to catch these messages but others fail to see it.
The obstacles that stop us from concentrating in meditation are as follows:
1. Attachment to material things.
The more things we have the more we need to take care of it. Our time and
energy is wasted in maintaining these things.
The possessions take us over. We become slaves to our possessions.
So the trick is to draw a line between our needs and our desires.
We can make our lives very simple by only having what we absolutely need.
2. Attachment to our relationships.
Learn to keep a little detached from your relationships.
The children that are born through you are not your possessions.
You give them love and guidance but they are Gods souls.
If you were to lose anybody in your life - you should be prepared to accept it.
Enjoy and be peaceful with your relationships but when it ends - let it go.
3. Attachment to your body.
We spend so much time and energy to make ourselves look different than
how we are. We should be comfortable with ourselves.
If we are possessed with how we look - that becomes a hindrance (difficulty).
4. Attachment to Wealth.
Accumulation of wealth for the purpose of hoarding it is not part of
any religion. Use what you need and share what is excess.
When we are busy just making money so that we can accumulate,
we have no time for anything else. There is no satisfaction and that ties us down.
5. Attachment to the past.
When people have hurt us in the past, we can't seem to shake it off.
We carry the anger with us in the present.
That anger takes us over. When we forgive we do ourselves a justice,
we free ourselves.
Therefore, don't waste time and energy into things that have happened in
the past. In fact, when someone hurts you - feel it for few minutes and
then let go. Do you keep garbage in your house or you take it out? Similarly,
remove all anger and throw it out.
Finally,
"When you run after the world, the world never comes into your hands".
The day you learn to detach (separate) yourself from this world and
concentrate on your spiritual enlightenment that's when the world will come after you.
But you will have no need for that world because you have found
peace and tranquility (calm).
God will always try to wake one up during a person's
life, this call comes in different forms.
Sometimes in dreams, sometimes when you hear a good sermon,
sometimes a crisis, sometimes a tragedy.
All these ways are to pull you back so that you can prepare yourself for
your return to God.
Some people are able to catch these messages but others fail to see it.
The obstacles that stop us from concentrating in meditation are as follows:
1. Attachment to material things.
The more things we have the more we need to take care of it. Our time and
energy is wasted in maintaining these things.
The possessions take us over. We become slaves to our possessions.
So the trick is to draw a line between our needs and our desires.
We can make our lives very simple by only having what we absolutely need.
2. Attachment to our relationships.
Learn to keep a little detached from your relationships.
The children that are born through you are not your possessions.
You give them love and guidance but they are Gods souls.
If you were to lose anybody in your life - you should be prepared to accept it.
Enjoy and be peaceful with your relationships but when it ends - let it go.
3. Attachment to your body.
We spend so much time and energy to make ourselves look different than
how we are. We should be comfortable with ourselves.
If we are possessed with how we look - that becomes a hindrance (difficulty).
4. Attachment to Wealth.
Accumulation of wealth for the purpose of hoarding it is not part of
any religion. Use what you need and share what is excess.
When we are busy just making money so that we can accumulate,
we have no time for anything else. There is no satisfaction and that ties us down.
5. Attachment to the past.
When people have hurt us in the past, we can't seem to shake it off.
We carry the anger with us in the present.
That anger takes us over. When we forgive we do ourselves a justice,
we free ourselves.
Therefore, don't waste time and energy into things that have happened in
the past. In fact, when someone hurts you - feel it for few minutes and
then let go. Do you keep garbage in your house or you take it out? Similarly,
remove all anger and throw it out.
Finally,
"When you run after the world, the world never comes into your hands".
The day you learn to detach (separate) yourself from this world and
concentrate on your spiritual enlightenment that's when the world will come after you.
But you will have no need for that world because you have found
peace and tranquility (calm).
