I’m not sure if we give prayers or they are received for us to express. But prayer is felt as much as expressed.
When done “right”, ego is not in the equation. I love Jay Leeming’s poem, Ego. (shared here without permission – please visit his site. And his book of poetry Dynamite on a China Plate is full of poems I can quote. This is a wonderful work!)
Ego
Getting rid of your ego
is like trying to throw away a garbage can.
No one believes you’re serious,
and the more you yell at the garbagemen
the better the neighbors
remember your name.
Wrestling with ego is always a losing proposition; ego wins. The trick seems to be to release the ego, or to even forget one has an ego. It seems a delicious unaware self quietly steps in and does the things that come naturally. These are the things we are meant to do.
In prayer a wonderful lack of ego can exist. The gatekeeper that is the ego can be given permission to stop away for coffee, or a potty break, or to go stretch it’s legs. While the ego steps away, or fades from sight, or is forgotten the gates are open and the soul and god are allowed to connect. Sometimes I hope for a a connection – as lovers, as family, yet always as one.
if you pray you have a very large Ego.that Jay Leemings poem, its fantastic and i will look for his book it sounds great.
regards the Banishedman
Leemings is one of my favorites.. I hope you enjoy. Interesting take on the Ego statement. I was thinking exactly the opposite. Thanks for stopping by.