But We Pray

O God! Will you answer my prayers? O Lord! Will you take away my tears? O Divine! I am so worried about my fears We pray, but don't know the meaning of our prayers Of course, most of the world does pray Not many of us know the meaning of what we say We just fold our hands and close our eyes And call out to the one who we think is above the skies If we pray, but don't understand what we say Then we don't pray, at best we bray! It's time to stop and find out the truth What is prayer? Get to the bottom of the root Who is God and where is He? Aren't our prayers for God meant to be? If we don't know God, but still we pray Then who is listening to what we say? We pray because we have some desire Or because of problems that consume us like fire Isn't there a reason we go to God? Or just for fun do we pray to our Lord? Some people pray because they truly love God There are others who pray out of fear of the Lord A very few pray to express their thanks They evolve in life's journey and cross to God's banks Prayer has a purpose, to God we do talk Some stop to listen, they don't just walk Prayer that works is a two-way communication A tool that leads to ultimate liberation There are rituals and superstitions in every religion They make us get confused and cloud our vision We are so controlled by what our scriptures say That we just blindly follow, day after day Is prayer all about mumbling something to God? Is it about praying, not knowing who is our Lord? Unless we first know who God truly is We may say many prayers, but the main point we miss Therefore, in quest of God, we must go We must ask questions until we ultimately know God is not someone made of bone and skin He is a Power that lives within How do we know that God is a Power? When will we stop praying at some religious tower? If we must realize the truth about God First know, who is the one that's praying to the Lord Self-realization marks the beginning of our quest It asks questions putting every belief to test Then we realize that we are not ego, body, and mind We are the Divine Soul, this truth we find What is the Soul? Is it different in you and me? The Soul is a Power, different it cannot be It is one Power that gives life to everything on earth It goes when we die and it comes at birth