Prayers

Prayers

You gave us three prayers:
The Master's Prayer - to tell us Who You are.

The Prayer of Repentance - to remind us who we are.
And the Beloved God Prayer - to show us the bridge
            between the two.

The Master's Prayer I often recite, but know very little about -
unfathomable images like 'Soul of souls', Source of truth',
            'Ocean of love'.

Perfection, non-duality, endlessness, omniscience -
             what are they to me?
And addressing not only 'God the Beloved'
              but the 'Beyond God' and the 'Beyond God', also!

Yet I go on saying Your prayers.
They form a sweetness in my mouth, a warmth in my chest.

The Master's Prayer tells us Who You are - but also
              Who we are.
Dropping a stone into a deep well, we'll hear that splash much later.

O child of God, say the prayers Meher Baba has given you.
They are prasad from the Master.

                                             (from The Garden of Surrender 2004)