Most of us in India grow up in families with a very spiritual mindset and strong belief in god. Slowly these spiritual habits get ingrained in us and we start visiting temple , church , mosque or gurudwara to pray to our god ; make wishes etc. My childhood was no different . I developed strong belief in god and importance of prayers. For the first 20 years of my life I kept going on the same path but in the last 4 years of my life so I started to question myself : Is there any importance of these prayers to god , isn't it only the karma or deeds of a person which decide his fate. The belief in god started getting weaker but I kept asking myself why everyone believes in god.I kept going to temple ; praying to god but not with same heart as I used to do it earlier. Before any exam or any important task I offered prayers as usual but within me there was this question " Would this prayer matter at all? "...Isn't it the effort I have put in these tasks that's going to matter....how can this prayer help me ?.....
But With the grace of god I succeeded in those tasks. Yes "with the grace of god ".
Though I succeeded ,I still kept thinking that did those prayers matter.And finally I reached an answer "yes".Not because of those words we recite in our prayers(though there might be another great science hidden in the power of those words or shloks).But because I understood the simple concept of spirituality. I understood that prayers are a source of making our minds more calm and making us more confident. They help us reach a state of mind where we can just think of what we wish in life for some moments.These are the moments that bring the motivation and positive mind set to move towards our goals.Some say it meditation ; some say it spirituality ; Its ultimately the karma combined with state of mind.And as lord Buddha has stated "What we think ; so we become ".Our mind is a world in itself and if spirituality helps in conquering that world.....It matters.....
