infiniprayer - The Universal Prayer infinitheism

Lead me to You... However passionate I may be about my materialistic pursuits, I am not complete without you. So, I need you. The drop of protoplasm, that's formed when the sperm enters the egg, grows into a foetus in the womb of the mother, only when it comes in contact with that formless source of life. In the womb of the mother, the form was with the formless in a state of unison. Through the process of birth, in coming in contact with the world outside, the inputs through the senses happened and thus the mind came into existence. With the 'mind' coming into existence, the state of unison between the form and the formless was lost, causing the pain of separation, which resulted in the emotional personality coming into existence. To help the emotional personality to avoid the pain, the intellect also came into existence. Which means, before the first stimulus, there was unison between the form and the formless; man was with God. And with the first sensual experience, the three intermediate personalities came into existence, namely, mind, intellect and emotional, and the unison was lost. Man's first desire and the only desire, is to re-experience that state of unison between the form and the formless. However, since in coming in contact with the world outside the unison was lost, human intelligence has been erroneously searching for answers in the outside. Hence, all the intellectually projected desires in the materialistic realm. All the other creations have only instinctive needs, and that's why they don't have futuristic desires. Man alone has intellectually projected desires and hence his desires are futuristic. As a result, at any given time, the number of unfulfilled desires in man is greater than the number of fulfilled desires, causing all the agitation in him. While there can be spiritual answers to your materialistic needs, there are no materialistic answers to your spiritual needs. No amount of fulfilment of extroverted desires, no extent of achieving your materialistic ambitions is ever going to satiate your spiritual hunger for unison. So, when spiritual masters always said, “Transcend desire to transcend suffering,” they were not referring to your intellectually projected materialistic desires but speaking about your spiritual desire for unison. And, the only way to transcend the spiritual desire for unison is by experiencing the state of unison. And, the only way to experience unison is by experiencing the state in which you drop and transcend your three intermediate personalities of mind, intellect and emotions. The very purpose of religion is to help you to drop and transcend the three intermediate personalities of mind, intellect and emotions, and thus experience unison between the form and the formless. So, religion is basically a means to spirituality. It is all about converging from 'Many to one' and then from 'One to none', the state of unison. The word 'religion' has its Latin roots: Re Ligare, that is, Re (again) Ligare (to reconnect). It is by transcending your identification with your mind, intellect and emotions, you will annihilate your ego, and thus transcend the perceived duality, and for the first time you experientially experience that God and you are always one, the state of Unison. So the infinitheists pray, “Lead me to you” meaning, “I will not be merely satisfied with your kingdom alone, my Lord. I need you. I am not merely seeking yours, but I am also seeking you. For a child, however dear the toys may be, the toys still don't substitute a mother. Similarly, my Lord, however passionate I may be about my materialistic pursuits, I am not complete without you. So, I need you. So, my Lord, live in my heart and please my Lord, lead me into your heart…” So the eleventh line in the infiniprayer, to complete the prayer - Lead me to You. Watch video at  https://youtu.be/vD2UMg2T-3k www.infinitheism.com

Lead me beyond... Lead me beyond my perceived limitations. Even God cannot give you beyond your beliefs. Rain can only fill the size of the vessel. Life can reward you only to the extent of your beliefs. Unless your beliefs expand, your life cannot expand. There are no limits except those you acknowledge. Expand your beliefs. Break your comfort zones. Dare to dream beyond what you thought was possible. Life itself isn't secure. Then, where is the question of security within life? In searching for security, don't get transfixed to your comfort zones. Your comfort zones become your prison, a prison within which your potential stays locked up. There is no inferiority about the man that Existence made. The only inferiority is what you have put yourself into by staying transfixed to your comfort levels. Look Beyond… Seek Beyond… Desire Beyond… Go Beyond… The horizons are awaiting you… So the tenth line in the infiniprayer, “Lead me beyond…” It is astonishing as to how the world makes way for a resolute soul and how obstacles get out of the path of a determined man who believes in himself. Transcendence is like taking the lantern in the hand knowing that you will always have light enough for your next step, no matter how dark, for the light will move along with you. One step is enough and then another step and then another... Go beyond yourself and discover the bounties of abundance life holds. So the tenth line in the infiniprayer, “Lead me beyond…” The next rung of the ladder is always an unknown factor. Throw yourself into the unknown. Do what you have never done before. Do what you never thought you can. Make a rebellious move. Take a daring plunge. Make the transcendental leap. Transcendence is sacred, for it is in transcendence that life reveals the higher glories of man. The journey may not be easy, but the destination will be worth it. You can go through anything in life, if you can become, what you can become. So the tenth line in the infiniprayer, “Lead me beyond…” Pray, “Lead me beyond (my comfort zones)…” Till a Roger Bannister happened, a four-minute-mile was still an unknown possibility. Till an Edmund Hillary happened, standing on the top of Mount Everest was still an unknown possibility. Till a Steve Jobs happened, from a garage to a world leader in technology was still an unknown possibility. His entrepreneurship and enterprise have changed man's way of life and the world has not been the same again - Bill Gates. History is full of many such one-man armies, where one human being, in one lifetime, by the way they lived their life they changed something about the world forever. History suggests that one man is enough to be a turning point in this world. At every point in history, a man has emerged to show the rest of us that one life at that point in history will have a greater impact on the world than the billions who survive during that period. So the infinitheists pray, Lead me beyond… to their Source. Watch video at  https://youtu.be/alp0c4EA0zs www.infinitheism.com

Lead me deeper... Lead me deeper in spiritual alignment The strength of the tree depends on the depth of the roots. Similarly, to evolve Higher in maturity, you need to grow Deeper in faith. Above all other factors, spiritual growth is growing deeper and deeper in faith. All the components of spiritual development gain meaning and significance only on the pedestal of faith. Faith is the ability to trust what you are not able to see, the ability to believe what is not yet, the ability to 'accept as true' that, which cannot be proven. Faith is in knowing that the Force that brought you to it will also carry you through it. Faith is not subject to verification. And if you want to verify, then it is not faith. Faith is beyond human judgement. Yet, faith works; faith alone works. If great souls like Jesus Christ, Prophet Mohammed, Buddha, Mahavira, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Swami Vivekananda, APJ Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore, etc., had faith in faith, then there must be some substance in faith. After all, it is an illustrious list of the greatest of thinkers. The United States of America, arguably one of the most scientifically advanced nations, has this inscription on its coins: 'In God we Trust'. Faith is not anti-science; it is just beyond the comprehension of science. Perhaps a day will come when science may be able to explain faith. Faith is like electricity - you can't see it, but you can see light. Faith may be beyond our comprehension, but the results of faith are there for all of us to see. Faith transforms an ordinary vibration of thought created by the finite mind of man into a spiritual equivalent. Faith is the only gate through which the cosmic force of Infinite Intelligence can be harnessed and used by man. Like ideas which are more powerful than the mind that gave birth to them - for ideas have the power to live on much after the mind that created them has turned to dust - faith too is more potent than the 'object' on which the faith is directed. It is not the 'object of faith', but 'faith' that creates miracles. The object of faith is just incidental. It was 'Abba' to Jesus; it was 'Jesus' to Mother Teresa; it was 'Krishna' to Draupadi; it was 'Allah' to Prophet; it was 'Drona' to Ekalavya; it was 'Ram' to Hanuman, and it is 'Hanuman' to many of his devotees. Yet, all of them have experienced the miraculous power of faith in their lives, which confirms that it is not the 'object of faith' but 'faith' that creates miracles. The power of the object of your faith is derived from the power of your faith in the object. So, the question isn't, “How powerful your 'god' is?” The question is, “How powerful your 'faith' is?” Grow deeper and deeper in faith, and you will reach higher and higher in life. Pray, “Lead me deeper (in faith)…” So the infinitheists pray, “Lead me Deeper...” to their Source. This expression of infinitheists essentially means, “I surrender myself unto you my Lord. I am transferring the responsibility of my life in Thee hands. Lead me through…” So the ninth line in the infiniprayer - Lead me deeper... Watch video at  https://youtu.be/pi2xaZYfVAw www.infinitheism.com

Lead me higher... Lead me higher in maturity You are given life, to add something to life. When you live your life with heightened awareness, you help humanity to gain a few years of maturity without having to live those years. In effect, you fast forward humanity by a few years. You are an evolving consciousness. You are continuously evolving. In each new moment, you are different from what you were the previous moment. Your earlier self is continuously getting outdated. In every moment, life is presenting a new version of you. And, through the evolution of every man, collectively, humanity evolves. In terms of maturity, metaphorically speaking, you have to keep climbing higher and higher from the lower branches of maturity. With every higher branch you climb, you have a broader view of life. What made you weep a year ago, if it still makes you weep then you are not learning from your experiences. Then, you are not growing. You are not scaling to the higher branches of maturity. You are stagnating on the same branch. If what disturbed you a year ago still disturbs you, then you have just aged by another year. If you did grow higher in maturity, then you will have a more objective view of those experiences that disturbed you in the past. It has taken thousands of years to evolve the modern way of looking at life. History is not just about dates. History shows the evolution of thought... the evolution of human thinking. Both as an individual and humanity as a whole, we are an evolving species… an evolving consciousness. Many of your predecessors played their part in the evolution of human consciousness, and you are enjoying the benefit of it. What part are you going to play in this journey of the evolution of human consciousness? The rise and fall of every human being has its effect on the overall human consciousness. Every human being has this awesome responsibility of growing up to live life from a higher pedestal… from a higher branch of consciousness and this will be your contribution to the ever evolving human consciousness. Every lesson learnt, every mistake committed, every error corrected, every discovery, every invention, every insight, every idea, every revelation, every talent unfolded, every limit redefined, every thought released, every vibration experienced… by every individual, paints yet another stroke in the evolution of human consciousness. So to play your part too, you pray, “Lead me higher (in maturity)…” So the infinitheists pray, “Lead me Higher” to their Source. This expression of infinitheists essentially means, “Help me to grow in maturity, so that in intellectually lifting myself I can, in turn, lift the world.” So the eighth line in the infiniprayer - Lead me higher… Watch video at  https://youtu.be/KV2SpMW35Cs www.infinitheism.com

Nothing of me and everything of You I surrender to you my lord... I am empty... fill me up with You. Ego is 'Everything of me and Nothing of you'. Surrender is 'Nothing of me and Everything of you'. Similarly, in the context of spirituality, by surrender you are just making God a major partner in your endeavours. By surrendering your finite intelligence to that infinite intelligence, you are allowing that infinite intelligence to express itself through you. The river merges with the sea and becomes the sea. The drop of rain falls into the river and becomes the river. The lower identity is lost in order to gain the higher identity. So too in surrender, you are giving up the lower self in order to gain the higher self. In surrender, you become as powerful as that to which you have surrendered. In the great epic of Mahabharata, the vicious Kauravas, in one of their numerous ways in conniving to humiliate the Pandavas, sought to outrage the modesty of Draupati. It was Dushasana who resorted to carry out the humiliation. The Pandavas were unable to intervene in their wife's cause as they had lost her out to the Kauravas in the game of dice. Initially, Draupati attempted to save herself by herself: 'Everything of me, and nothing of you'. After her vain attempts, the helpless Draupati turned to Krishna, the Almighty, for his support. She wailed loudly crying out to Krishna holding on to her sari. But there was no sign of Krishna's Grace. The desperate Draupati, then let go of her sari and threw her arms up in the air invoking Krishna's mercy at that crucial juncture. At once Krishna's Grace showered on her with an endless stream of sari that kept increasing to tire Dushasana who gave up the heartless mission. Thus, it was Draupati's surrender to the Lord that saved her: 'Nothing of me, and everything of you'. This incident highlights the significance of total surrender without reservation, submitting oneself to the Lord without the intervention of individual choices. Surrender is an expression of total trust. The Christians says, “It is not MY will but THY will that will be done.” An Islamic follower would say, “Inshallah” - if God wills it. If you want your life to be music, then make yourself as His instrument. And, always remember, the music is never from the flute but it is through the flute. It is Him through you… So the infinitheists pray, “Nothing of me, and everything of you” to their Source. This expression of infinitheists essentially means, “I surrender myself unto you my Lord. I am transferring the responsibility of my life in Thee hands. Lead me through…” So the seventh line in the infiniprayer - Nothing of me, and everything of You. Watch video at  https://youtu.be/oEk6KIpoLvM www.infinitheism.com

And i am always connected to You Like breathing and heartbeats you are an integral aspect of me. In Chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna explains, “Those who, fixing their mind on Me, worship Me, ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith, in my opinion, are the best Yogis. So, fix your mind in Me exclusively, apply your intellect in Me. You shall no doubt live in Me alone hereafter. If you are unable to fix your thought steadily on Me, then by yoga of constant practice seek to reach me. If you are not able to do that too, then by performing every action for My sake you shall attain perfection. If you are unable to do even this, then taking refuge in Me, do renounce the fruits of all actions and be self controlled.” We all act depending on our own individual capacities. We can only evolve through the phases of relative ignorance to relative maturity. So Krishna suggested: “In whatever capacity you are able to act, let there be one common denominator: Always stay connected to me…” The mythological portrayal of Hanuman tearing his chest open to show Rama that 'you always reside in my heart' is to depict that Hanuman was always connected to his Lord… You are expected to pray five times a day not because Allah needs it, but because you need such a discipline to keep yourself connected to that all-pervading force always… In Latin, 'omnis' means 'all'. Omni is a Latin prefix meaning 'all' or 'every' and it is used in formation of compound words. For example, omnivore refers to animals that eat all kinds of foods. In reference to the Cosmic Presence, the common 'omni' references have been:             Omniscient meaning all knowing; infinite knowledge.             Omnipotent meaning all powerful; unlimited power.             Omnipresence meaning present all over; everywhere. So, the Cosmic Presence is there always… However, unless you are always connected to that Cosmic Presence, you will deprive yourself of Feeling that Presence always... Oxygen is always there but you need to inhale. Gravity is in action always but you need to be aligned. God is always… But, are you a devotee always! If you are a part-time devotee, then you will only experience a part-time God. It is in being a full-time devotee, you experience a full-time God. Hanuman, by being always connected to his Lord, transformed from a monkey to personification of divinity. That's why, "And I am always connected to you…" Simply put, to experience the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresence… you've got to be omniconnected… always connected. So the infinitheists pray, “And I am always connected to you” to their Source. Someone asked, “Where is God?” An infinitheist asked in return, “Where is He not?” Someone asked again, “When are you with God?” An infinitheist asked in return, “When am I not?” In essence, an infinitheist is never separate from his Source… never away from the Source… now, ever and always connected. So the sixth line in the infiniprayer - And i am always connected to You. Watch video at  https://youtu.be/TFUC1zyHAJI www.infinitheism.com