Theos-Talk Archives (July 1998 Message tt00148)

So, HPB seems to say that prayer is an ennobling action as long
as there are no selfish motives involved. Praying for peace in
Kosovo or Tibet might be ok?

Govert


>> "Prayer is an ennobling action when it is an intense feeling,
an
>> ardent desire rushing forth from our very heart, forthe good
of
>> other
>> people, and when entirely detached from any selfish, personal
>> object."


>And as the great majority of people are
>intensely selfish, and pray only for themselves, asking to be
*given* their
>"daily bread" instead of working for it, and begging God not to
lead them
>"into temptation" but to deliver them (the memorialists only)
from evil etc.