It takes two things to make prayer come to pass: a person and a word.
Words are not made of paper. Words of prayer are repositories of the spirit. It is only after we kindle a light in the words that we are able to behold the riches they contain. It is only after we arrive within a word that we become aware of the riches our own souls contain.
To be able to pray is to know how to stand still and to dwell upon a word. This is how some worshippers of the past would act: "They would repeat the same word many times, because they loved and cherished it so much that they could not part from it."…. "Am I not the word 'Baruch' (blessed)? Hearken to me when you pronounce me. Consider me when you utter me."
–from Man's Quest for God
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