On Prayer

Bo Yin Ra, Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken was a German poet, writer and painter. Posthumus Projects has translated and published his books in English. The Hortus Conclusus contains thirty-two books. For more information about the books of Bo Yin Ra you van visit: www.bo-yin-ra.org ‘Seeking’, in the manner required when one wants to learn to ‘pray’, is really anything but – musing on things in the mind! – The very promise that the seeker – as a matter of course – will ‘find’, shows so compellingly in its terse simplicity that this is something different from what is commonly called ‘inner seeking’. This is mostly nothing other than rummaging and groping within human reason on the off-chance, but far from certain, of finding what is firmly promised. – – ‘Seeking’, in the way one usually seeks for something in oneself, is always the expression of inner disquiet, – whatever the object of seeking may be: – it is always carried out in order to attain peace through finding. – Here some might think that the other ‘seeking’ too, for which certain ‘finding’ is promised, would also have its cause in a state of disquiet which seeks to arrive at peace? Yet the ‘seeking’ which is necessary for proper ‘praying’ has as a prerequisite that great peace: – that peace which is founded within itself and can no longer be influenced from without. – – This ‘seeking’ always requires the whole person and not just reason, constantly unsettled like a bloodhound pawing at the ground! CONTENTS The mystery of praying Seek, and you shall find Ask, and you shall receive Knock, and it shall be opened unto you Spiritual renewal After this manner therefore pray The Standard-translation© into English In order to read parts of this book please visit: http://bo-yin-ra.org/hortus.html or http://boyinra.de/hortus.html Read more