5. And when you pray together, do not use empty repetitions, as the heathens do; for they think that they will be heard when they make many words. Therefore, you should not do the same as they; for your Father in heaven knows what you need before you ask ... (Chap. 26:5)

Only the person who has actualized very little of the law of truth uses many words and empty, uninspired repetitions in prayer and in daily life.

The one who speaks a lot about the law of truth and of life, thus using many words for it, cannot fill them with power and life, because he is not himself filled with the law of God. Such words are egocentric and, for that reason, without love, although chosen as if they were carried by love. A speech that is not inspired by the soul does not reach the innermost recesses of your neighbor’s soul, and thus finds no echo in the person who lets the love of God prevail in and through him. The one who speaks without inspiration about the law of truth and of life, which, however, he himself does not actualize, merely stimulates a person, who hears this and likewise is still oriented to outer things, to engage in arguing.

Recognize that a person who argues about spiritual principles of the law does not know the laws of God. Everyone who wants to argue is convinced that he knows better than his neighbor and wants to confirm this to himself. The one who argues only gives evidence of himself, namely, that he knows nothing and is unsure. This is why he argues.

However, the one who has found the truth does not argue about the truth, not even about what belief is. The word “belief” also implies a lack of knowledge: In the end, the person believes what he does not know or cannot prove. The one who believes in the truth has not yet found the eternal truth. Nor does he move yet in the stream of the eternal truth. Therefore, belief is still blindness.

However, the one who has found the eternal truth no longer has to believe in the truth – he knows the truth, because he moves in the stream of truth. This is the true wise man, who has raised the treasure of truth in himself. The truly wise rest in themselves. This is inner confidence and stability. They do not argue about belief, because they have found their way from belief to wisdom, which is the truth.

Therefore, the one who merely believes in God without knowing the depth of the eternal truth, the eternal law, uses many words about his belief.

Even in prayer, he will behave in a similar way: He uses many words, because he does not inspire his words with selfless love. He is of the opinion that with many words he is able to convince God or even persuade Him. He thinks he has to make himself understood by God, because he assumes that God could understand his prayers differently than what he meant. Pagans think and pray similarly.

Recognize: The deeper the person immerses into the divine wisdom, the fewer words he will use in prayer. His prayers are short yet powerful, because the word radiates the power that is lived.

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