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When someone talks to themselves, who are they talking to😏? The mind is just mumbling in solitude, right? If someone prays, isn’t it the same action? The mind creates an image that religion has given, referring to it as God, and then it engages in a conversation with that image in its mind. Is there something different happening that is being overlooked?

There are many levels of the mind and there are things beyond the mind itself.  When we speak to ourselves we are speaking from one part of the mind to another.  It is a play of the ego. When we pray we are not speaking to our little self centred ego around our usual things but to That which is beyond the Mind. We can call it God or our own highest Self. The truth of God is based on real experience of those who searched for God, an experience that all can have if they follow the way shown by those who have gone before us. Religion is a different matter. It is a belief system even though it does help man at times to get onto the path leading to God.

Affectionately,

Alok Da

Original question was asked in Hindi: जब कोई खुद से बात करता है तब वह किससे बात करता है? मन अकेले में ही बड़बड़ कर रहा होता है ना। अगर कोई प्रार्थना करता है जो यह वही एक ही क्रिया है ना? मन एक छवि बनाता है जो धर्म ने दिया है ईश्वर कहते हुए और वह उस छवि को मन में बनाकर मन ही मन बातचीत करता है। 

या कुछ अलग भी होता है जो छुट रहा है ?? 

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