Ep #4: Living Prayer | feat. Tamal Krishna

In this episode of The Free Radical Podcast, Swami Padmanabha and Tamal Krishna explore various facets of prayer—from what it is not to many of its potential layers in the heart of the pray-er. Tamal Krishna shared the powerful effect that the book EFFECTUAL PRAYER by Frances W Foulks had on him since his youth, providing a process of prayer from relaxation, to preparation, to meditation, to contemplation. Contemplation is the point of assimilation, when what you have been ruminating on in previous stages gets swallowed and digested. Many jewels were unearthed during this conversation such as: prayer is what happens to us, not something that we dograce allows us to reside within the temple (contemplum)when we reach the limit of our thinking capacity, then something else happensprayer is what happens INSIDE the container, and is NOT the containerprayer, like vulnerability, means having the courage to show up when I have not control over the outcomethe symbolism of BAT, NIGHT, DARKNESS in relation to prayerguilt trips, dangers of elitism and cheatingrole of humilityprayer as a LIFESTYLElamentation in the context and contrast of God is healthyIntercession prayerpractitioners actions and inner world in relation to the ideal in eternitythe necessary circle of protectionand more… ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE ▶ PURCHASE RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats on Amazon ▶ WRITE your REVIEW of RADICAL PERSONALISM ▶ CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Gaudiya Reform Forum on Facebook. ▶ FOR MORE INFO: SwamiPadmanabha.com