A day seldom passes
with an elder Indian or others who are esteemed wise and good, in which a
blessing is not asked or thanks returned to the Giver of Life. Sometimes
audibly but most generally in the devotional language of the heart.
Tshut-che-nac
Sought
through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.
Big
Book pg. 59
Now,
what about prayer? Prayer is the raising of the heart and mind to God--and in
this sense it includes meditation. How may we go about it? And how does it fit
in with meditation? Prayer, as commonly understood, is a petition to God.
Having opened our channel as best we can, we try to ask for those right things
of which we and others are in the greatest need. And we think that the whole
range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says,
"...knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. A request
for this fits in any part of our day.
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pg. 102
Grandfather
teach me to pray from the heart.