Pray Is an Action, Divine Action

Emerson says that prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view. The true man or woman prays to god to give thanks, to praise. When we see levin in ancarenina mowing in the fields with the peasantry, that is his prayer action, divine action. But prayer as a means to effect a private end ismean ness and theft. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with god, he will not beg he will then see prayer in all action. This passage gives me chills, and i find that this will be perceptive, astute and