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SCIENTIFIC / SPIRITUAL ANALYSIS OF PRAYERS.1.Types of Prayers.
There are two types of Prayer depending on the Intention behind the Prayer -
A. Prayer with Worldly Expectation
This is the common typr of prayer.. This type of prayer is said with the expectation of fulfilment of some worldly requirement. The prayer may or may not be accompanied by anyother spiritual practice.Some of the prayers with worldly expectation would include prayers about:Gross material requirements like job, partner, child, etc.Subtle material requirement like recovery from illness, happiness, etc.Prayers that are said with expectation of some worldly benefit are generally said by peoplein the initial stages of their spiritual journey. Even those whose prayers about some worldlybenefit are regularly answered, are generally in the initial stages of their spiritual journey.The reason is because people in later stages of spiritual growth make prayers only for theirspiritual growth as explained in the next section.When we pray for the worldly benefit of ourselves or others, the prayer may get answeredbut we end up using our spiritual energy gained through spiritual practice. This spiritualenergy could be either from this birth or an earlier birth.People who continue praying lifelong with worldly expectations use prayer as a tool to obtain
 
a little something from God rather than striving to increase spiritual practice to attain the allencompassing continual grace of God. The important disadvantage of this type of prayer isthat one tends to remain trapped in worldly desires and needs instead of transcending tosurrender to God’s will and being able to rely on Him to provide as per our requirement (andnot as per our wish). 
B. Prayer without Worldly Expectation (for Spiritual Growth)
This type of prayer is said by the seekers of God who are serious about their spiritual journey. In such prayers also there is a pleading to God, but it is not about worldlyexpectations. The expectation is about being able to do better spiritual practice to achievespiritual progress. Seekers may also pray for removal of obstacles in their spiritual practice,reduction of their ego, etc. Seekers who pray without worldly expectations have the double benefit of being graced withspiritual progress as well as their material need being taken care of as per the requirement.Here as the person who is praying surrenders much more than the person who prays withworldly expectations, he is able to access much more grace of God. Also the surrendercontributes to dissolution of mind, intellect and ego. Both these factors result in rapidspiritual progress. 
 
4. How Prayers change as a Seeker Grows Spiritually.
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