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(vi) withdrawal of attention from the body, and its being directed towards the soul.
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Of these six limbs of the sâmâyika, the first two aim at the elimination of sin, the third is directed at the development of the spirit of dispassion, the fourth, at impressing the mind with the divinity of Life and the heights of glory to which a soul may attain, the fifth, at securing speedy deliverance from evil by following in the footsteps of a Living Example, and the sixth at the correction of the error of the body being taken for the man as well as at the subjugation of the flesh.
I ought to say while I am still on the subject that the Biblical idea of the kingdom of God, which the devotee longs to behold, is nothing other than that of a manifestation of the Godhood of Life in his own self. This is how Jesus described it on one occasion :
"The kingdom of God cometh not with observation ; neither shall they say, lo here ! or, lo there, for behold, the kingdom of God is within you" (Luke, xvii. 20-21).
Now, what is within us is just simply Life which is divine, so that the words 'thy kingdom come' in the Lord's prayer actually imply a fervent longing on the worshipper's part for his own spiritual evolution.
I shall now take you through the Muslim form of prayer, omitting some parts of it that merely refer to the personality of the Prophet.
"I have purposed to offer up to God only, with a sincere heart,......prayers.
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