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You would be able to rummage through and read many good books which you couldn't read earlier due to lack of time. A person who could not find time to talk to his own family members, now requests to his friends and guests to come turn by turn to meet him, to help him share his time. A life which is marked with a complete shortage of time is suddenly endowed with so much time that he can distribute it generously due to an illness which is a blessing !!!
The total time that a person could devote in a span of a whole month for prayers is now devoted every day during illness. Due to illness a patient can establish a deeper connection with God. There is so much hope and expectation in the gaze towards God. The bridge of prayers is so beautifully laid. On one end of the bridge is pain and on the other end is God! A patient sleeping in bed willingly shows his faith in God.
Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas, always prayed to God and asked for continuous torrent of difficulties. The secret reason behind this prayer was that these were not difficulties for her, but a golden opportunity to remember God and establish a close connection with Him.
Compare the way of remembering God (prayers) in ordinary circumstance with that during difficulties and analyze the chemical reactions in the brain. You will surely realize that the depth of emotion is stronger, the tone of surrender is louder and the tuning of prayer is more intense during difficulties. Thus, the path which helps to create a bridge with God, as if he
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