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Salutation to God as the real Preceptor	Full of bliss, bestowing joy transcendent, Essence of wisdom, untouched by duality, clear as the taintless sky, the Utterer of Thou art That, the One, eternal, pure, immovable, the omnipresent Witness, free from Nature's three qualities, beyond the reach of thought - my Divine Preceptor, I bow to Thee!
Be Thou my Sun and Moon	0 Father, Send the sunshine of Thy wisdom to guide me in my happy days of achievement; and the moon of Thy mercy when I travel in the dark nights of sorrow.
Universal daily prayer for divine guidance	0 Father, Mother, Friend, Be loved God! I will reason, I will will, I will act; but lead Thou my reason, will, and activity to the right things that I should do.
Help me to win the battle of life	0 Eternal Conqueror! teach me to train noble qualities within me - soldiers of calmness and self-control. Be Thou their Divine General, like Krishna of yore, in the battle against the dark foes: anger, ingratitude, untruthfulness. May I raise over the realm of my life Thy flag of invincible righteousness.
Overcoming my enemies: bad habits	Fierce foes, obstinate habits of restlessness, have entrenched themselves in the territory of my mind. May I overcome my enemies, bent on robbing me of my wealth of peace. Lead Thou my battling-power to victory!
Guide me, 0 Soul Charioteer!	Teach me, 0 Lord, to conquer the self by the Self. May I never permit the blind ego in me to obstruct the soul. Bless me, that I willingly appoint the soul as the body's only charioteer. May the divine driver, with its perfect discrimination, control the five fiery steeds of my senses, hold firmly the reins of my mind, and triumphantly take my little chariot on the wheels of right discipline over the speedway of incarnations. 0 King of Kings, after the last lap of the final race I shall ride a chariot of Thine infinite light!
Keep me away from evil	Bless me, that I hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil, inhale no evil, touch no evil, feel no evil, think no evil, and dream no evil.
Lead me to the royal highway of realization	Let me be Christian, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, or Moslem; I care not what my religion or race or nationality be, so long as I win my way to Thee! May I not wander on labyrinthine paths of religious formalities. 0 Lord, set Thou my feet on the one royal highway-realization of the Self; the road that leads straight to Thee.
Prayer for supply of immediate needs	Divine Father, this is my prayer: I care not what I permanently possess, but give me power to acquire at will whatever I daily need.
The devotee's vow	I will conquer pride by humility, hate by love, excitement by calmness, selfishness by generosity, evil by good, ignorance by knowledge, and restlessness by the peace of meditation on Thee.
Spiritualize us, 0 Infinite 0 Alchemist!	0 Infinite Alchemist, spiritualize us! Turn our weakness into strength, our wrong thoughts into truth perceptions. Transform our ugly demons of selfish ambitions into fairies of soaring aspirations; our painful ignorance into blissful wisdom; and our base ores of inertia into the purified gold of spiritual accomplishments.
Be thou my Beacon of Wisdom	If, driven by squalls of ignorance, my mind raft nears the dangerous rocks of insatiable desires, mayest Thou warn me, 0 Beacon of Wisdom! I am ever seeking the safe shores of righteousness.
We demand as Thy children	Father, Thou didst make us in Thine image. We pray to Thee not as beggars but as Thine off- spring, co-heirs to Thy kingdom. Lovingly we demand our immortal heritage: wisdom, health, happiness, salvation, eternal joy. Naughty or good, we are Thy children. Inspire us to seek and find Thine infallible guidance within us. May we attune our human will (that Thou gavest us to use freely) with Thy divine will.
Infinitude's happy child	As Thy freeborn offspring, I want to train and use my own will; but only with Thy guidance, 0 Father! May all my activities lead me closer to Thy paradise of all-fulfillment. I would be Thy happy child of Infinitude, realizing that in the divine plan Thy sons were not meant to live in a desolation of fruitless aspirations and withered hopes. Teach me to breath the shameful cords of lethargy. May I blaze my way tirelessly through the wilderness of limitations into the Fair New Land.
May I see goodness in others	May I never use cruel sarcasm, which, like flies, alights on the open wounds of man and thus swells his troubles. I would emulate Thy lovable bee, attracted by the nectar of sweetness in the heart hives of others.
Thine is the Sole Life	0 Father, with folded hands I come to offer Thee my whole being. I saturate my prayers with deep love. Give me toward Thee the simple, sincere devotion of a child. May I intuit Thy nearness behind the words of my prayer. Teach me to feel Thee in all my emotions, to realize that Thy wisdom upholds my understanding, and to be conscious of my life as an expression of Thyself, the Sole Life.
The Divine Sculptor	Let every beat of my heart be a new word in my endless love lyric to Thee. May every sound from my lips carry secret vibrations of Thy voice. Let my every thought be bliss-saturated with Thy presence. May every act of my will be impregnated with Thy divine vitality. Ornament with Thy grace my every concept, every expression, every ambition. 0 Divine Sculptor, chisel Thou my life to Thy design!
0 Lord, our first duty is to Thee	0 Spirit! teach us to consider no other duty to be more important than our sacred duty to realize Thee, since work of any kind is possible only because Thou hast given us the power for its performance. May we love Thee above everything else, because, without the grace of Thy life, Thy love, we could not live or love at all.
Tell me Thou hast loved me always	No loud or whispered words of prayer shall cloak my love for Thee. In divine unspoken language will I express my heart's devotion. Thy voice is silence; in my soul silence may I hear Thee speak. Tell me, 0 Eternal Mother, that though I knew it not, Thou hast loved me always!
Ego, the impersonator	My ego* may strut in pride, saying: "I am thou!" Ignoring the tiny boasting masquerader, I shall seek my soul Self, fragrant with countless humilities. Ever instruct me in my identity, 0 Lord! May I inly hear 'rhy whisper: I am thou!
94: May I love Thee as saints love Thee	0 Heavenly Father, fill me daily with the love and thanks- giving that overwhelm the heart of a newly awakened saint. Give me the fervor known to all devotees who have ever loved and found Thee.
Prayer to the Holy Trinity	0 Triune Lord! Beatific Trin- ity, Irresolvable Unity, Sat-Tat- Aum God the Father, tran- scending creation; God the Son, the guiding Christ Consciousness immanent in creation; and God the Holy Ghost, the secret Vibration of Aum that exter- nalizes all creation! Lead me to the final Wisdom, the ultimate Truth. Guide my tireless efforts to attain perfect knowledge of Thy Law. May I succeed in climbing the sacred mountain of Self-realization and stand at last on the shining summit, face to face with Thee, 0 Inconceivable Spirit Divine!
Give me the humblest place within Thy heart	0 Creator of All! in the garden of Thy dreams let me be a radiant flower. Or may I be a tiny star, held on the timeless thread of Thy love as a twinkling bead in the vast necklace of Thy heavens. Or give me the highest honor: the humblest place within Thy heart. There I would behold the creation of the noblest visions of life. 0 Master Weaver of Dreams, teach me to loom a cushioning carpet of Self-realization on which all Thy lovers may tread as they travel to the shrine of eternal wakefulness. May I join the worshiping angels who offer at Thine altar the bouquets of their ever new percep- tions and intuitions of Thee.
Meditation and devotion	0 Spirit, teach me to pray with deep concentration, and to imbue scientific meditation with devotion. May my heart daily become more pure by all-surrendering love for Thee.
Each of us reflects Thine individuality	0 Sun of Life, as Thou didst first peep into mortal cups of mind, filled with the molten liquid of Thy vitality, Thou wert caught within the microcosm of human feelings. From Thy gaze each of Thy children retained a unique facet of Thine individuality. In their lives I behold expressions of Thine inexhaustible variety.
Infinitude's happy child	As Thy freeborn offspring, I want to train and use my own will; but only with Thy guidance, 0 Father! May all my activities lead me closer to Thy paradise of all-fulfillment. I would be Thy happy child of Infinitude, realiz- ing that in the divine plan Thy sons were not meant to live in a desolation of fruitless aspirations and withered hopes. Teach me to break the shameful cords of lethargy. May I blaze my way tirelessly through the wilderness of limitations into the Fair New Land.
May I Discipline the senses	Train me to be vigilant, lest the senses don stolen royal trap- pings and the mirage cloak of happiness, and, so disguised, deceive me while they desecrate my bodily temple. Help me to discipline my unwise, wayward senses, that they spiritualize their desires. The gaudy sirens of the senses offer earthly pleas- ures. Thou hast arrayed Thine angel joys in robes of simplicity; may I follow them to the Eternal Eden.
The fivefold taper of my senses	0 Living Lord, help me train the truant children of my senses not to wander away from per- ceptions of Thee. Direct my gaze to Thy wondrous world within, to watch Thine ever changing beauty. May I hear the lilt of Thy secret lyre. Teach me to feel Thy presence in me, above me, beneath me, and around me. Bless me, that I catch the scent of Thy breath of bliss. Let me drink forever from the sourceless river of Thine inexhaustibility. Orientwise, with sacred rites I offer at Thine altar the candles of my senses. May their spiritualized light mingle with Thine in the first pale shaft of dawn, the brash noon brightness, the muted glow of dusk, and the night's moon silver. 0 Guardian of my being, keep ever burning before Thee the fivefold taper of my love.
May I live less by food and more by cosmic light	0 Divine Life Energy that cli- rectly sustainest my body! Thou dost convert and spiritualize my food-solids, liquids, and air- into Thy revivifying rays. Teach me, 0 Spirit, to live less and less by gross matter and more and more by cosmic light. Thy power is present in my body bulb. I recharge myself with Thine omnipresent life.
Save me from sense slavery	0 Pristine Spirit of Purity! save me from insatiable sense cravings. Let my greedy desires be reduced to dross in a white heat of wisdom. By stern non-cooperation may I control all unruliness of the senses. Guide me to cooperate only with Thy will, harmoniously playing my little note, perform- ing my little deed, singing my little song. Inspire me to use the senses only in wholesome ways; and to discipline them wisely, that they desire to contribute to my true happiness. Lead them to conform joyously to Thy plan for them: freshness, acuity, irreproachableness. As electricity may either illuminate or destroy a building, so man's powers may glorify or devastate his life. Teach me, then, to employ rightly the sen- sory energies Thou hast entrusted to me. Transmute my sense craving into soul craving. And, 0 Spirit! let me feel Thy rod of discipline if ever I stray senseward away from Thee.