There is a well-known story about a peasant girl from Punjab who fell in love. This girl once walked thoughtfully through a field where a religious man was offering his prayers. The law of religion does not allow crossing such a place. As the village girl was walking back, the religious man said to her:
- How rude you acted, foolish girl, because it is a great sin to walk through the place where a person offers prayers to God!
The girl stopped and asked in great bewilderment:
-What do you mean by prayers?
- Prayers? - he exclaimed. “Don’t you know, stupid girl, what prayers are?” This is a conversation with God! To offer prayers means to think about God and talk to Him.
The girl said:
- That's strange! How could you see me if you were thinking about God and talking to Him? When I passed here, I thought about my lover and talked to him in my head. That's why I didn't notice you at all.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru