One townsman asked the Master:
“I praise the Lord every day.” My neighbor does the same, grace regularly descends on him, but I have never been able to achieve this state. What's the matter?
— How many times a day do you read a prayer?
- Exactly ten times - five in the morning and five in the evening.
- How many times does your neighbor praise the Lord? - I don’t know, Master.
- Find out and come back to me.
After some time, the townsman returned to the Master and said:
“I watched my neighbor all day and it turned out that he said a prayer 144 times—a dozen dozen times.”
“You see, you’re putting in too little effort.” How can you expect the same result as your neighbor?
A few weeks later, the townsman again came to the Master:
— I praise the Lord 144 times every day. My neighbor does the same. But grace still descends on him, but still not on me. What am I doing wrong? What's the matter?
“Your neighbor just doesn’t count how many times you do this.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru