The focus of prayer is not the self... It is the momentary disregard of our personal concerns, the absence of self-centered thoughts, which constitute the art of prayer. Thus, in beseeching Him for bread, there is one instant, at least, in which our mind is directed neither to our hunger nor to food, but to His mercy. This instant is prayer. We start with a personal concern and live to feel the utmost.

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Abraham Joshua Heschel: "The focus of prayer is not the self... It is the momentary disregard of our personal concerns, the absence of self-centered thoughts, which constitute the art of prayer. Thus, in beseeching Him for bread, there is one instant, at least, in which our mind is directed neither to our hunger nor to food, but to His mercy. This instant is prayer. We start with a personal concern and live to feel the utmost."

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Absence	Beseeching	Bread	Concern
Concerns	Constitute	Directed	Disregard
Feel	Focus	Food	Hunger
Instant	Least	Live	Mercy
Mind	Momentary	Neither	Personal
Prayer	Self	Selfcentered	Start
Thoughts	Thus	Utmost

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The focus of prayer is not the self... It is the momentary disregard of our personal concerns, the absence of self-centered thoughts, which constitute the art of prayer. Thus, in beseeching Him for bread, there is one instant, at least, in which our mind is directed neither to our hunger nor to food, but to His mercy. This instant is prayer. We start with a personal concern and live to feel the utmost. - Abraham Joshua Heschel