The following poem can easily be misunderstood, as though Pure Prayer, or Contemplation, is simply being quiet and still. Pure Prayer, however, is a natural way of being that most of us grow into through a long period of intentional spiritual practice. Ironically, we grow into being natural, for we have become unnatural: we have to unlearn what we have come to call normal, which is abnormal. Yet, likely, everyone has moments of Pure Prayer, they simply do not know what is happening, and these moments pass them by, so to speak. To live consciously a life of Pure Prayer is not the same as having unconscious visits to this naturalness of being. This cannot be said, only known through awareness of the difference between unnatural being and natural being, between saying prayers and being prayer. Ironically, we come consciously to be what we already are. Some would call this enlightenment, some liberation, some Union with God. This cannot, again, be said, only pointed to, the experience tells one what this is. Thankfully, words can assist, along the way, so...