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What does it mean?
Pray to heaven even though it does not remember you.
In plain terms
Worship even if forgotten.
What can you take from it?
Find faith without expectation of reward.

Where it applies

  • spiritual crisis
  • grief
  • private prayer

Putting it to work

  • meditate silently
  • write personal prayers
  • accept uncertainty

Questions to consider

  • Why worship without reward?
  • What matters if no one sees?

Another view

Unanswered prayer can deepen doubt.

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