Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He elevates spiritual acts like prayer above physical acts, claiming they are more real.
- In plain terms
- Prayer is more real than eating or walking.
- What can you take from it?
- Prioritize spiritual acts over physical ones.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes an act real?
- How do physical and spiritual acts compare?
Another view
It dismisses the reality of physical needs and daily life.
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