or
in
some
other
condition,
provided
that
we
always
seek
Hira
within
ourselves.
At
other
times
we
come
to
Him
as
to
a
Physician,
bringing
our
maladies
to
Him
that
He
may
heal
them;
but
always
without
effort,
with
a
short
silence
from
time
to
time,
that
the
silence
may
be
mingled
with
the
action,
gradually
lengthening
the
silence
and
shortening
the
spoken
prayer,
until
at
length,
as
we
yield
to
the
operation
of
God,
He
gains
the
supremacy.
When
the
presence
of
God
is
given,
and
the
soul
begins
to
taste
of
silence
and
repose,
this
experimental
sense
of
the
presence
of
God
introduces
it
to
the
second
degree
of
prayer.
