Quote by W. H. Auden

To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a man so concentrates his attention -- on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem, an idol, or the True God -- that he completely forgets his own ego and desires, he is praying.

To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other th

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This quote suggests that praying is about directing one's attention to something beyond oneself. It states that when a person wholeheartedly focuses on something or someone, such as nature, art, logic, or a divine being, to the extent that they forget their own ego and desires, they are engaged in prayer. Essentially, prayer is portrayed as a state of deep concentration and connection with something greater than oneself.

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