Satsang Why do we have a prayer room???

Om Shree Ganeshaya Namah
Om Sai Ram
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Why do we have a prayer room?
Most Indian homes have a prayer room or altar. A lamp is
lit and the Lord is worshipped each day. Other spiritual
practices like japa (repetition of the Lord’s name), meditation,
paaraayana (reading of the scriptures), prayers, and
devotional singing etc is also done here. Special worship is
done on auspicious occasions like birthdays, anniversaries,
festivals and the like. Each member of the family -young or
old communes with and worships the Divine here. The Lord
is the entire creation. He is therefore the true owner of the
house we live in too. The prayer room is the Master room
of the house. We are the earthly occupants of His property.
This notion rids us of false pride and possessiveness.
The ideal attitude to take is to regard the Lord as the true
owner of our homes and us as caretakers of His home. But
if that is rather difficult, we could at least think of Him as a
very welcome guest. Just as we would house an important
guest in the best comfort, so too we felicitate the Lord’s
presence in our homes by having a prayer room or altar,
which is, at all times, kept clean and well-decorated.
Also the Lord is all pervading. To remind us that He
resides in our homes with us, we have prayer rooms.
Without the grace of the Lord, no task can be successfully
or easily accomplished. We invoke His grace by
communing with Him in the prayer room each day and
on special occasions. Each room in a house is dedicated
to a specific function like the bedroom for resting, the
drawing room to receive guests, the kitchen for cooking
etc. The furniture, decor and the atmosphere of each
room are made conducive to the purpose it serves. So
too for the purpose of meditation, worship and prayer,
we should have a conducive atmosphere -hence the need
for a prayer room. Sacred thoughts and sound vibrations
pervade the place and influence the minds of those who
spend time there. Spiritual thoughts and vibrations
accumulated through regular meditation, worship and
chanting done there pervade the prayer room. Even when
we are tired or agitated, by just sitting in the prayer room
for a while, we feel calm, rejuvenated and spiritually
uplifted.

May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace
on us and our families and remove our problems and
anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success
and happiness with peace of mind.
Sai bhakt,
Deepa H