Mindfulness or awareness and prayer is also a important…
Mindfulness or awareness and prayer is also a important component. When you are praying you should have in mind who you are praying to, what you are praying for, recognize that your prayer may or may not be answered and that you can always change yourself to make different requests. Prayer also involves appreciation of what you have been given. Prayer can be passionate and exciting, but the important element is attentive or mindfulness. Mindfulness, prayer
— from The Air Traffic Controller (God)
In the book
Do not make concentration itself the goal — that only guarantees you will not have it; let the words instead work the way a love-mantra is meant to, stirring genuine emotion rather than being recited as dry liturgy. Above everything, keep in mind Who it is you are speaking to. And done with even a little clarity going in and coming out, prayer stops being a chore and becomes the most mind-opening few minutes of your day. — The Air Traffic Controller (God)