St. Nilus of Sinai on Prayer
'But prayer interrupted by thoughts (the lowest form), and linked with
bodily cares, is far from the structure of mind fitting for prayer. In
such prayer man does not hear himself, but darts hither and thither in
thought, not remembering what words he utters. But if the man who prays
is such, will God's ear pay heed to what, in his inattention, he does
not himself hear? With those who said, "Attend to my petition; give ear
to my prayer" and "O Lord, hearken to my voice; let thine ears be
attentive to the voice of my supplication", the mind was wholly and
carefully collected and not scattered and spread about over such things
as is usual with the negligent, whose thoughts are uncontrolled.'
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