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It is something that teaches us to look from the passing moment to eternity, embracing in our souls the past, present and future. Whether we know it or not, whenever we turn in prayer to those sides of life where we seek God, the feelings, thoughts, and impressions accompanying us are permeated by a sense of eternity. It dwells consciously or unconsciously in every true prayer like some divine sweetness and aroma. It lives in the following lines of Angelus Silesius, which form a fitting conclusion to our discussion.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Prayer","site_heading":null,"date":"1910-02-17","location":null,"word_count":237,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/59/1910-02-17/p050","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Henry B. 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