Prayer arises from a way of life, not by reading, not even by studying or doing things, listening to talks. It arises from a way of life, a way of life that is turned towards others, towards God. A way of life that liberates us from our self-fixation, from our self-seeking, from our egoism, from everything that puts us in a prison, everything that Jesus came to free us from.
Christian Life in the Light of Christian Meditation 2: Holyness by Laurence Freeman OS