Praying in the Dark

Abstract

Is it really possible to continue praying, when it becomes totally dark? Or is it rather so that then the way is cleared to come to real prayer? Behind these questions are the more fundamental questions: ‘What is praying really?’ ‘Are we really praying, when we speak  words to God and feel that we are in contact with Him?’ Or ‘is it rather so that praying begins beyond our praying, when all words and  feelings fall silent? When the emptiness becomes total and there is nothing anymore to hold on to?’