SOCIETY NEWS

This meeting was presented by CA C N Vaze and Ms. Manasi Amdekar on Tuesday, 10th May, 2022 at Bombay Chartered Accountant Society, Mumbai-400020.

In our Indian culture, we are taught by our parents and ancestors to give God first place in our life.

This has led everyone to believe in regular prayer in addition to prayer in times of distress, disaster or some other discomfort during our life’s journey.

‘Prayer’ is an integral part of a common man’s life. Prayers are at different levels.

We pray to the King, to the Judge, to our Boss or Superiors, to our parents, to the people at large. We write ‘Prayers’ in any petition to the Court or Government Authority.

During the ensuing event, we discussed the meaning and importance of prayers in a spiritual or philosophical sense. It is a prayer to God, Almighty or Super-Power.

A Lot of research has gone into analysing the effect of prayers on our minds and lives.

Ms. Manasi Amdekar is a psychological counsellor. She explained the scientific aspect of the effect of prayers on our brains and minds.

Ms. Manasi Amdekar presented her study about prayers with the help of a PPT and enlightened us with many examples, applications, images of human brain scanned using ultrasound etc. According to her, prayers in th