The Bauls say, “Let your prayer arise in each moment. What is the need to carry the past? Can’t you talk to your God directly? What is the point of repeating the same thing again?” Today is different from yesterday; the prayer has to be new, as new as the morning sun or the morning dewdrop. Say something that arises in your heart. If nothing arises, bow down in deep silence because he knows. He will understand your silence. If some day you feel like dancing – dance. Now that is the prayer for that moment. Some day you may want to sing – but don’t repeat anyone else’s song because that is not your heart; that is not the way you can pour your heart into the divine feet. Let your own song arise.

Forget about meter and grammar. God is not too much of a grammarian, and he is not worried about what words you use. He is more concerned about your heart; he is more concerned about your intention. He will understand. So the Bauls make their own songs on the spur of the moment. It is spontaneous. They just relax in the moment and let the dance happen, let the singing happen.

That’s why they are known as mad people because some day they may be quarrelling with God! It has to be so. When you love God you can quarrel also. Sometimes they are very angry and say, “I’m not going to pray to you today. What have you done to me? I am very angry.” But this is beautiful; this is prayer. This will be heard. This will reach to the very core of existence. When you love, sometimes you are annoyed also. When you love, sometimes you are angry, sometimes you dance, sometimes you complain. Man is very helpless and a Baul lives in total helplessness. That’s why he leaves all his possessions and becomes a beggar on the road. He leaves himself in the hands of God. He says, “I will trust you.”