Many of us have wasted a lot of time doing that and it doesn't work. You can easily see why.

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We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given
whatever we need to take care of such problems. We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no request for ourselves
only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. Many of us have wasted a lot of time doing that and it doesn't work. You can easily see why.