Letting Go

People tell me that they have given up on meditation because they experience it as dry and empty.  There is no Power out there to mediatate on, or else they would feel it.  Or so they surmise.  They use to have a “pink cloud” experience of meditation, a sense of connection with peace and tranquillity.  Now nothing!  I tell them to be of service to others while they try to let go of their expectations in prayer?  What does service and prayer have to do with one another?  Well, they are both about letting go of self, of your expectations of how things should be, or your selfish view of the world.  Being of service does not guarantee your outcome and it takes away from your personal and isolated agenda for happiness.  Letting go of results in helping others, is like letting go of your desire for how prayer should go.  Maybe this spiritual force, power, God is at work in your life and giving you a sense of “absence” to make you a better person.  Be of service to your Power in prayer by letting the power have its way with you.  Was your life better in the past when you tried to go it alone make your will win out?  If your life is better now than it was, and your prayer is dry, maybe this is part of the process of growing up into all you are meant to be.