Window

 Look at a solid wall.  No light gets through, but the wall may give your privacy, keep out the cold, wind and pollen.  But there is no light.  Now make a space, a hole in the wall, such that you could put in a window. Now there is light.  Light comes through the empty space.  Insects, pollen, wind may come in too but you are so happy with the light that you don’t mind.  Deep prayer is like this.  It makes space just by resting in the moment and not becoming distracted by things about you.  Light appears in the space.  It is not so much light as in bright, since eyes may be closed.  Rather it is light as in seeing with an Inner Eye.  Nothing else seems to bother you at that moment.  This kind of prayer can lead you to then go through your day or the next few hours, unaffected by what otherwise were distractions. They have nothing to hang onto.  You are free.