I follow it too, while among different
gestures followed in every religion
when praying, people pray with their
eyes closed....

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Let us try to understand in this way:
We humans have five sense organs.
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1. Skin- touch sensation

2. Tongue- taste

3. Nose- odor

4. Ears- hearing

5. Eyes- visual
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When we pray to god, we naturally
choose a place which makes us
comfortable. So the three organs i.e.
skin, tongue and nose has no work to
do now.
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But the other two organs (eyes
and ears) are the remained ones that
can distract us by not letting us to
concentrate. But we usually choose a
place where we can not hear noise or
we hear pleasing and soothing music
which helps us to concentrate.

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.Now remained is "eye". Among all the
five sense organs the eyes are the most
distracting organs. It sees every other
things irrespective of good or bad,
which could distract our mind and
peace.

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.We see so many things. Though we
don't want to remember, the visual has
great impact. The brain registers
whatever the eye sees. So, while
praying to god we close our eyes so
that any external happenings like
people moving, birds flying etc... may
not distract and we can concentrate on
our prayers to god.
Gradually, it calms our mind.
I observe people.
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You can also drop your own view on Why we close our eyes while praying.
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.Good morning NL and Happy First Sunday of the Month

To avoid distraction.


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Prayer is saying words to God and believing he hears you as well either standing, sitting, kneeling, eyes closed or opened. The most important aspect is our faith on whom we commune to. I hardly close my eyes while praying cus i can't forebear the fact that i will be shut out of happenings around me which is indeed a security consciousness anyway.

livingg:
To avoid distraction.


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U have tried.

We close our eyes to concentrate,so that we won't be distracted