With no thought of gain.
One should not pray or meditate with any thought of gain. Hold no expectations. Then the rewards will come. If one strives for power and gifts, no true results will come, and one will become lost in lust. Praying for results brings no results -- the true spirit appears only when there are no expectations to hamper it.Books and teachings talk of the results of meditation because they prepare the aspirant for the experiences that will occur. It is important not to look on these writings as advertisements. They are merely descriptions of what you will encounter.
Sit down with no thought of results and you will go naturally and spontaneously with Tao. It is admittedly a paradox. We are to know what to expect, and yet we should allow them to appear as they will. It seems irrational and inefficient. Yet if you would know Tao, there is no faster way to enter the midstream.
Personal Interpretation
Although it seems irrational, we should try to refrain from fostering expectations of reward in life. If we do not seek, we will find, but if we seek, we will be disappointed by what we manage to gain. There is such a thing as trying too hard. Tao is the natural flow of energy in the Universe, and its current will take us where we need to go. We must trust it. This does not mean that we sit idly back and let life pass us by. Rather, it means that we learn when we observe and when to act and act with an understanding that our motivation in so doing should not be the promise of reward or the gaining of some specific asset.
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