The Worldly and the World Above

I didn’t pray but was curious. One evening while our family was sitting in the courtyard with closed eyes and folded hands I asked Father “Who do we pray to? And why?” He said “Prayer is to God; who else shall we pray to?” I had asked myself this question then: Is it true that He who they address as God is really God? Why is ‘He’ the God not me not you? Years afterwards I discovered that Advaita philosophy had answered these doubts. It said ‘Aham Brahmasmi (I am the Brahman) tat tvam asi (That thou art).