A primary understanding :
Reciting prayers does not aim to solicit an external entity but to foster an inner disposition.
Therefore, the prayer achieves its purpose when this disposition is present.
Behind each recitation, let us ask ourselves about the inner disposition that these word patterns are intended to cultivate.
Notes & Silence 
Then why not recite a poem, or address oneself, rather than pretending to talk to someone else?
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Even choosing one of those possibilities, yki, d never really be talking to yourself, but a layer of self would be addressing a deeper one.
One cannot escape transcendence.
What would be your answer to that question ?
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