How do we know whether God listened to our prayer?

[Diana Vemulapalli asked: My query to You is.... we all do Pooja or keep on praying that some wishes get fulfilled or some bad times pass away like that.... I always doubt whether God really listens to our prayers and chantings? How do we know whether He listened to our prayer? By, Diana Vemulapalli]

Swami replied:- You can easily know the answering of the prayer by observing its result. Sometimes God keeps silent because you have already reached the stage of true love to God without any aspiration in return. Answering the prayers is the initial stage whereas keeping silent to the prayers is the advanced stage. You are given chocolates while you are studying LKG and UKG classes. If you ask for chocolates even while studying PG class, it is horrible!