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Forced Prayer
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RE: Forced Prayer
(August 15, 2016 at 3:33 am)Jesster Wrote:
(August 15, 2016 at 3:31 am)Arkilogue Wrote: The "target" of the prayer is the quality of the prayer itself.  Like interacts with and attracts like.

The effect of such an expression passing through you cannot be "helped".  For every electric action there is an equal and opposite magnetic reaction.

The religious purpose of worship of a deity is to receive spiritual sustenance.

Now we're back to word salad. I'm calling on Poe's Law again. If not, then save your preaching for another thread.
You have 3 basic choices: Be grateful for you existence, complain about your existence, be indifferent about your existence. The later would be extremely hard to perfectly maintain.

So given your free will of orientation at anytime, at any space, in any circumstance...how do you choose to spend your time/energy?

(August 15, 2016 at 3:30 am)Jesster Wrote:
(August 15, 2016 at 3:26 am)Arkilogue Wrote: Because you are not expressing it to nothing. You are expressing it at the very least, to yourself. The book and ink marks as letters and formed words/idea give you the reflective membrane, material information and space to know what you currently express.  So that you can reflect upon it and refine it into new and greater expressions.

It is the development of purpose and meaning.

Self reflection is absolutely wonderful. That's not what you were saying before though. If you want to change your tune and deny what you meant before, then great. We'll go with that instead.

Now that is similar to writing in a journal. As soon as it comes to "being thankful" to some outside mystery, you are going far beyond the journal comparison.

Being thankful is not a packet to some point of address at some being's door step, some where "out there".

It is a radiative nature of immediate being.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
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Forced Prayer - by ScienceAf - August 9, 2016 at 3:12 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by robvalue - August 9, 2016 at 3:36 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by ScienceAf - August 9, 2016 at 3:39 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by robvalue - August 9, 2016 at 3:46 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by bennyboy - August 9, 2016 at 9:44 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by ScienceAf - August 15, 2016 at 2:36 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Athene - August 9, 2016 at 6:22 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by brewer - August 9, 2016 at 7:15 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by bennyboy - August 9, 2016 at 9:42 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Chad32 - August 9, 2016 at 9:50 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by mlmooney89 - August 9, 2016 at 10:37 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by ScienceAf - August 15, 2016 at 2:50 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Rextos - August 9, 2016 at 10:50 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Minimalist - August 9, 2016 at 11:07 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by account_inactive - August 9, 2016 at 12:19 pm
RE: Forced Prayer - by Bunburryist - August 10, 2016 at 1:16 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Arkilogue - August 15, 2016 at 2:43 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 2:47 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Arkilogue - August 15, 2016 at 2:55 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 2:59 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Arkilogue - August 15, 2016 at 3:15 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 3:17 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by ScienceAf - August 15, 2016 at 3:21 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 3:22 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Arkilogue - August 15, 2016 at 3:26 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 3:30 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Faith No More - August 15, 2016 at 1:58 pm
RE: Forced Prayer - by Arkilogue - August 15, 2016 at 3:22 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 3:23 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Arkilogue - August 15, 2016 at 3:31 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 3:33 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Arkilogue - August 15, 2016 at 3:47 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by Angrboda - August 15, 2016 at 11:10 am
RE: Forced Prayer - by rado84 - August 15, 2016 at 1:44 pm

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