(August 10, 2013 at 4:04 am)fr0d0 Wrote: The non spiritual aspects of prayer are interesting. You're talking to an external and perfect partner. Your reasoning for the answer the partner might give is not limited by you (your persona limit), or any flaw in them, as they have none, so the answer should be the best you could come up with.
As I see it, the 'other within' doesn't have to be perfect. I imagine it as just being better at getting the big picture and at recognizing salient related ideas. Unlike the Christian God, the unconscious mind is saddled with no omni- characteristics. It would be nice if it were but I don't it is or has to be to be useful. A little help once in a while is always a good thing.