Atheists do you pray?

[Exian]

You're right Tonus. There really isn't anything particularly profound about what I said in my post, especially if you're already familiar with affirmations or meditation. However; it was a profound experience for me personally to realize I could welcome back that part of myself. I missed it without knowing I was missing it. And, although there isn't anything spiritual about it (for me, at least), I do find "prayer" to be humbling in that it gives me a chance to let go of my biases and my need to be or feel right and to reassess my life in a more honest light.

This probably doesn't resemble prayer all that much, but where today I would silently ask "What do I do?", before I would say "Dear Lord, please show me the way" or something along those lines. So, to me, it still resembles the prayers I was familiar with. And it isn't as much the same as simply assessing my life with the question "What do I do?" because in those instances I still have bias and I'm still worried about the minor details. It's different in that way for me.