RE: What do you think prayer is?
February 1, 2018 at 10:47 am
(This post was last modified: February 1, 2018 at 10:56 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's the simple act of strengthening ones focus for intended outcomes through verbal or internal repetition and ritual. Or, at least..that's the part of prayer that "works"..which is what leads credulous loons to pray for shit that won't.
Personally, I prefer to work. I get the same high, but actually get things done in the process. Most people do couple their achievable prayers with dedicated effort, ofc. Why wouldn't they..they wanted it enough to pray for it, after all. Easiest way for me to find zen is to hand hoe a row. There's the usual tendency for the mind to busybody itself at first, but if you do it long enough you run out of shift to think about directly and just drift to the sound and color. I suppose I could rake rocks..but you can't eat a rock, and just praying for carrots produces a notably low yield.
Personally, I prefer to work. I get the same high, but actually get things done in the process. Most people do couple their achievable prayers with dedicated effort, ofc. Why wouldn't they..they wanted it enough to pray for it, after all. Easiest way for me to find zen is to hand hoe a row. There's the usual tendency for the mind to busybody itself at first, but if you do it long enough you run out of shift to think about directly and just drift to the sound and color. I suppose I could rake rocks..but you can't eat a rock, and just praying for carrots produces a notably low yield.
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