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Prayer

12:44 / 28.11.03

There are a couple of old threads about this subject, but that's no reason not to start a new one! (sufficient time having past to canvas new opinion all alla dat).

So I wondered if people here pray, or had any opinions, anecdotes and comments on the concept? What do you do to pray, and what do you pray to?

Professor Silly

14:10 / 28.11.03

I read a great book on prayer, which I'd like to recommend: The Spiritual Guide by DeMolinos. This is the most burned Christian book of all time (the author made the mistake of suggesting that prayer would serve the masses better that weekly church attendance), and deals with the topic of "silent prayer"--not saying anything, but instead waiting to be spoken to. All in all, this method has much in common with yoga....

14:47 / 28.11.03

I don't pray but I have friends who do and something's always puzzled me. I understand the communing-with-God aspect, but praying for something seems pointless, you're not going to change hir mind are you?
As Jim Morrisson said "You CANNOT petition the Lord with Prayer!"

14:59 / 28.11.03

he also said 'just popping for a bath'

i pray four times a day, but it's more just a checking-in, getting my breath, steadying my head, remembering why i'm here kind o thing, 'hi guys' rather than any 'do us a favour' flattery thing. as a cleverer man than jim morrison said: 'good idea with the repetition. and with the repetition.'

18:09 / 28.11.03

asking is the other half of gratitude. it keeps us from taking for granted anything we recieve. whether or not God (or whatever the hell you heathens worship) gives you your request it is to make you realize that nothing is granted to you because of your own actions. then you thank God (or mother nature, karma, the unfeeling quantum computer at the end of time) for what you recieved regardless of whether or not you wanted it or like it to help you accept your lot in life. in that way you grow and don't whine as much (hopefully, unless you like to whine, in which case you are not my friend). The point is the benefit of the petition, not the recieveing of the gift. Also there is much more to prayer than that including but not limited to: making one feel unique and important without selfishness, communication with the driving spirit of the universe, meditation on the things that truly matter. and God points, which can be redeemed in certain religions to get you out of hell/purgatory faster.

23:26 / 28.11.03

i pray daily. lately I it on the ground on my knees, oldschool. orcompletely bowed down, forhead also on the ground.
no petitions here, as mostly everyone mentioned, that seems pointless...
for me it's about learning to humble myself and acknowledge to [insert your fave god/s] as well as to myself that I am grateful for life, existence, all that good stuff. i almost always make a point about the fact that I am confused, lack the big picture, and that am willing to listen and look for any signs to keep me on a good path.
It seems to give me some grounding, some balance.
I do notice a difference when I get "too buy" and forget....