OK, keep the Ostracism stuff ostracized for sometime!!!
Had some interesting debate/discussion today: do prayers work? Answers were typical - Yes of course it does!! No, thats all bullshit!! Hmmmm May be! or hmmmm may be not (i have never understood why there are two versions of "may be", do not they both mean the same???, anyway no diverstions!)!! hmmmm who knows!!!
Then the question was "can we test it?" "can we setup an experimental basis to test it?". Is it possible to test it? ....... Hold on!!! now tell me, "what is that we need to test?" First of all, how do we define "prayer"??? how will we measure it? how will we know if someone really prayed and if someone did not? how can we know what did one pray for? what if one says he prayed but in fact did not, or vice-versa? does prayer mean to "get something", what if one "gets something" without prayers? does that make prayer worthless? We may need to define the scope, characteristics, and nature of prayer before we can venture into testing it.
Anyway. Lets forget "testing" and just look at whats in a prayer and what makes it work, if it works? a question that has remained virtually unanswered, and will probably remain so, for ages. Does it matter at all?
I have seldom prayed for something, so I dont have an answer but would certainly love to seek out a few reasons atleast. I have my own reasons to pray, which I think I can atleast write about.
Prayer, for me, is thanking for my mere existence (but thanking who?, the Lord of course idiot!! You dont believe in one?? ok dont!!!, you do? great!! lets continue). Prayer, for me, is an attempt to be with the self, that lets me off the pressure, that lets me detach from the material realms for a while. It lets me perceive a subtle existence that glorifies my presence by belittling me. This helps me feel insignificant, and thus the problem on hand even less significant, rather insignificant. But that does not mean I pray when I have a problem, but the context of today's conversation was as such I suppose.
Anyway, let me stop here absurdly and get some work done. I wish I could pray that I get my work done before its too late!!!
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PraYerS...!!!! JUst wanna share a thought on it ... :)
"If you say a prayer because you think you should, because it is the right thing to do, or out of an obligation or responsibility, again the prayer does not fulfill its function. A prayer can be as simple as “Hello, God” or “Thank You, God” Prayer need not happen in a physical church or temple, but can happen within you.:)
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