Comments on: Action and reaction: prayer

By: Judith

Judith — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

My experience of prayer is very like this. In fact, the Hebrew word for “to pray” translates as “to examine/judge oneself.” In this context “God” is the concept that allows us to plumb these depths by being infinitely far and all-encompassing, yet infinitely close at the same time.

By: camojack

camojack — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Which begs the question:
Believer or non-believer? Discuss…

FWIW, the Monkees tune is descriptive of my view; IOW, “I’m a Believer”.

By: DLoye

DLoye — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Somehow writing about prayer often becomes an invitation for believers as well as non believers to get into tangential discussions. But I can testify to an experience. A daily habit of journal writing is my form of prayer, and it has indeed worked through through all aspects of my personality like ripples. Somehow the action opens the thoughts, emotions and spirituality. Odd animals, we humans.

By: Laserlawyer

Laserlawyer — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

A very thoughtful piece. Thank you for posting it.

One could make the opposite point as well — when any of the dimensions you describe (thoughts, emotions, actions, spirituality — and I would add the physical dimension as well) is allowed to atrophy or becomes severely damaged, it is reasonable to expect adverse consequences in any or all of the other dimensions.

By: Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

With Bush + Co. calling the shots now you better pray.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I think that takes my point and expands upon it quite nicely.

I too have a vague memory trace of the same article but, like you, can’t remember where it was published.