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Praying

TLDR: Praying
The forum thread revolves around the topic of prayer and its personal significance to various users. Harry initiates the discussion by sharing his view that prayer helps maintain calmness and doesn't necessarily require formal settings or lengthy sessions. He expresses gratitude for the kindness around him and mentions briefly praying amidst his busy schedule. Foxy details her daily prayer routine, which includes prayers of thanks, for others, for protection, and for alignment with God's will. She emphasizes the strengthening power of prayer over the weakening effect of worry. Safeinsanity and Lammchen also affirm their practice of prayer, citing it as a source of help, strength, and a way to respond to immediate needs around them, such as praying for others in distress. Jaminhealth contrasts by discussing their shift from traditional prayer to affirmations and meditation, suggesting that while prayer can be beneficial, active personal changes are crucial. Sincerem highlights a perspective that engaging in prayer is intrinsic to those who worship a deity, describing it as an act of giving praise and thanks for life and health. Nomad and dfarmer2001 share personal experiences with prayer, noting its sporadic but powerful effect in bringing relief and courage in difficult times, and reflecting on the challenge of maintaining regular prayer amidst life's busyness. Overall, the thread illustrates a range of beliefs and practices related to prayer, emphasizing its personal value and varying frequency of practice among the participants.
Harry

Harry

Do you pray ? I see that a lot of people from a traditional background ( across all cultures ) tend to be a bit religious and pious. Personally, I found that praying is very helpful to keep ourselves calm. It does not mean that you go to a specific place and spend hours there bargaining with god. You can sit on your chair, lean back and simply think about all the goodness and kindness in this world.
 
I do pray daily: prayers of thanks for all my blessings, prayers for others who are going through hard times, prayers for protection from evil, prayers to align myself with God's will, prayers for help and comfort when I'm troubled. You can only have a relationship with someone if you make an effort to spend time with them.

My belief is if one is going to spend time worrying over something, it's much more productive to spend that time praying about the situation instead. Worry weakens us but prayer strengthens us.
 
I am very much grateful for all the kindness around me. When we were children, all of pray together. Sometimes we were not praying, but playing. But there was too much goodness and innocence around. Sometimes work keeps me busy, but I try to close my eyes for 2 minutes and be thankful for everything.
 
I'm a Christian, so yes, I do pray. I pray for different types of things whether it's prayers for someone in an ambulance screaming by, or prayers for our government officials to do the right thing or prayers of thanks when something nice happens.
 
I do affirmations and meditate, prayers can help I would assume, but action taken is where it is. Change your Life.

I prayed to a god for many years of my life but I found new info on it all outside of a god.
 
Its only those who aren't inclined into worshipping doesn't engage in prayer. If you're worshipping a God, surely you'll go into prayer when it is needful. I love praying to my Grand creator, because the life I'm leaving is under a rent, he instilled life onto me, to preserve my soul and keep me healthy, I simply need to give praises all day to em.
 
I don't pray regularly, but once in a while I pray and it is very relaxing. When I am praying, I feel that all of my pains and sufferings are taken away and I am as light ad feather. Praying gives me courage.
 
I will begin by saying that I'm a Christian, and I believe prayer is an essential part of life. Growing up, I used to pray all the time, it was a good habit for me. However, over the years, I've become a busy person with my work schedule and other activities and I find it extremely difficult to pray as I used to. In all honesty, I may pray once or twice a week. It's saddening that I can't seem to make more time for prayer, and I hope this changes in the future.
 
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