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The CenterTao Lounge: Who are you praying to?

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    • CommentAuthorEinstein
    • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2006 edited
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    "Prayer is an act of daily devotion. We who follow Tao do not pray for divine intervention, because Tao does not change its course for any human being" (Deng Ming-Dao). :? So then should we pray, fore it is an act of daily devotion, even though we desire no divine intervention, or does that daily act of devotion inhibit our natural desire to just "be?"

    • CommentAuthorCarl
    • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2006 edited
     # 2
    Einstein:

    So then should we pray... or does that daily act of devotion inhibit our natural desire to just "be?"

    Doesn't it all rest on personal definition? Is the 'God' of the Christian essentially different from the 'God' of the Muslim, or from the 'God' of the Taoist? Differences are only 'real' in an individual's mind. The differences we feel and see, the judgements we make, are simply reflections of our own needs and fears (which, like all life on earth, are rooted in biology). This becomes self evident once we cease seeing any 'real' difference between us and other life forms. Why do we hold on to our illusions of difference?

    For me personally, prayer = devotion = just 'being' = returning to stillness and watching the Mystery unfold.

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    The more you can stay in the present moment, the more your life becomes a prayer.

    For me a prayer has no words, it's just what Carl said:

    returning to stillness

    It's really cool. Thank you for reminding me. I love this site.

    • CommentAuthorTommyO
    • CommentTimeMar 7th 2006 edited
     # 4

    For me, prayer is not a request for intervention. Instead it is an effort on my part to hold to the center. People more often pray about what they are anxious about. I pray for two reason. The first is to get help for things that are bigger than myself or are too big for me to handle. The second is to use prayer as a tool for guiding my meditation. I have found success in both.

    • CommentAuthorBuddy1
    • CommentTimeMar 14th 2006 edited
     # 5

    like most people, and homer simpson, i seldom pray unless my plane is going down in flames-mostly i pray to take myself out of the moment, to recognize that im not in charge, not the boss of everything...
    ive always liked the saying 'every prayer is answered. sometimes the answer is 'no'.

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