Does it involve words?
Is silence the real key?
Does prayer only "work" when its offered in some deity's name?
If 500 people pray for the same thing (like a sick friend, or world peace) is that more effective than if just 1 person prays? Or, 50? Or, 499?
What happens when one prays?
Is contemplation the same as prayer?
What about reflection?
If I say "I will pray for you," is that dismissive of your problem/pain/illness, or does it show compassion and concern? Maybe both?
Found a definition of prayer that describes it as "an invocation or an act that seeks to activate a rapport with a deity." I wonder if that is really the best way to invoke or activate a relationship with a deity. Any deity. Don't know that it is, don't know if it isn't. But I suspect there may be other and better ways to go about this thing.
I wonder what the proper place of prayer in real life is...and also the proper place of love.
There's a lot to learn in this ol' world of ours, huh?
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