PROGRESS UPDATE
"...A request for help is an obvious prayer so is a longing for help even if not expressed formally. In that case your heart is praying for you."
--From James Martin's "Learning to Pray"
Posted 3 months ago
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Quote #6
"The desire that becomes a practice will become a habit that will become a virtue.”--Learning to Pray by James Martin
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#Prayer #Habits #Success
I am so enjoying this book!!!
"The desire that becomes a practice will become a habit that will become a virtue.”--Learning to Pray by James Martin
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#Prayer #Habits #Success
I am so enjoying this book!!!
Quote #5 "...write God a letter. I mean that literally. ‘Dear God…I need your help.’ I usually suggest writing this long hand, but sometimes people write it on a computer or phone, print it out and pray with it.”--From James Martin's "Learning to Pray"
#prayer #faith #hope #JamesMartin
#prayer #faith #hope #JamesMartin
Quote #4 Praying & meditating is like hitting the mental reset button! 🧠✨ It calms the mind, soothes the soul, and even improves your health! 💪🏿💚 Who knew prayer could be so powerful? #MindBodyConnection #SpiritualWellbeing #Happiness #success💖👑
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Article #2 continued
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/humanizing-the-world-of-work/202309/taking-another-look-at-prayer#:~:text=Prayer%20has%20both%20faith-based%20and%20scientific%20components,-Prayer%20is%20faith&text=It%20increases%20psychological%20perspective%2C%20which%20improves%20emotional%20management%20of%20personal%20problems
A person can pray anywhere, whether taking a walk in the park, sitting by the ocean side, on the rim of the Grand Canyon, in the National Cathedral, or at the neighborhood church.
Prayer is a personal quest between you and your higher power. (less) (less)
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A person can pray anywhere, whether taking a walk in the park, sitting by the ocean side, on the rim of the Grand Canyon, in the National Cathedral, or at the neighborhood church.
Prayer is a personal quest between you and your higher power. (less) (less)
Article #2 continued
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/humanizing-the-world-of-work/202309/taking-another-look-at-prayer#:~:text=Prayer%20has%20both%20faith-based%20and%20scientific%20components,-Prayer%20is%20faith&text=It%20increases%20psychological%20perspective%2C%20which%20improv (...more)
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Article #2 continued
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Article #2
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/humanizing-the-world-of-work/202309/taking-another-look-at-prayer#:~:text=Prayer%20has%20both%20faith%2Dbased%20and%20scientific%20components,-Prayer%20is%20faith&text=It%20increases%20psychological%20perspective%2C%20which%20improves%20emotional%20management%20of%20personal%20problems.
"The saying in Latin, laborare est orare, which literally means "to work is to pray," suggests that as you work hard, you are also praying to succeed. Prayer is more of a spiritual exercise for a supernatural intervention."
"However, prayer also has a scientific component. It increases psychological perspective, which improves emotional management of personal problems."
"A top neurosurgeon shared his story. Before he starts brain surgery on a patient, he first acknowledges his limited knowledge as a human being and asks for a higher power to guide him to a successful surgery."
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/humanizing-the-world-of-work/202309/taking-another-look-at-prayer#:~:text=Prayer%20has%20both%20faith%2Dbased%20and%20scientific%20components,-Prayer%20is%20faith&text=It%20increases%20psychological%20perspective%2C%20which%20improves%20emotional%20management%20of%20personal%20problems.
"The saying in Latin, laborare est orare, which literally means "to work is to pray," suggests that as you work hard, you are also praying to succeed. Prayer is more of a spiritual exercise for a supernatural intervention."
"However, prayer also has a scientific component. It increases psychological perspective, which improves emotional management of personal problems."
"A top neurosurgeon shared his story. Before he starts brain surgery on a patient, he first acknowledges his limited knowledge as a human being and asks for a higher power to guide him to a successful surgery."
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Article #2
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/humanizing-the-world-of-work/202309/taking-another-look-at-prayer#:~:text=Prayer%20has%20both%20faith%2Dbased%20and%20scientific%20components,-Prayer%20is%20faith&text=It%20increases%20psychological%20perspective%2C%20which%20improves%20emotional%20management%20of%20personal%20problems.
"The saying in Latin, laborare est orare, which literally means "to work is to pray," suggests that as you work hard, you are also praying to succeed. Prayer is more of a spiritual exercise for a supernatural intervention."
"However, prayer also has a sc (...more)
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"The saying in Latin, laborare est orare, which literally means "to work is to pray," suggests that as you work hard, you are also praying to succeed. Prayer is more of a spiritual exercise for a supernatural intervention."
"However, prayer also has a sc (...more)
Article #2
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/humanizing-the-world-of-work/202309/taking-another-look-at-prayer#:~:text=Prayer%20has%20both%20faith%2Dbased%20and%20scientific%20components,-Prayer%20is%20faith&text=It%20increases%20psychological%20perspective%2C%20which%20improves%20emo (...more)
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Article #2
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Article #1 (continued)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Prayer, like meditation, influences our state of mind, which, in turn, influences our "state of body". It reduces the experience of anxiety, elevates a depressed mood, lowers blood pressure, stabilizes sleep patterns and impacts autonomic functions like digestion and breathing. Further, in influencing our state of body-mind, prayer and meditation also influence our thinking. This prompts a shift in the habits of the mind, and, subsequently, patterns of behavior. These changes, in turn and over time, induce changes in the brain, further influencing our subjective and objective experience of the world and how we participate in it. (less) (less) (less)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Prayer, like meditation, influences our state of mind, which, in turn, influences our "state of body". It reduces the experience of anxiety, elevates a depressed mood, lowers blood pressure, stabilizes sleep patterns and impacts autonomic functions like digestion and breathing. Further, in influencing our state of body-mind, prayer and meditation also influence our thinking. This prompts a shift in the habits of the mind, and, subsequently, patterns of behavior. These changes, in turn and over time, induce changes in the brain, further influencing our subjective and objective experience of the world and how we participate in it. (less) (less) (less)
Article #1 (continued)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Prayer, like meditation, influences our state of mind, which, in turn, influences our "state of body". It reduces the experience of anxiety, elevates a depressed mood, lowers blood pressure, stabilizes sleep patterns and impacts autonomic functions like digestion and breathing. Further, in influencing our state of body-mind, prayer and meditation also influence our thinking. This prompts a shift in the habits of the mind, and, subsequently, patterns of (...more)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Prayer, like meditation, influences our state of mind, which, in turn, influences our "state of body". It reduces the experience of anxiety, elevates a depressed mood, lowers blood pressure, stabilizes sleep patterns and impacts autonomic functions like digestion and breathing. Further, in influencing our state of body-mind, prayer and meditation also influence our thinking. This prompts a shift in the habits of the mind, and, subsequently, patterns of (...more)
Article #1 (continued)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Prayer, like meditation, influences our state of mind, which, in turn, influences our "state of body". It reduces the experience of anxiety, elevates a depre (...more)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Prayer, like meditation, influences our state of mind, which, in turn, influences our "state of body". It reduces the experience of anxiety, elevates a depre (...more)
Article #1 (continued)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Prayer, like meditation, influences our state of mind, which, in turn, influences our "state of body". It reduces the experience of anxiety, elevates a depre (...more)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Prayer, like meditation, influences our state of mind, which, in turn, influences our "state of body". It reduces the experience of anxiety, elevates a depre (...more)
Article 1
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Notes from article:
An exploration into the subject reveals prayer to be a considerably more complex subject than the stereotypic image we tend to have of the ardent believer, fervorently casting forth pleas for help, forgiveness or some other momentarily pressing need. Prayer is not just a going out, but also a going in
The major Western traditions, such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam subscribe in large measure to the "out there" construct; so, God is primarily "prayed to". The mystic traditions associated with each of these larger traditions -- Gnosticism, Kabala and Sufism, respectively - lend the "in here" aspect to this particular container, resonating with the notion of the Self as divine.
No matter the form of prayer particular to a tradition, one type of prayer that is ubiquitous to all is the prayer of blessing. Again, speaking to the psychological aspect, blessing is when prayer - no matter its antecedent - moves from the egocentric (praying for me) to the ethnocentric (praying for you/us) and geocentric (praying for all of us). After all, one of the most ubiquitous terms - and blessings -- in the English language is "goodbye", which is shorthand for "God be with ye".
An interesting bit of science attached to this ethnocentric and geocentric evolution of prayer comes out of Duke University Medical Center, where a study found that, within a group of 150 cardiac patients who received alternative post-operative therapy treatment, the sub-group who also received intercessory prayer (they were prayed for) had the highest success rate within the entire cohort.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/201007/the-science-psychology-and-metaphysics-prayer
Notes from article:
An exploration into the subject reveals prayer to be a considerably more complex subject than the stereotypic image we tend to have of the ardent believer, fervorently casting forth pleas for help, forgiveness or some other momentarily pressing need. Prayer is not just a going out, but also a going in
The major Western traditions, such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam subscribe in large measure to the "out there" construct; so, God is primarily "prayed to". The mystic traditions associated with each of these larger traditions -- Gnosticism, Kabala and Sufism, respectively - lend the "in here" aspect to this particular container, resonating with the notion of the Self as divine.
No matter the form of prayer particular to a tradition, one type of prayer that is ubiquitous to all is the prayer of blessing. Again, speaking to the psychological aspect, blessing is when prayer - no matter its antecedent - moves from the egocentric (praying for me) to the ethnocentric (praying for you/us) and geocentric (praying for all of us). After all, one of the most ubiquitous terms - and blessings -- in the English language is "goodbye", which is shorthand for "God be with ye".
An interesting bit of science attached to this ethnocentric and geocentric evolution of prayer comes out of Duke University Medical Center, where a study found that, within a group of 150 cardiac patients who received alternative post-operative therapy treatment, the sub-group who also received intercessory prayer (they were prayed for) had the highest success rate within the entire cohort.