Prayers? Tarot Cards? Where do you seek answers?

in Rant, Complain, Talklast year (edited)

Hey, it's another pointless post but feel free to sit with me if you want a dose of mental gymnastics. I might dive deeper into it next time but right now, it's all just rambling.

Do you wonder about gods and stars during evenings like this?

Recently, my head and my heart move around as if they were from Cirque du Soleil and I can't keep up with them. I've been opening up to my friends and some of them have been telling me to pray or talk to God casually. It doesn't have to be anything hardcore like how our older Catholic folks do it.

Oddly enough, I caught myself laughing at the thought of it.

Why do people pray or seek guidance from the unknown?


"I send you my thoughts and prayers!" People say that often and it's a nice gesture, really. My reaction to it depends on the situation and the person I am hearing it from, though.

A major ick if it's from that older relative who prays too much but does so less. A small, little aww if it's a friend who has given me time to listen to my feelings, despite how unorganized they were delivered.

But why do I let a chuckle out every time I think about praying to God? Why does it seem to be harder than asking the universe why has it been so unpleasant lately?

Is it because my circles were primarily religious but their actions showed a lack of proof that they were applying all the lessons they get from prayer meetings?

Is it because I decided to think that Jesus can't take the wheel anymore because I prefer driving now?
If you get that reference, we should be friends. Or maybe we already are.

Is it because I am tired of how the religious sector works and decided that I'll just try my best to be a good person and contribute to society whenever I want to?

Maybe I'm too gay to bother and I'll burn in hell for that so what is the point of praying — hAH NO, let's not even start talking about that. Yikes.


I'd like to think that I grew up nicely, thanks to years of being in good Catholic schools. But I'd also think that my perspective about religion has changed through time, thanks to different religious experiences. (Believe it or not, I've been out on pilgrimages but the more that I've been exposed to them, the more that they felt like field trips.)

Chasing after logical paths drew me farther away from thinking that you have to surrender yourself to God. Sometimes I think He exists, sometimes I wonder if he really does.

How do you approach things when you've opened yourself up to more than one way of thinking?

I have been fascinated with tarot cards and astrology. When in doubt, I whip up my phone and check for readings. Take what resonates. Leave what doesn't. You can even take nothing at all.

Isn't that similar to religion? People take what they want from their holy books and tailor it to how they want it to be.

Take what resonates. Leave what doesn't. You can even take nothing at all.

Does religion give you that kind of freedom?


My mind wonders, "maybe it's hard to surrender yourself to nothing hence you don't know if praying is worth anything."

Maybe it's pride. Maybe it's being uncomfortable about the unknown.

"If you try praying again, what's there to lose?"

Time? Energy? What indeed is there to lose? Maybe I should give it a try. It's just a conversation with God. It shouldn't bite me in the ass unless He decides to unleash a school of piranhas to bite me...

But yeah, I'll try praying again.


Why do you pray? Why do you not pray? What do you believe in?

Consult the stars, consult the cards, consult your gods but in the end, you hold the reigns. (If we're not Sims.)


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Hmm.. I pray for safety only to my mom, it lessens my anxiety and overthinking of losing her. Also I believe in signs like numbers and tarots from time to time and i do a little prayer if i want to.. Since like you said about being exposed to diff. Religion which i also exp. That.. and for me it seems like it's unbelievable.. And everything that's happening right now in my life, good or bad.. Is the matter of effort on how i put into it..

🥹 but arc buddy.. I hope you well...
It's a hard battle.. But fighting parin..
Kaya natin to

Do you believe in the number 69, Jude? HAHAHA chariz lang.

Thank you for stopping by~ Daming hanash sa life lately pero nakakakapit parin naman!

Yes 😌 the moment I met you I believed in number 69 😂😆 HAHAHA! Charot

Always welcome arc buddy! Go go go langs!

Why do you not pray? What do you believe in?

They either get answered or unanswered and I don't like leaving stuff to chance. The supernatural forces, if they are sentient and do exist, they either know our plight and chose to do nothing or constantly do something but in ways we can't even fathom the why as it just is always been that way.

C.S. Lewis' A Grief Observed coined the term Cosmic Sadist in reference to the almighty being a cruel observer as he processes his grief.

This world has no justice or everything has always been justice in place. It just isn't going your way but it is justice nonetheless.

But this comment is nothing more than an opening to the most important question I am about to ask, kumusta kana? nag breakfast kana?

Ang haba nung intro para sa napakaikling tanong.

Buhay pa naman ako at hindi, late na for breakfast.

I think most people pray for “salvation” to me it’s that believing there is a high power that you can rely on. “Salvation” is that peace of mind that soothes your fear about death. Either hope there is still light after death or just eternal darkness.

But yea there is no harm in praying, it can be like a sort of meditation.

Hugs to you, Arc!

Hmm. Praying for salvation… Have you ever tried praying for that sole purpose? Or have you prayed for other things?

Hugs back at cha, Carl~

Yeah, I've tried praying before. To ask the lord to give me you ehe~

No, I haven't prayed to anyone aside from the universe to save me ;v

God gave me you~ hahaha ;v

Yeee. I guess we pray para may makapitan tayo.

!PIZZA

Prayer is our way to communicate with God, talk to Him like you are talking to a friend.

Yes, I pray. I pray for many things. I pray to praise Him, I pray to ask for forgiveness, I pray to give Him thanks and lastly and most commonly we pray for different things we need.

I summarize it as ACTS of prayer (adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication).

Most of the time, we pray because we are asking something. We pray for good health, for safety and many things.

I believe that there is power in prayer.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Jen!

I'm mostly stuck to the Cs and Ts of prayer. I wonder if I adore Him and if I want to ask him for anything else.

!PIZZA

When you say He is the king of kings, the Lord of Lord's the owner of everything you are already praising Him.

Asking for a good health, safety, food to eat is a way of asking something to Him.

it's funny because when we pray, we are basically just talking to ourselves. LOL take off the 'religion' part, praying is similar to a magical spell, words are actually powerful, and manifestation is magical.
Do it by writing (spelling), wording it (incantation), doing it (manifesting), and completing it by believing in it. At least that's how I would do it. from the tiniest of molecules to the size of a planet, all is same same, different, but still the same, we are the universe within a universe, we are the gods within a god, stuck on a vessel that is stuck on a vessel. As above, so as below. As within, so as without.

Honestly I would sometimes go to a deep sleep wanting to have an out of body experience until I deplete my dreams to nothing to totally clear my mind. but what do I know? !PIZZA

it's funny because when we pray, we are basically just talking to ourselves.

Yeee, this is what I've been thinking about lately too. But when the heart and mind are weak, maybe believing that god exists helps with calming them down - and that you can lift your worries, etc, up to them.

Nyeh, 'di ko rin alam. Will try it anyway~

!PIZZA

Our body is god's temple daw, maybe that's why when we pray, we used our inner consciousness to speak, calling to the tiniest speck of godliness within 😃 idk I'm a conspiracy theorist hahaha

A Prayer is what we call it when we communicate to God.

I don't do it very much because I have faith with people more than God.

but for rare instances where we can only rely on RNGJESUS, praying seems to be a nice boon.


I think a belief system is beneficial to those who need it. If one person needs it, then it works.

Like if you don't believe in yourself but you believe in a God that created you for a purpose and thinking that gives you confidence then go ahead.


regarding naman if ever you go to heaven or not. I think there's a clause that states na kahit di ka paladasal or even a believer as long as you treat others fairly and well. it's good.


and as I said in the beginning, I have more faith in people than a disembodied God.

I believe in people helping people rather than a God making people help other people.

so If you need help, sigaw ka lang sa amin.

I have faith with people more than God

But do you have faith in yourself, Demo? Char, pinag-iisip lang kita.


help, gusto ko ng cheken nagettes.

!PIZZA

But do you have faith in yourself, Demo?

haha ano yan, do to what's best for me? nag give up na ako diyan.

as whether if I accept myself, I do.

help, gusto ko ng cheken nagettes.

hehe don't we all.

My mind wonders, "maybe it's hard to surrender yourself to nothing hence you don't know if praying is worth anything."
Maybe it's pride. Maybe it's being uncomfortable about the unknown.

Yeah, maybe it's a pride why sometimes we don't believe in Him. We denied to ourselves his existence because we didn't get the urgent help we need. And I think it's normal because even before, the people from his generation also doubt in Him.

Like many elders said it was his tactics. His way for us to get closer to him. The more we commit sin, the closer He will come to get us. He moves mysterious and I guess that's the right thing you/we do, to pray until something happens. Huggggs! ❤️

Ooh, to pray until something happens. I'm definitely iffy about that! My current logic is: if I want something to happen, I make happen. If it's really out of my way, then so it is. Maybe there's another time for it. Maybe never. But at least I tried?

He does move in mysterious ways, though. I think I'd want to pray to ask for guidance, then! Thank you, Kelzy! ❤️

!PIZZA

I'm praying because only God didn't judge me kasi ang tao napapagod din mag intindi sa mga rants sa buhay kahit na pamilya mo pa yan minsan may times na ayaw kausap disappointment lang mararanasan

Taray, ka-ranting session mo pala si God! Don't you feel lonely kasi 'di naman Siya nagrerespond kaagad?

!PIZZA

Yes kasi kapag sa tao unang nag open minsan may times na ayaw makipag usap at sometimes huhusgahan pa 😢

my perspective about religion has changed through time, thanks to different religious experiences

Same.. but maybe not the same conclusion as you.

Why do you pray? Why do you not pray? What do you believe in?

This is so difficult.
I remembered I was filling up a form from the Philippines, and when it's time to write the answer to "Religion", it took me a while to answer it.
It's been a while since I was asked that, because in Japan, you don't see that often in filling up forms.
It's hard to lie that you're something when you don't practice what you preach. In my case, I don't know what to believe in.

But people like to believe in something.


If you're speaking to me 7 years ago, I would probably answer "I'll be praying for you". Those times I've been so diligent in praying and praying for others and even for our country. Imagine. Oh wait, don't imagine. 😅

But if you have a problem now, I'll just probably listen, Arc. I won't say the same lines as me before, but I'll be sincerely listening from the heart.


Arc di ko talaga alam anong pinagsasabi ko hahahaha

It's hard to lie that you're something when you don't practice what you preach.

Do you ever wonder if you'd like to go back and practice your religion?

What do you believe in these days? HAHAHA binigyan ng writing prompt


Pero Witty, okay ka lang ba? Hahahahaha

!PIZZA

Do you ever wonder if you'd like to go back and practice your religion?

Honestly, I don't know. Di natin sure talaga. 😌
Medj mahirap yung tanong, next please hahaha

What do you believe in these days?

I believe in come what may and papayat ako, may pag asa pa 😁


Okay lang ako Arc, ikaw, okay ka lang ba?
Gusto mo ba ng hugs with prayers? Or hugs lang?
😏

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Wes...
 11 months ago  

There are quite a few challenges and issues I have with people but in the days of religion being more directed towards science in reality than anything else, I think we could use a bit of the older structure, minus the wars of course. People certainly pick and choose what they do and I think that’s okay because that’s the freedom of living in our era, a few hundred years ago you’d likely be killed for that and that’s ridiculous.

I’ve certainly got my base beliefs and they have shifted around quite a bit over time, towards atheist/agnostic and now back from that pit of despair and it was a good experience which has now grounded me in ways I didn’t think of before.

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