Theos-Talk Archives (August 2003 Message tt00066)

Hi all,

I wasn't actually focussing all that much energy into the rain 
coming - and well, it hasn't significantly rained yet, though the 
temperature has gone down, thank goodness. I was simply speaking 
figuratively and perhaps not using my English properly. 

Still, the discussion that ensued is interesting:

- when does wishing turn into praying?
- who or what does one pray to (it was assumed here that I prayed to 
some god, but since I don't believe in 'God', that is simply nowhere 
near the truth)? Is trying to contact a certain force in nature the 
same thing as trying to contact 'God'? Is one more effective, 
reasonable than the other?
- when does the concentration of thought on a particular subject 
become magic (black or white)?

I don't really have the answer. 

Still, there are many ways of trying to turn our environment into a 
healthier place, creating rain may just be one of them (the drought 
here is causing environmental problems). How does one know the 
distinction between: 'this is what I have to do' and 'doing this 
would be interfering with fate or karma or whatever'?

Not simple questions, but perhaps you all have some ideas?
Katinka 
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