Rant: Phrases That Annoy Me

Ματθιας;142054728 said:
Observation:

There were a number of olympic athletes who said in post win interviews that they'd already won the event in their minds. One even said that it played out exactly how she imagined it.

Isn't manifesting the same thing as praying for something to happen? If not, why not?

No. Prayer is an appeal to a higher power; manifesting is an expression of ego.
 
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No. Prayer is an appeal to a higher power; manifesting is an expression of ego.

It's the same thing, asking, thinking, wanting, wishing, something to happen using the mind.

Tell you what, Playing the lottery, will you be more successful manifesting a win or praying for a win?

I'll bet the results will be the same.
 
Words spoken tell me much about people. Especially those that use “ run” describing how a weapon functions. When I hear or read that they go in a “ special category”. BTW “ Nuf Sed” was a WWII Chinese/ English language program in China that had several different patches students/ instructors wore. Big $$$$$
 
Ματθιας;142055396 said:
It's the same thing, asking, thinking, wanting, wishing, something to happen using the mind.

Tell you what, Playing the lottery, will you be more successful manifesting a win or praying for a win?

I'll bet the results will be the same.

Respectfully disagree. Not the same thing. If one believes in a higher power, prayer acknowledges a relative place in a belief system. If one does not believe, Descartes’ first principle applies.

The lottery result outcome posited is a false dichotomy. Prayer may be heard but not answered; alternatively, the higher power may choose to let probability rule. Manifesting has no effect on the outcome - outcome is solely a matter of probability. Is there a pragmatic difference? Depends on belief.
 
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