02-24-2008, 12:00 AM
I think the words "worship" and "prayer" may have been selected for their connotation and poetic effect.
In practice, what I have come to know as worship and prayer is a psychic outpouring of veneration, with "worship" being undefined and generalized, and "prayer" being a carrier wave, of sorts, for one's intentions.
The sense of holiness about it is considered an amplifier.
It's also suggested that a sense of worship confines the act to the objective world.
For an example, consider someone who could, for the sake of argument, read minds. (a horrid ambition that hopefully is impossible)
But the act of reading someone's mind would be thoughts coming into your head that originated with another person.
Simultaneous with this process then, would be one's own thoughts also ringing within one's mind.
Worship and prayer then, would be suggested as a filtering mechanism by which you could tell your own thoughts from the thoughts of others.
When a man points his intent at some element in the world with hopes to affect that element, he may inadvertantly apply his intent to the IDEA of the element, rather than the element itself.
Worship, as a psychic outpouring of veneration which establishes a sense of holiness, is suggested as a way to cut through this confusion.
It can be said to "aim" one's intent through the myriad of confusing thoughts and mental symbols that may typically diffuse one's connection to impersonal power.
In practice, what I have come to know as worship and prayer is a psychic outpouring of veneration, with "worship" being undefined and generalized, and "prayer" being a carrier wave, of sorts, for one's intentions.
The sense of holiness about it is considered an amplifier.
It's also suggested that a sense of worship confines the act to the objective world.
For an example, consider someone who could, for the sake of argument, read minds. (a horrid ambition that hopefully is impossible)
But the act of reading someone's mind would be thoughts coming into your head that originated with another person.
Simultaneous with this process then, would be one's own thoughts also ringing within one's mind.
Worship and prayer then, would be suggested as a filtering mechanism by which you could tell your own thoughts from the thoughts of others.
When a man points his intent at some element in the world with hopes to affect that element, he may inadvertantly apply his intent to the IDEA of the element, rather than the element itself.
Worship, as a psychic outpouring of veneration which establishes a sense of holiness, is suggested as a way to cut through this confusion.
It can be said to "aim" one's intent through the myriad of confusing thoughts and mental symbols that may typically diffuse one's connection to impersonal power.