It's still Christmas season. How about writing something preachy and religious-ish?
There is a verse saying, "Do not worry about anything. Instead, pray about everything."
We regularly make wishes. They become our prayers and curses.
If we wish something positive about self or others, it's called a prayer.
If we wish something negative about self or others, it's called a curse.
Worrying is a special form of curse. When someone worries, what she has in mind is something bad that is going to happen to herself or someone close. And if she worries vividly enough to cause physical and emotional fear responses, the bad thing is more likely to happen. Somehow.
We speak in two languages; logical and emotional. When we make a wish [in logical language] and put emotion to it [in emotional language], we speak louder (a religious person would say, in spiritual realm), and the wish is more likely going to come true.
The original instruction says, "Pray and THANK god". See? It is a two-step instruction with logical and emotional steps. [I think in much more secular manner, so I personally see a third step, "your action", is necessary. But let's leave it aside for now.]
Anecdotal statements and many religions, even Napoleon Hill and other authors, seem to support this. I cannot explain how or why, but I am happy with leaving this without scrutiny. Although I am a scientist, I do not feel like dissecting all aspects of human life. There are life's mechanistic aspects beyond my knowledge, and I don't mind leaving them to religions and other anecdotal statements. In practice, it does not make much difference whether I am making psychologically biased and skewed observations in life, or we are living in the Matrix in which the system bends "reality" to our wishes.
I like something that works. I was not aware how pragmatic I am.
Anyways,.. we think and reason in different ways. The thought process of a person is unique to the person. It's like a physical habit. Each of us has a default thought process. And the default can lean to either prayer-rich or curse-ridden.
If a mother is worrisome about her kid and thinking about all the possible bad things falling on the kid and telling the kid not to do this or be careful with that all the time, I'd say she is cursing the kid. She is cursing her own kid most likely without even knowing it.
If she is thinking about all the positive blessing coming in the way of the kid, her thought process will be rich in positive prayers.
Like in this example, I see many curses are fear-based. That's why we need to be aware of our fears and know how to cope with them. Contrary to some belief, runaway emotions are highly detrimental to a person.
You are praying or cursing all the time. They influence your perception and become your reality. It's time for making new year's resolutions. Be careful what you wish for.
