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Not Into Religion, But Something Strange Is Happening

I’ve never been into religion, actually, I’ve always disliked organized religion and what it represents. But over the past few months, something unexpected has happened. I’ve found myself sort of praying to a personal goddess, just quietly, on my own terms. And honestly? Since then, good things have been happening almost nonstop. The outcomes I want keep going my way, almost like magic.

I’m not sure if this is just a coincidence, my mind looking for patterns, or something deeper. Am I crazy for feeling this? Has anyone else experienced something like this, where your own kind of faith, totally outside traditional religion, somehow feels real and powerful?

Would love to hear your thoughts.
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Ynotisay · M
Thoughts becomes things. That has nothing to do with religion or gods that don't exist. It's all you.
HorrorandMusic · 26-30, FVIP
@Ynotisay But what about when it comes to influencing others?
Ynotisay · M
@HorrorandMusic I'm not following you. If you're talking about your influence on others than that's pretty obvious. People are influenced by those who are positive and feel good.
HorrorandMusic · 26-30, FVIP
@Ynotisay Sorry. I'll use a specific example. A few weeks back my dad's friend was supposed to come by and we were supposed to go tool shopping, I didn't really feel like going but I was being forced to. So that morning in bed I prayed to the goddess and all of a sudden my dad's friend canceled and we ended up not going.
@HorrorandMusic
Prayer
A recited incantation designed to force or cajole a deity or deities into changing the normal, existing, or probable course of events in the universe, obtain an advantage, or avoid a divine penalty. Also an expression of gratitude or adulation, or an affirmation of continual fear, made to a deity.

A prayer is often accompanied by a promise or a sacrifice (the firstborn, money, giving up a favorite vice, not lying, a select bit of food the priests can eat) to seal or satisfy the agreement. A spell.
HorrorandMusic · 26-30, FVIP
@BlueSkyKing So what are you saying with this
@HorrorandMusic Prayers are akin to casting spells. Not very reliable.
HorrorandMusic · 26-30, FVIP
@BlueSkyKing Yes, I see.