[Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself.]
I have a lot of different conceptual models of prayer that I juggle in my head. Sometimes I think of it as a thing I do selfishly for self-improvement, saying things to myself that I need to say to myself, to remind me of who I am and what my place is in the world. Sometimes I think of it as a formula I recite without comprehension, because wiser people centuries ago recommended it. Mostly, though, I conceptualize my prayers as an on-going conversation I am having with God. Or rather, I think, I conceptualize myself as being in a continuous on-going conversation with God, and prayer represents the times that I am actually paying attention to the conversation. Even though my voice is the only voice I can literally hear, I very much feel that prayer is a dialogue.
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Date: 2013-12-03 07:44 pm (UTC)I have a lot of different conceptual models of prayer that I juggle in my head. Sometimes I think of it as a thing I do selfishly for self-improvement, saying things to myself that I need to say to myself, to remind me of who I am and what my place is in the world. Sometimes I think of it as a formula I recite without comprehension, because wiser people centuries ago recommended it. Mostly, though, I conceptualize my prayers as an on-going conversation I am having with God. Or rather, I think, I conceptualize myself as being in a continuous on-going conversation with God, and prayer represents the times that I am actually paying attention to the conversation. Even though my voice is the only voice I can literally hear, I very much feel that prayer is a dialogue.