Cathedral anything you disregard or hate a Ryan for

>>42338938
what do you mean?

Have you tried praying to a divinity that promises good things in this life rather than in the next one?

>>42339051
but i want both. a good life and good afterlife.

i believe there is only one God.

My sister took me to the Synagogue to pray

>>42338930
The most effective prayer is Thanksgiving, which means being thankful for the things you receive, and it might be anything really. But try to really feel the gratefulness when you pray, use concrete examples of your life to be in that mood. Also both prayer and meditation are more effective when in a fasting state.

>>42339193
it's hard to thank God when in pain. but i try sometimes. i thanked him for my food this evening.

>>42339060
what are you gonna do if you're wrong?

>>42338930
Are you baptized?
I don't think you can just pray to the Abrahamic God and expect attention if you haven't entered into any sort of ceremonial/ritual covenant with them.
It doesn't work that way.

If you don't have any kind of real connection to a religion, then practicing Theravada Buddhist is your best bet to get what you're looking for.
Of course the answer from there for "taking off some of the load," is you do it by changing your perception about craving/desire/want, not getting it all taken care of.

I only drop by /x/ every few days, this is the best answer you can expect to this question. I tried to help because you seem like you're in pain, and people reaching out in good faith deserve to be answered, even when the answer is also painful.

>>42339349
no but i was circumcised. didn't choose that though and probably wouldn't do it to my son if i have one.

Buddhism never appealed to me. the idea that you should just stop wanting things is unrealistic. humans have natural desired and needs that animate them to fulfill their natural purpose.

>>42338930
Leave religion. You'll get withdrawals at first.
https://youtu.be/jLXxCI2jb8w?si=XFJ54muh5fj3JPeE
https://allreligionsareone.org/
https://bartoll.se/2023/07/history-matrix-part1/

>>42338930
Pray the Psalms

>>42339363
Then you don't really have any connection to God to pray to I don't think, which can be rectified if you put in the work. Do yourself a favour and stay away from American-based varieties of Christianity.

As for Buddhism, you don't understand it. Buddhism isn't about not wanting things, it would be the first to acknowledge that you can't stop wanting things. What you need to do instead is stop being attached to the feeling and thoughts of wanting things, because they create suffering, and the more you dwell on them the more you suffer.

But acting like a belief system as old as Buddhism, they just didn't think it through as well as you did? Didn't those dummies realize humans want stuff and thats just life?

These are the comments of an arrogant simpleton, who doesn't even have the good sense to check their assumptions and assumes a much greater level of understanding than a rational person with a modicum of humility would.

You've stepped outside of good faith. Nobody, and certainly not God or gods want to help someone who is both arrogant and ignorant. You're on your own until you fix that. You probably won't.

>>42339782
nta OP read the old and new testaments then read the quran. it's the only way out of ignorance.

>>42338930
Who is your God?

>>42339862
yhwh i guess
but usually when i pray i have the supreme only god in my mind.

Buy prayer books, bookmark what you like, pray in a state of reverence at all times like on the floor, have a prayer of conclusion, usually begging for forgiveness of distractions during the meditation, have a prayer list in your head save it for the end though.

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I never resonated with the type of "prayer" folding your hands and asking for material things or good fortune just seems retardedly simplistic.

Same for the other posts in this thread

The only thing that makes sense to me is prayer being you trying to come into alignment with the natural order. Meaning the things in life that when brought together actually bear fruit or become greater than the sum of its parts. Like a man and a woman having a child, or rainfall nourishing a plant that becomes food for an animal that you then eat.

Rather than kneeling down and begging for a pony to appear out of thin air.

>>42339051
>hello loosh harvester
Weren’t you talking about science in the LoA thread?

>>42343804
This is my attitude. I've only prayed a few times in my life. When I was a child, things were tough. I prayed for things to get better, and they didn't. So I decided God either couldn't or wouldn't help me, no matter how much I needed it or asked for help. Either that or there simply is no God. Now I think it was foolish of me to want God to be my servant, even if I was suffering.

A few years ago, my mother fell extremely sick. It was terminal, and painful. Her body was mostly paralysed. I would go round as much as possible to look after her, and come home tired and shaken. One day after coming home, I was taking a shower and felt a huge amount of gratitude for my body not being completely fucked up like my mother's was. I'm not in the best shape of my life but I'm not in pain, everything is basically working as it should (knock on wood). I didn't really know what to do with all this gratitude, so I directed it towards God, or tried to. Then I asked God not to magically heal my mother (I know he won't), but for guidance. I have this functioning body and don't know exactly what to do with it, maybe God will tell me. It could easily have been my imagination but it felt like I got an answer: Seek out other people's suffering and do what you can to bring relief.

This is probably what I would have expected God to say, and it was more like just a thought appearing, not a booming voice from the clouds, so it's easy for me to dismiss it as my mind playing tricks on me as it always does. Still, I have tried to help people in need more since then.

Why would the gods concern themselves with the affairs of mortals?