Random Acts of Kindness, or God?

[WiredIncorrectly]

Before you have a good chuckle and my lunacy hear me out a second. I've had many occasions where "good luck" has blessed me.

One time a friend sent me a valuable musical instrument at one of my lowest points. Another time a friend sent me £300 to help me out financially. And today a friend helped me out of a financial pickle. There's been more occasions.

But, with every one of these "good luck" occasions it's been when I've been practicing religion. When I've felt a connection to God, and I've felt like I'm on the right track spiritually.

I have read prayer can change energy levels, and in turn influence good things to happen to you. There has been studies on this.

Today was another one of those good acts. I had some issues with finances, work is obsolete at the moment. I was doing my Salat al Asr prayer and while I was doing it my Telegram messenger was going "ding, ding, ding". I let it wait. I got to the computer to see a friend had put money into my bank.

I didn't ask for it, or expect it. It was a random act of kindness.

Meditation is also said to do the same thing and boost positive energy.

Over and out.

[Lolalee1]

Are you Muslim,Wired

[WiredIncorrectly]

Are you Muslim,Wired

Yup

[NoraB]

Before you have a good chuckle and my lunacy hear me out a second. I've had many occasions where "good luck" has blessed me.

One time a friend sent me a valuable musical instrument at one of my lowest points. Another time a friend sent me £300 to help me out financially. And today a friend helped me out of a financial pickle. There's been more occasions.

Don't know about luck mate but you've definitely been blessed with great friends.

But, with every one of these "good luck" occasions it's been when I've been practicing religion. When I've felt a connection to God, and I've felt like I'm on the right track spiritually.

I don't do religion. Too complicated. Too open to negative interpretation and abusive gits. I respect people's faith though. I do consider a higher power - call it God or whatever you like - and I always feel on the right track when I do stuff for others, and also when I take better care of myself. Even stepping aside to let somebody go before me at Tescos makes me feel all fuzzy inside (and that aint when I've taken me meds)

I have read prayer can change energy levels, and in turn influence good things to happen to you. There has been studies on this.

Indeed. Give it all over to a higher power, I say.

Or do the manifestation thingy?

I didn't ask for it, or expect it. It was a random act of kindness.

When this happens, it certainly helps to put back some faith in humanity because it can get very dark out there..

Meditation is also said to do the same thing and boost positive energy.

There are certain things which affect us as a whole (on a physical, mental, and spiritual level) and I think we know when this happens. It's like we're connecting into something much bigger than what we can see or hear. Mediation is a way of connecting to the universe as is prayer. There are many ways to connect. I like it when I feel plugged into the bigger picture.

P.S if you're a loon, then so am I.

[WiredIncorrectly]

Don't know about luck mate but you've definitely been blessed with great friends.

Indeed. I thought I had no friends. I've not met up with this friend in over 2 years. Those friends that reached out to me have very kind hearts.

I don't do religion. Too complicated. Too open to negative interpretation and abusive gits. I respect people's faith though. I do consider a higher power - call it God or whatever you like - and I always feel on the right track when I do stuff for others, and also when I take better care of myself. Even stepping aside to let somebody go before me at Tescos makes me feel all fuzzy inside (and that aint when I've taken me meds)
Indeed. Give it all over to a higher power, I say.

Or do the manifestation thingy?

Religion can be very complicated. I don't get into the politics of religion. The life journey is a very personal one and we do what we feel is right to make it through.

When this happens, it certainly helps to put back some faith in humanity because it can get very dark out there..

There are certain things which affect us as a whole (on a physical, mental, and spiritual level) and I think we know when this happens. It's like we're connecting into something much bigger than what we can see or hear. Mediation is a way of connecting to the universe as is prayer. There are many ways to connect. I like it when I feel plugged into the bigger picture.

P.S if you're a loon, then so am I.

You hit the nail on the head there Nora.

I'm not sure if I'm correct, but medication came from the Buddhists? Or was it the Sikhs? I don't know. But, it's very interesting non the less.

AnxietyJoe does meditation I believe. Maybe he can post something relating to that.

Do you meditate?

[ankietyjoe]

I'm not sure if I'm correct, but medication came from the Buddhists? Or was it the Sikhs? I don't know. But, it's very interesting non the less.

AnxietyJoe does meditation I believe. Maybe he can post something relating to that.

Do you meditate?

MediTation came from Buddhists....or Sikhs, depends on your definition.

Even now, I'm still trying to figure out what meditation does. It's basically just 'awareness'.

I'm not religious at all, I don't believe in any God. However, meditation has taught me that I have a connection with the Universe that I cannot explain, and things happen that I cannot explain that cannot be dismissed as coincidence. This is related to literature I have been reading lately about quantum physics (which I cannot even begin to full understand).

My brain has made a parallel between 'woo-woo' law of attraction/manifestation theories and prayer. Is religion just the observation of the law of attraction at work, explained away as a divine being? I have no idea, but the parallel is there. The idea that what you need is within your grasp if you 'believe' hard enough. I'm on the fence, but I do believe there is more to life than just cause and effect.

The problem with science is that it only proves what it can describe. The rest we have to just 'believe' in. For example gravity, it's undeniable right? But science still can't describe the process, we don't know how it works.

Oh, meditation, right.....

So...if we CAN have some control over our destiny by our thoughts alone (we are what we think etc), then meditation is possibly the best mental tool to put you in a space where you can accurately assess what your current 'reality' is.

[WiredIncorrectly]

I misspelled "meditation" 3 times and auto correct put it as medication. I went through each one replacing "medication" with "meditation".

Good post Joe. Thank you

[NoraB]

You hit the nail on the head there Nora.

The most recent time where I felt 'plugged in' was standing standing on a carpark in Exmoor. I got out of the car, looked up, and found it hard to breathe. THE STARS!!! I was still standing there long after my husband and son had got back into the car on account of it being freezing! Like an idiot, I tried to take a picture of the sky on my phone, but of course it didn't have the technology to capture what I could see. It's in my head though. So many stars and the overwhelming feeling that I am part of something so BIG I couldn't possibly comprehend it with the 10% of the brain that we only use.

Do you meditate?

I do visualisation mediation (guided imagery) I'm a very visual person so this mediation works for me. It takes me to my happy place - which is generally a beach in North Wales. I was there the other day and I met my deceased mum and dad and two of my dogs. Or I go to the home I was born in or the house that my mother died in, but was also my home for 7 years. I go to my deceased nan's house too and I can smell the roses in the garden and the coal fire. Jim Reeves on the record deck and the smell of damp that comes with a house that isn't centrally heated which wasn't unpleasant to me..

Sometimes, when my mind is busy, I visualise standing under a waterfall and it's washing away the negativity.

For some bizarre reason, I start off as me with my visualisations, but end up poncing about in a white dress as I go deeper into them. I don't wear dresses!

Stands to reason that I can visualise all sorts of scary crap, so I figured I'd use my ability to visualise positive stuff. Also, I naturally did this as a young child - before school messed with my head.

[TimetoTurn]

Hi Wired, I'm a Christian, and my thoughts are that yes -God wants to bless you because He loves you! I don't believe in energies, but I do believe there are certain 'laws' that God put there, and I believe the good people do to us is all essentially from Him! Prayer is also said to help stress levels -I personally believe it's because we're not made to go solo, but to give our cares to a God who loves us. So I suppose when people meditate (even though I don't do it in that way) it's a case of perhaps forgetting those worries. Anyway, going off subject now! Interesting post!

[Solarbind]

Hi Wired, I'm a Christian, and my thoughts are that yes -God wants to bless you because He loves you! I don't believe in energies, but I do believe there are certain 'laws' that God put there, and I believe the good people do to us is all essentially from Him! Prayer is also said to help stress levels -I personally believe it's because we're not made to go solo, but to give our cares to a God who loves us. So I suppose when people meditate (even though I don't do it in that way) it's a case of perhaps forgetting those worries. Anyway, going off subject now! Interesting post!

I am a Christian too and I do agree with @TimetoTurn. God created us. And God is love so the actions of humans that loves God do reflect of who He is. Great post!