JustSheila
Crusader
Without getting into the subject of God or what He is responsible for doing or not,
Without getting into any conflict about beliefs v actuality,
my atheist friends have provided me with a tremendous amount of insight into what is magical or delusional thinking and I've found that getting rid of the magical thinking really helps one think a lot more clearly and take better charge of my life.
Thank you, atheists and Udarnik.
Now, whenever I run across some of my old ways of thinking, I ask myself, "Is that Magical Thinking or Scientific?"
For example:
I was going to put a tenner in the poker machine the other day, but then I asked myself, "Is that magical thinking or scientific?"
The idea that I would leave with even my initial ten dollars was well against the odds. The idea I'd leave with more than my ten dollars was even more against the odds. Statistically and scientifically, it was most likely I would leave without my ten dollars and maybe even lose more than that.
Hmmm... magical thinking. So I walked away with my tenner still in my pocket.
Another example:
I had an upset stomach with no obvious cause, so I laid down for a few minutes and focused on relaxing my stomach.
Then I stopped myself. "Is that Magical Thinking or Scientific?"
Hmmm... I wasn't auditing BTs from my stomach, I was not asking supernatural entities to cure it. I was simply focusing on relaxing my stomach muscles, which anyone can pretty much do consciously. I was also just slowing down and relaxing my mind, which would help relieve anxiety which would then result in less stomach acid and a more comfortable stomach.
Scientific. Cool. It worked. (If it hadn't, I could have taken medicine for it.)
Does anyone else do something like this?
Without getting into any conflict about beliefs v actuality,
my atheist friends have provided me with a tremendous amount of insight into what is magical or delusional thinking and I've found that getting rid of the magical thinking really helps one think a lot more clearly and take better charge of my life.
Thank you, atheists and Udarnik.
Now, whenever I run across some of my old ways of thinking, I ask myself, "Is that Magical Thinking or Scientific?"
For example:
I was going to put a tenner in the poker machine the other day, but then I asked myself, "Is that magical thinking or scientific?"
The idea that I would leave with even my initial ten dollars was well against the odds. The idea I'd leave with more than my ten dollars was even more against the odds. Statistically and scientifically, it was most likely I would leave without my ten dollars and maybe even lose more than that.
Hmmm... magical thinking. So I walked away with my tenner still in my pocket.
Another example:
I had an upset stomach with no obvious cause, so I laid down for a few minutes and focused on relaxing my stomach.
Then I stopped myself. "Is that Magical Thinking or Scientific?"
Hmmm... I wasn't auditing BTs from my stomach, I was not asking supernatural entities to cure it. I was simply focusing on relaxing my stomach muscles, which anyone can pretty much do consciously. I was also just slowing down and relaxing my mind, which would help relieve anxiety which would then result in less stomach acid and a more comfortable stomach.
Scientific. Cool. It worked. (If it hadn't, I could have taken medicine for it.)
Does anyone else do something like this?