I am here because I have encountered some trouble in my life. It just annoys me that whenever I encounter major trouble, or troubles…I seek to appeal to an invisible friend. (god) And now that I am a bit familiar with Hinduism, it could be expanded to friends. I think a lot of people are interested and drawn to this.
I was raised very religiously, and its just something we did. Now I think it strange. once we were driving, and the car suddenly stopped working, I don’t remember why. My mother tried to start it, and nothing happened. I decided to pray that the car would start. She tried again…and what do you know! it started! It probably just had an intermittent problem with starting. but it seemed like an answer to prayer at the time.
I am now seeing appealing to deity or deities as being rather irresponsible. One just needs to have the car looked at, for example. I am sure most problems just need to be addressed from the mundane world. But when i feel overwhelmed by some problem, it seems like the first resort to seek help from a deity. Really, it ought to be the last resort, as even theists say that there is no promise that every prayer will be answered. In fact, don’t most believers believe god intervenes very rarely? especially Not in a major way?
I still feel the urge to pray or recite mantra to help. I guess it helps somewhat for management of anxiety, but ultimately problems have to be addressed in the physical realm.