When does the muted expression of a prayer end? The effect of an earnest invocation gushes liquidity of positive thoughts instantly into the barren valley of distressed mind. There exists a gossamer time-snap between the ending of a prayer and surge of positive thoughts. That time, even to its minutest detail is inscrutable. It is where all His glory and magic lies. That time after the prayer in which the mist of hope fills up in between the branches of the trees of doubt and leaves them with dew upon the dormant buds of positivity is where the person "adapts". The positive thoughts are mellifluous and comforting. They help us nowhere but in adapting to what has happened in our small world. They guide us to a glimpse of a bigger picture.
This elevating effect of prayer also contributes to "the placebo effect". A placebo effect is the one in which a sick person is elevated to recuperation through a series of support factors that only increase a person's adaptability towards the ailment and eventually help him win the battle against low hope.
Thus a prayer goes a long way in clearing the path for a person's karma to take over the situation. It is just an initiation. The Karma still is the hero in getting a troubled person through.
A prayer takes two forms. First, pre-event and second post-event. The former is very common and exhibited by every individual. The latter attributes to very small number of individuals. A prayer after the desired event has taken place forms the groundwork for sustainability of actions and fulfillment of desires concomitant to the event.
Hope and prayer are namesakes. It just changes names for believers and atheists. Everyone is hopeful for something at some point in life. It is inherent in children. The concept of prayer lies thus universal, free from guilt, it always helps, while not granted it exudes a perpetual hope. The darkness of hopelessness never invades the bright light of prayer in all its glory.
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