From: dicksilk@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 10:02:01 AM UTC-5, sandydo...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Hello Dick,   
   >      Isn't a mantra something you repeat over and over again.  Prayer is for   
   something you want to happen. Praying to God for something, like you wanting   
   to marry Gina.   Just sorry that things have never worked out for you two.     
   >                                Sandy$   
      
   Sort of yes and sort of no:  a mantra brings about change that resonates with   
   the repeated phrase.  Kind of like, if one were to recite a mantra on   
   "pottery, pottery, pottery" then one would likely find oneself involved in the   
   business of pottery, either    
   making, using, or buying / selling.  ANYTHING pottery related.   
      
   Now, if one were to PRAY for, say, a better outcome or technique from casting   
   pottery, that would be a (more) specific direction.   
      
   Kind of like, at a stop sign, one "stops" but in that brief moment (or more)   
   one has the opportunity to confirm or change one's direction.  Don't ask me   
   why I just typed that... I just did. √   
      
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