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Be honest:
Who do you think is more likely to hit the game-winning free-throw?
Many top-achievers describe the power of visualizing success (positive manifestation).
Many people who pray are cultivating healthy virtues (patience, kindness, strength).
Have you ever heard the term “self-fulfilling prophecy”?
“The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right.”
— Confucius
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do."
— Oscar Gamble
Placebo effect is real. So is the opposite. Not in the way that it magically changes the universe, but it can influence your own body
A friendly thought for you:
If your beliefs can change your body (which is part of the universe), and your changed body can further change the universe...
then transitively... your beliefs can change the universe, right?
And if that is true, then perhaps belief can be more than a placebo... Maybe it is a real, effective, psychological muscle.
I mean, placebo is still a placebo. My point was that a placebo doesn't automatically mean 0% effective. I'm not using it as a negative term here. But I do get your point, I think.
I only believe in manifestation in the sense of "if you say we're slow and we get busy I'll kick your ass" stuff.
Don't tempt fate essentially.