Prayer in the scientific sense  Brittney M. Walker | 7/21/2010,
5 p.m.  "Pray about it" is what mama used to say. It's good for
the soul. Many of us pray for a miracle, for guidance, a
significant other, sanity, money, and just about everything
else. For some of us, we feel a little better after we've let it
all out, and let God know the desires of our hearts.  Prayer in
the universal sense is simply a form of communication, be it
with God, self, the universe, or whatever entity people decide
to release their most intimate thoughts and desires to.  As
defined by Anna Louise Strong in "Psychology of Prayer," "Prayer
is the direct interaction of two selves arising simultaneously
in consciousness, as the result of a need, a lack, a disturbance
which demands the presence of a completer and more adequate self
before it can be overcome."  People from all walks of faith, and
all over the world, do it. To whom and how they do it is what
may differ from one culture to the next. Ultimately, it is the
product of prayer