August 5 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace
Discover the Help and Healing through the Science of Ritual
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/02/157789182/the-science-of-ritual-why-we-seek-help-and-healing-in-repetition?sc=17&f=1001
Discover the Help and Healing through the Science of Ritual
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/02/157789182/the-science-of-ritual-why-we-seek-help-and-healing-in-repetition?sc=17&f=1001
"We don't actually know how most things work," Legare says, "so we do a lot of imitating." At essence, she says, rituals offer the same type of satisfaction that we get from daily routines that we have better evidence of being effective — for example, daily teeth brushing.
In a chaotic world, she says, such repetition seems to offer us the illusion of control over what we want to happen. So whether it's a knife in a tree or a room of chanting yogis, Legare says ritual is definitely here to stay.
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