You had a ritual and conditioned yourself to feel good whenever you say "thanks God". You don't have that conditioning for the phrase "thanks universe".
Do you come from a Christian background? Have you ever really, truly, trustingly believed? I mean, you may be right that it's just conditioning, and I'm sure that's at least part of it. But you don't think believing you're special/loved as an individual, part of someone's incomprehensible but perfect plan, could have any kind of special effect?
Do you come from a Christian background?
No, but I have seen a lot of different mental interventions. There are a lot of different ways to get to certain effects. Effects feel only special if you know just one way to get to the effect. I have seen people cry because of the beauty of life without them being on drugs or any religion being involved.
Believing that one is loved is certainly useful but the core belief is not "I'm loved by God" but the generalized "I'm loved". Children learn "I'm loved" or "I'm not loved&quo...
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