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@saasher2012 wrote:
I think we all pray or praise in our own way,it doesn't have to be a god, gods.

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Absolutely, I may pray that my football team wins, that my girls get into their chosen school, that the weather is good for our holidays etc., etc. But I don't set time aside for this nor have any focus for the prayer; it's just something I may say to myself or say out loud.

"Oh I hope this weather can last another few weeks."

I have moments of contemplation when perhaps I've heard how something bad has fallen upon someone and I say to myself that I'm thankful and appreciative of the wellbeing myself and family enjoy, but I'm not giving thanks to anyone or anything, just acknowledging that I am thankful.

Karma guides me to an extent although I feel no need to give it that name. Actions and reactions. If I act in an appropriate manner this will influence those around me and those I encounter and lower the liklihood of bad things happening to me while improving the liklihood of good.

Also I treat others as I'd like them to treat me because I can't expect others to be nice if I'm not nice myself.

Cause and effect, action and reaction, not seeking the blessing of some deity!

Liviing life as a decent member of society should be a matter of course not a matter of pleasig some god!