What is normal is sick. We've become accustomed to the toxicity in the world. We are too tired to love and too busy to care. The question is no longer where does consciousness come from, but, how do we come from consciousness. The paradim is changing.
Prayer literally works, and so do wishes, research shows.
Why can't we accept this and not be cynics. We are connected beyond levels we have not yet imagined. He credited his recovery from physical death three times to the wishes and prayers of his friends and family. There is a Hawaiian saying, No rain, no rainbows'. The rain is sacred and is celebrated as a very important as part of the cycle of life.