Does prayer, meditation, wishing have a real-world effect?

[Delta4Embassy]

I think it does.

Effects of Group Practice of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Preventing Violent Crime in Washington, D.C.: Results of the National Demonstration Project, June--July 1993 - Springer

A 1993 experiment using 4000 transcendental mediatation practioners seem to have produced a quantifiable result in DC lowering crime.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

That is not of God, Delta. TM is of the occult. You don't want to get do that.

Now Jesus Christ has taught us how to pray and He has also given us a promise about answered prayer. Jesus said, If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15:7

That means that if a believer is living in obedience to God and asks the LORD for something it will be done. A believer who is abiding in Jesus Christ is not going to be asking to win the lottery, for fame or fortune. As they are abiding in Christ they will ask according to the Father's will because He will put that desire in their heart to ask.

 

[midcan5]

Personally I can't get into meditation but I know many people who feel it helps them relax etc. We used to say the rosary which was a form of meditation or torture dependent on your age.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/how-meditation-may-change-the-brain/