Moslem directs their prayers and thoughts through the direction of qibla (means the direction towards Mecca).
Five times a day, Gambian Muslims kneel along lines duct-taped onto the mosque's rugs to direct their prayers toward Mecca.
In fact, one could argue that more boxers should direct their prayers towards asking God the following question, "Should we be fighting each other for money?" Instead of producing a "theology of boxing" the religious lives of fighters serve as examples of how people live out their faith in an uncertain, unpredictable world where not everything makes sense.
Wherever they are, Muslims direct their prayers toward the Kaaba, the black cube at the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, which Muslims also circumambulate when they make their major pilgrimage.
And the Smiths spoke about how they felt the thousands of prayers being directed their way in the hospital.
They were careful to direct their "sympathy" or "prayers" to the "North Korean people," not to the government, in contrast to Beijing and Moscow, which sent official condolences to the authorities in Pyongyang, the capital.
Or you could, with an open mind, allow that it's possible these believers are tapping into something else, an energy or presence larger than themselves, which eventually responds to their prayers by directing their attention to aspects of their lives that help them cope, make choices, and distill meaning from ordinary events.
One group was asked to pray directly on behalf of the women, a second group directed its prayers to help the first group, and a third prayed for the two other groups.
"We have always prayed toward Jerusalem and have never directed any prayer toward Aizariya and Abu Dis," Mr. Barak said today, mentioning two of the Palestinian villages.
Jesus, we learn, was laughing at the disciples' prayer because it was directed at their God, the Old Testament God, who is really no friend of mankind but, rather, the cause of its suffering.
