By Yemi Success
When certain things work, but we do not know why they work, we create problems.
People do things that appear mystical.
They repeat rituals that they cannot explain.
Many people have been told that prayer works, fasting works, giving works, confession works etc.
They follow traditions they never question.
And when these rituals “work,” they say, “It is a miracle.”
But here is the truth:
Whatever works, works for a reason.
When something works but no one explains why it works, people will soon turn it into superstition.
People often worship what they don’t understand.
This is why many people worship, but with no logic.
A practice that works but is never understood will over time, be mystified and abused.
And the people who should walk in light will start kneeling in the dark.
Millions will flock to Church, with nothing to show for it.
Today, let us break that darkness.
I want you to see something powerful;
Many religious practices work because they are tapping into laws; natural laws, psychological laws, biological laws, social laws, neurological laws, that God already established and baked into this world.
Remember, the whole world is governed by laws.
This is not an attack on faith.
This is a rescue mission.
This is a call to reclaim your intelligent spirituality, not emotional bondage.
Fasting: It Works. But Not For The Reasons Many Think.
People say fasting “moves God.”
But fasting has always moved you, not God.
Science now reveals why it has power.
Here’s the Scientific Basis
• In 2016, Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Nobel prize. His work explained the mechanisms by which Fasting induces a process called autophagy. Autophagy is the body’s process of cleaning damaged cells and surviving prolonged starvation. Yoshinori was not a Christian. But in his study as a biologist, he found something that Christians practice often, but they don’t know why or how it works. Yet the results are buried in nature.
• Fasting releases molecules that boosts learning, clarity and emotional stability.
• It stabilizes insulin and improves mood regulation.
• It sharpens focus by raising norepinephrine.
The ancient people fasted because it brought clarity, broke addictions, broke emotional fog, and stirred their inner alignment.
They saw the results.
They just didn’t know it was physiology.
Now you do. If/when you next practise the act of fasting, you should do so with clarity, not just as a religious dogma.
Fasting was never magic.
It was wisdom.
Its truth was buried in natural principles.
Prayer: It helps healing. And Science tells us why.
Prayer calms the mind.
Prayer reduces anxiety.
Prayer increases hope.
Prayer rewires the brain.
Here is the Scientific Basis;
• MRI studies from the University of Pennsylvania show that prayer reduces activity in the amygdala, which is the fear center in the brain.
• Regular prayer increases cortical thickness in areas responsible for emotional regulation.
• People who pray consistently have lower levels of inflammatory markers.
In one study, praying for ten minutes daily lowered stress markers by up to 27%.
That is not superstition.
That is neuroscience.
Prayer works because God designed your brain to reshape itself around your focus, your words and your intention.
You were never meant to pray like a slave begging an angry deity.
You were meant to pray like a conscious being aligning with divine grace, with understanding.
With prayer, calmness and solitude, you can clear the fog on your mind. You can launch yourself into your next realm.
Every religion emphasises prayer, many do so in ignorance.
Again, it’s not religion, it’s in natural law.
Laying on of Hands: It Works. But Not Because of “Magic Power.”
Touch is therapy practiced since the beginning of age.
Touch is neurological electricity.
Touch is biochemical medicine.
Science tells us that;
• Gentle physical touch releases oxytocin, the bonding and healing hormone.
• It slows heart rate.
• It reduces cortisol.
• It increases pain thresholds.
• In some hospitals, therapeutic touch (complementary therapy) was used to assist pain management, healing and recovery. Hospitals such as John Hopkins had such complementary programs for patients.
When a mother touches a crying child, the child calms.
When a pastor lays hands on you, your nervous system shifts.
When friends surround you and touch your shoulders during sorrow, your whole body changes.
That is not mysticism.
That is physiology.
God encoded healing into human connection.
What have Christians done? We turned it into magic.
Today, you see ignorant Christians scrambling for their Pastor’s touch as a form of magic.
Ignorance.
Unfortunately, many Pastors as well take advantage of the people’s ignorance, they weave that into dependence.
Today, you find long lines of people waiting for their Pastors to lay hands on them.
It was meant to be science, religion and ignorance hijacked it.
This practice has created zombies.
Confession: Why Your Brain Needs It.
Confession (of sins) is a major practice in Catholic faith.
When people confess, something shifts instantly.
Well, science explains why Catholics favoured the practice.
• Confession reduces activation in the anterior cingulate cortex, the center of guilt.
• It releases dopamine.
• It enhances emotional processing.
• It reduces anxiety by up to 40% in clinical studies.
Confession works because the brain hates carrying secrets.
It treats hidden guilt like a wound, constantly inflamed.
Nature abhors dark secrets,
You were never meant to hide.
You were meant to heal.
You may choose not to confess like the Catholics do, but you were designed to have a confidante, a friend, a trusted ally – someone you open to freely.
Singing and Worship: It’s Not Magic, it’s Neurology.
Ever wondered why you feel lifted when you worship?
Why tears come?
Why does peace settle when you worship?
Science explains it, and you may find it shocking
• Singing increases your endorphins.
• Group singing synchronizes heartbeats.
• Repetitive melodies induce a mild meditative state.
• Worship activates the brain’s reward system.
When Israel sang, walls fell.
Today, when you sing, inner walls fall.
It is not superstition.
It is the architecture of your nervous system, buried in your natural systems.
- Community Gathering: God’s Social Science
“Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves.”
People quote it.
But only few people understand it.
Science can help you understand the need for gathering together
- Loneliness is one of the biggest problems of the developed world today.
- More people die from loneliness and broken hearts than vast majority of diseases.
- Loneliness increases mortality risk by at least 26%.
- Being in a Community boosts immune function.
- Social bonding increases lifespan.
- People in strong communities recover from illnesses faster.
Church gathering wasn’t just a ritual.
It was a form of life engineering.
God did not tell people to gather so that pastors could have an audience.
He told them because isolation kills.
God did not tell people to gather because there is a powerful altar in Church.
Whoever told you that is insulting your common sense.
Church creates community.
Don’t idolise Church.
You do not go to Church because ‘it is the house of God’.
Your very self is the house of God.
You go to Church to be part of a community and escape isolation.
HERE IS THE BIG PROBLEM:
WE HAVE TURNED WISDOM INTO MAGIC AND MAGIC INTO BONDAGE
When people do not know why something works, they surrender their reasoning.
They become dependent.
They become manipulable.
They mistake techniques for mysteries.
They become miserable.
They become pawns in the hands of religious rascals.
That is why religion has become a powerful weapon in the hands of the wicked manipulators.
They would rather keep these secrets away from you to keep you in bondage.
And superstition grows like weeds in a neglected field, when the mind is not applied.
These manifest as;
• Fear-based miracles
• Manipulative “anointing oils”
• Spiritual extortion
• Emotional theatrics sold as power
. Excessive conferences and Church programs
. Powerful handkerchiefs, stickers, etc.
But God is not afraid of inquiry.
Truth will survive thorough examination.
Light does not fear microscopes or research.
In fact, God invites you to research. He says ‘come, let us reason together’.
Whoever tells you not to ask questions is your number one enemy.
Faith is not afraid to be questioned.
You cannot build a strong generation on superstition.
You must build it on understanding.
BRING YOUR FAITH OUT OF THE DARK
You must stop saying, “It is a mystery.”
You must start saying, “There is a principle here.”
Let’s unravel it, let’s study it.
You must bring your faith to the furnace of research.
You must stop worshipping practices.
You must start understanding laws.
You must stop treating faith as magic.
You must start treating it as partnership with divine intelligence.
The world is entering an age of enlightened spirituality.
The future belongs to believers who can think.
People who know why what they do works.
People who carry both Scripture and reason.
People who embrace truth, not theatrics.
You are one of them.
Do not accept blind rituals.
Do not inherit superstition.
Do not surrender your mind because someone wrapped fear around ignorance.
When you understand the science behind spiritual practices, you break the spell.
You reclaim your dignity.
You reclaim your intelligence.
You reclaim your faith.
The world is waiting for a generation that will say:
“No more mysticism.
No more manipulation.
No more darkness disguised as devotion.
We choose understanding.
We choose light.”
Be that generation.
Be that voice.
Be that reformer.
The Kingdom needs you awake.
The world needs you enlightened.
And God is not threatened by your questions, He is honoured when his children ask questions and bring their logic.
There is so much more to write on regarding these matters. But I will stop here, for now. Where are the agents of light, who will dispel darkness with truth?
The Kingdom is waiting for believers who know the reasons, not just the rules.
‘Yemi Success, MD
Dec., 2025
