I meditate. I have friends who pray. They talk about being quiet and open and attuned to whatever happens. They say they don't so much as pray TO to God as listen.
Seems we're into the same thing, perhaps with more expectation from prayer.
Comments?
2007-01-30 06:44:41 · 9 answers · asked by barry 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've always made the personal distinction between meditation as a practice of "listening", and prayer as a practice of "active communicating".
When I meditate, I seek to still my mind and dwell in the silence.
When I pray, I seek to commune with the Gods and both consciously tell them what I am thinking and hear what They have to say.
2007-01-30 06:54:05 · answer #1 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-23 04:16:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can achieve similar results, but do have some major differences. I believe in doing both. Meditation is a great way to relax, find peace, focus your thoughts, and allow for God to speak. Pray on the other hand, is more directed. When you pray you are speaking with God and looking for answers, which may come immediately or at other times (often when we are opening ourselves up to Him - possibly through meditation). Meditation can assist in the goal of many religions, to overcome the self and succumb to something higher. Hope this answered it.
2007-01-30 09:11:30 · answer #3 · answered by straightup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how someone meditates and how they or others pray. Some people pray without thinking about what they're saying, or ask for "stuff", and others use it as a form of meditation (ex. the rosary). Some people meditate for the purposes of calming the mind, or to train the mind, whereas prayer isn't necessarily used to calm nor train the mind. So it depends.
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2007-01-30 07:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, bad prayer practices. In Christianity we are told to meditate, but it means to think deeply on something. Prayer should be a conversation with God though. It is the same as having a talk with a loving father. Through Christ we are able to cry, Abba, Father. (Abba)- Daddy
2007-01-30 06:49:07 · answer #5 · answered by HAND 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Psalm One tells us to meditate on the Word.
Mediatating is thinking. Praying is you talking to God and Him talking to you. so their different. Prayer withou meditation doesn't work, but you can meditate without prayer.
2007-01-30 06:50:30 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some forms of prayer (rosary for example) can be meditation. Not always. Meditation isn't always prayer. There is a place where they overlap.
2007-01-30 06:52:27 · answer #7 · answered by Radagast97 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
meditation is thinking, perhaps about God.
prayer is talking....and listening to God.
they are not the same thing.
2007-01-30 06:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by Chef Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're not the same.
2007-01-30 06:49:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋