What's the difference between rest and meditation?

Question

When i try to meditate i'm just daydreaming or resting.
(I googled this and was amazed that no one has ever asked this before).

Answer 1

Resting is the entrance to meditation.

Where you let your mind clear and wonder about.

Afterwards tho, you need to concentrate your mind on a single point or thing. This could be your breathing, a visual or just the smell of something.

All meditation is done with a purpose in mind. A greater purpose is to clear the mind and practice concentrating the mind without much effort.

There is a state of awareness that is neither sleep nor fully awakenes...this is what people in meditation try to achieve. During this state your mind thinks clearly.

There is a lot to say but that should sum it for u

Answer 2

Rest involves no patience, whatsoever. Rest is simply that, rest. It is closing your eyes and relaxing, with no point except to rest.
Meditation is different. Meditation is concentration on something or nothing, depending on what you want to get out of it. Many people pray when they meditate and vice versa. However, when I meditate, I simply close my eyes, relax, and focus. Sometimes, I don't focus because I am searching for spirit awareness, or shall we say, nothingness. This may be hard to understand, but you can read a book on it at the library. May I suggest something on Buddist meditation?
I meditate to align myself with the forces of nature: fire, earth, air and water. I meditate to give thanks for all that I am, was and will be. I meditate to create new thought. These are some of the reasons I meditate.
Also in resting, you may sleep, but in meditation, you don't.

Answer 3

~~~Nut,,, "Resting" is non-action and regeneration of the Physical. "Resting" the Mind however, is a pre-stage to The Action, with intent, of Meditation,,,except,,, if one only wants to attain 'A Blank or Quiet Mind' strictly for it's own sake, then this is Meditation with Intent but of Non-Action. Note: Daydreaming is a Form of Meditation,,,sometimes disciplined,,,usually not. "Resting" too, in this context, is also meditation. Just practice more,,, and read or ask others more about it. And don't worry about falling asleep either,,, good luck.

Answer 4

From what I've been reading about meditation, it is exactly what I do only I call it prayer. When I pray, all of my senses are involved. I wonder if many people realize this? I'm trying to figure out how these two words came to have separate meanings.

Answer 5

Meditation involves some degree of concentration on something, whether it be breathing, a mantra, an image, or something of the sort.