Is prayer different than meditation?

[Ptah]

:shrug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Ptah...

I'd say they're related...

Prayer is normally directed at God or some such in order to ask for help or whatever you need...

Meditation is more a quiet contemplation of the universe in order to appreciate it. I think.

But you could also see meditation as a sort of quiet introspective prayer...

:shrug:

[amerikat]

2. I've have heard the saying that prayer is talking to God and

meditation is listening to God.

[DebJ]

3. Wow, that's a great perspective. I love that. n/t

[Lucinda]

5. LOVE that

♥

[yurbud]

4. meditation is an awkward silence in a conversation with god.

[astral]

6. I think meditation is a form of prayer.

And to have a heart-felt prayer, you have to get kind of meditative, although a prayer can occur when you can't get into a meditative state, as well. Do you think being in an awsome place in nature in the middle of the night and feeling overcome with the wonder of God's Creation is a form of prayer, or meditation, or both?

I don't know what it is, in words, exactly.

[AllenVanAllen]

7. On one hand they're are different, in the sense that prayer

is sending vibrations out into the universe and meditation is just observing the vibrations of the universe. But on the other hand, with some meditations you can do both. Just like some prayers.

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8. same thing

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9. all awkward efforts to tap into the higher consciousness that, ironically, lies within each of us