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RC Vikings · 11-02-2007, 03:08 PM

How closely are they linked?

Archaea · 11-02-2007, 03:09 PM

I believe most prayer is meditation, with only very few being anything but.

Sleeping in EQ · 11-02-2007, 03:16 PM

For me they are one and the same. I do have a somewhat formal meditation routine with breathing patterns and so on, that I do at night before sleeping.

No insomnia for me.

creekster · 11-02-2007, 03:58 PM

I think prayer is simialr but different from what I think of as meditation. For me meditation means attmepting to empty your mind; it is focus on nothing. Prayer is simialr but instead of a focus on nothing it is a focus on god and seeks to fill your mind with his will through directed supplicaiton.

Archaea · 11-02-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

I think prayer is simialr but different from what I think of as meditation. For me meditation means attmepting to empty your mind; it is focus on nothing. Prayer is simialr but instead of a focus on nothing it is a focus on god and seeks to fill your mind with his will through directed supplicaiton.

I disagree with your description of meditation. There are certain techniques which focus upon emptying the mind first and then focusing upon healthy things.

Is this really different than prayer? Aren't emptying your mind first of pettiness before you focus on other things?

Meditation can also involve breathing techniques, but for me, the act of emptying the mind of garbage before focusing upon matters requiring attention are almost identical.

RC Vikings · 11-02-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

I think prayer is simialr but different from what I think of as meditation. For me meditation means attmepting to empty your mind; it is focus on nothing. Prayer is simialr but instead of a focus on nothing it is a focus on god and seeks to fill your mind with his will through directed supplicaiton.

During prayer I feel like I'm able to empty my mind of everything but the problems facing me. I know it's impossible to answer but I wonder if it's the setting (quiet and alone) or Gods influence helping me. I'm guessing that often it is both.

Sleeping in EQ · 11-02-2007, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

I think prayer is simialr but different from what I think of as meditation. For me meditation means attmepting to empty your mind; it is focus on nothing. Prayer is simialr but instead of a focus on nothing it is a focus on god and seeks to fill your mind with his will through directed supplicaiton.

In the vernacular of the Holy Spirit: The voice is very still and very small. Some have called the voice silence.

11-02-2007, 03:08 PM	#1
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	Prayer and meditation How closely are they linked?

11-02-2007, 03:09 PM	#2
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	I believe most prayer is meditation, with only very few being anything but. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

11-02-2007, 03:16 PM	#3
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	For me they are one and the same. I do have a somewhat formal meditation routine with breathing patterns and so on, that I do at night before sleeping. No insomnia for me. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

11-02-2007, 03:58 PM	#4
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	I think prayer is simialr but different from what I think of as meditation. For me meditation means attmepting to empty your mind; it is focus on nothing. Prayer is simialr but instead of a focus on nothing it is a focus on god and seeks to fill your mind with his will through directed supplicaiton. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.