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Methods are nearly identical.
Objectives are very different.
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Meditation v Prayer
Immersion in nature v communication with God
Impersonal loss of conscious awareness v Personal communication with God
No extrinsic aim, good in itself v Aiming at communion with God (theosis)
Loss of subjective ego v Becoming true self
Loss of sense of location v Experience of self in divine presence
A particular subjective experience v Conformity with objectivity
Oneness v Duality
Unity in the world v Unity only in the next world
Timelessness v Plan
Becoming undifferentiated v Becoming unique
Indifference to death v Death as transition
Nature as sovereign, eternal v Nature as time-limited, to be remade
Submission, self-sufficiency v Humility, asking for help
We are nothing v We are (potentially) Sons of God
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3 comments:
Very few people understand what meditation actually is.
Far from being meditation vs. prayer, it is a prerequisite for prayer. How to converse with God when one's mind is full of extraneous noise and babble that never gets turned off?
Silence the mind, empty it of all notions, set the stage, and then one may hear the eternal voice.
The body being a temple, best to tidy it before worship.
@Crow - that was what I meant by the first comment - same method, different aims. Agreed?
I rarely understand you, Bruce. I have to do my best.
I suspect that is how others read my comments, too.
Unsure, but goodwill helps, no end :)
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