From: Elizaphanian (elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 11:01:52 BST
Hi Dan,
This is a response to your "If you care to share, I would be interested in
knowing how prayer and meditation are different for you."
Firstly - I'm not an expert at either; I've got just far enough to know how
little I know. Secondly, I would want to emphasise that, as I understand it,
the two overlap and are strongly compatible (ie I see the Buddhist state of
'non-attachment' as the equivalent of Christian 'apatheia').
Having said that, two images, then a more philosophical summary. I haven't
thrashed this out systematically before, so I'd be interested in any
comments you might have.
Meditation: a glass of muddy water allowed to settle, so that the water
clarifies.
Prayer: a decision to go sunbathing, so various actions taken in order to
expose yourself to the Sun.
In other words, I understand meditation as something autonomous, whereas I
understand prayer as other-directed. I don't think prayer can be understood
apart from a faith tradition, ie it involves worship and praise.
What do you think?
Sam
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