{"id":9291,"date":"2017-03-27T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=9291"},"modified":"2024-11-21T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:09:19","slug":"differences-between-prayer-and-meditation","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/differences-between-prayer-and-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer and Meditation &ndash; The Main Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been many discussions over the usefulness of prayer and meditation.\n</p><p>But what&rsquo;s the difference? Are there any similarities between the two?\n</p><h2>Definitions\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-203262 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2017%5C/03%5C/prayer-meditation-praying.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Praying' hands on a book. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/prayer-meditation-praying.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Let&rsquo;s look at the definitions to see if we find any similarities or differences:\n</p><h3>Prayer\n</h3><p><em>To make a request in a humble manner; to address God or a god with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving\n<h3>Meditate\n</h3><p><em>To engage in mental exercise (as concentration on one&rsquo;s breathing or repetition of a mantra) for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness\n<p>They both use the mind. They both are concentrated thoughts. But their goals are different.\n</p><p>In theory, there are 7 billion different types of prayer. There are also 7 billion different types of meditation.\n</p><p>Each person has a different goal for their session. Thousands of different prayers exist, as do thousands of meditations.\n</p><p>Both can be silent or spoken aloud.\n</p><p>It would be silly to try and generalize, saying that all prayers are a certain way, and all meditations are a certain way.\n</p><p>Alas, we&rsquo;re not here to make friends. We&rsquo;re here to state the facts. Call me silly and let&rsquo;s do this.\n</p><h2>The Facts\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-203260 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2017%5C/03%5C/prayer-meditation-religious.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Prayer' at dusk with a temple and birds flying in the sky. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/prayer-meditation-religious.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Prayers are an integral part for monotheistic religions like Christianity, Judaism and <a title='\"20' interesting facts about islam href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/islam-facts%5C/%5C%22">Islam.\n<p>When people sit down to pray, it&rsquo;s a time for sending thoughts to God (or Yahweh or Allah) and praising Him.\n</p><p>There are prayers for the sick and for those less fortunate than the one praying.\n</p><p>There are prayers for forgiveness. Most prayers, though, include a part or all of these components. In the Lord&rsquo;s Prayer, Jesus talks about praising God and asking for His blessing and safety.\n</p><p>Meditations are found all over the world, especially in Eastern religions. Most of these meditations come from <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/what-is-buddhism%5C/%5C%22">Buddhism and its founder, Siddhartha Gautama, aka </a><a title='\"Interesting' facts about buddha href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/interesting-facts-about-buddha-infographic%5C/%5C%22">Buddha.\n<p>Rather than sending thoughts to one God and turning outward, most meditations focus within the person&rsquo;s soul in order to reach a higher sense of spiritual awareness.\n</p><p>Meditations follow a certain formality; sit in silence and put certain thoughts (or no thoughts) in your mind.\n</p><p><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/what-is-mindfulness%5C/%5C%22">Mindfulness meditation is the most popular meditation because it&rsquo;s one of the easiest meditations to learn. You sit there and follow your breath.\n<p>These are just a few differences. What does science have to say about both?\n</p><h2>Scientific Reasoning\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-203259 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2017%5C/03%5C/prayer-meditation-meditating-outside.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' woman in meditation pose looking out across the sea. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/prayer-meditation-meditating-outside.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Scientific studies on meditations are much more prevalent, possibly because meditations are secular in nature.\n</p><p>Prayers sometimes have a negative connotation, and the prayers for any religion will be different not just from religion to religion, but from denomination to denomination and congregation to congregation.\n</p><p>With the few studies we do have on prayer, here&rsquo;s what they have to say about prayer:\n</p><ul>\n<li>Prayer helps with self-control.\n</li><li>Prayer helps with forgiveness.\n</li><li>Prayer helps with stress.\n\n<p>Guess what the studies say about meditations?\n</p><ul>\n<li>Meditation makes you less stressed out.\n</li><li>Meditation helps with self-control.\n</li><li>Meditation helps with empathy.\n</li><li>Meditation helps us forgive ourselves and others.\n\n<h2>Other Similarities\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-203258 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2017%5C/03%5C/prayer-meditation-spirituality.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Image' of a man meditating and woman praying. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/prayer-meditation-spirituality.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>At their core, meditations and prayers are the same. Both are ways for people to sit still and reflect. Both are used for good intentions &ndash; most of the time. And both meditations and prayers make you a better person.\n</p><p>But the results are not the main focus of either prayers or meditations.\n</p><p>They come about because we all are more aware of our surroundings. Our actions, not our thoughts alone, will change the world.\n</p><p>The best way to summarize the differences in one very short sentence is this: prayers look up, and meditations look in.\n</p><p>And no matter if you pray to a higher power or meditate with your soul for strength, it will change your life for the better.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>There have been many discussions over the usefulness of both prayer and meditation. But what&rsquo;s the differences? Are there any similarities between the two? 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