Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

General Interest > Philosophy, Sociology & Psychology
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Is meditation not silent prayer?
    #16610965 -

I think it is.

I use prayer to ease my mind. Silent prayer.

I also pray to let my thoughts flow where I can sort the information that I have taken in during the day.

Let the thoughts flow or sit in silence? Which is the better prayer.


--------------------
Evolution of Time.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Is meditation not silent prayer? [Re: Droz]
    #16611044 -

:tongue: no


--------------------
"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Is meditation not silent prayer? [Re: Droz]
    #16611057 -

praying usually implies that you are communicating with an outside deity.

while meditation may help you realize the actuality of non self, you generally arent talking to a god or asking for anything specific. meditation is more of an inner exploration that may result in an outer oneness, but this is just my opinion.


--------------------

if thumbs evolved underwater first
theyd have reverse submarines

breathing outhere is reflecting us halfway

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Is meditation not silent prayer? [Re: SmallestPutrid]
    #16611073 -

I think it depends what kind of meditation you're talking about.

If it's Christian meditations of the like of St. Ignatius of Loyola or other saints then yes it can be interpreted as a type of silent prayer filled with reflections on one's own life.

Whereas meditation in the eastern sense is usually more of a method to calm and relax the mind with the "goal" being to attain a mind-state of no mind, just is-ness.


--------------------
All drugs should be legal

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Is meditation not silent prayer? [Re: halo]
    #16611250 -

silent prayer could be meditation unless it is engaged as a dialog.
(als not if the prayer is like pleading with a god, demon or other imaginary form.)

devotional posture, ritual routine, and mantra repetition have a lot in common with chakra meditation.


--------------------
:brainfart: _ :finger:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Is meditation not silent prayer? [Re: SmallestPutrid]
    #16611354 -

SmallestPutrid, that makes sense.

Funny how I didn't notice that from the start..

::hides::


--------------------
Evolution of Time.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Is meditation not silent prayer? [Re: Droz]
    #16613634 -

When I meditate it's nothing to do with religion or spirituality. More relaxation, and cleansing my mind


--------------------
Since everything is but an illusion, perfect in being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one might as well burst out laughing! - Longchenpa

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Is meditation not silent prayer? [Re: OZA]
    #16614251 -

When I meditate its about being here at this moment, the only moment, the now moment, and experiencing nothing, but raw experience.


--------------------
Orgone Conclusion...Bringing OTD to PS&P since 2007.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Is meditation not silent prayer? [Re: Droz]
    #16614773 -

I spend all of my time praying for catastrophe victims. That leaves no time for selfish meditating.


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

General Interest > Philosophy, Sociology & Psychology
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Meditation and Prayer hot48yearolds 486 1 05/30/07 12:12 AM
by lavod
* Meditation in the Absence of Psychedelics WeAreAllOne 1,014 12 07/17/05 08:27 PM
by Fucknuckle
* big and dandy meditation thread
( 1 2 all )		 JCoke 2,775 35 04/14/05 08:04 AM
by Delusion_of_Self
* If you meditate, could you share your technique?
( 1 2 all )		 LuNaTiX 4,534 32 11/08/06 03:53 PM
by redgreenvines
* Prayer and those that do it Fucknuckle 1,143 12 07/18/05 11:08 PM
by Fucknuckle
* meditation - break through!
( 1 2 all )		 moon_glue 3,634 26 05/07/08 07:52 AM
by DimensionX
* Respiratory Meditation Vs. Circulatory Meditation
( 1 2 all )		 fireworks_godS 4,126 25 05/27/06 09:13 PM
by Veritas
* The Simplicity of Meditation exclusive58 2,593 15 04/08/06 02:42 PM
by leery11

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Middleman, DividedQuantum
394 topic views. 0 members, 16 guests and 36 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.029 seconds spending 0.005 seconds on 14 queries.