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The differences between Prayer and Meditation

May 4, 2021 aileenestedman

Tags: Meditation, Prayer, Spiritual practices

The majority of the human population on Terra have and practice some degree of religious or spiritual prayer. There are also many who practice meditation, either in addition to prayer, or independently if they have no religious or spiritual practice. Are there differences between prayer and meditation? Is one more beneficial than the other? The answers may not be as simple as one might think.

Both prayer and meditation have been practiced actively for millennia throughout the world. There are hundreds of different religious or spiritual belief systems, that involve one or more “gods” or higher spiritual beings. Religious dogma generally requires that adherents to a faith pray to their deity or deities, generally on a regular basis. The general thought behind prayer is that by praying to a deity, that deity will then help you by taking action, give you the strength to do something, or that you will do something to reinforce your own subordination to that deity. The intent is generally that an individual is not empowered to take action on their own, or an individual does not have access to the information they might need to answer a question they may have. Any person or persons who pray need to have a degree of faith – or a belief that the deity that they pray to for assistance will provide then with at least some level of help, even though that help may be somewhat subtle in nature. And in general, prayer may not help an individual with the Energies around them, because that kind of help is not something that is asked for.

Meditation is generally used for many different purposes: relaxation, as a precursor to (or in conjunction with) Energy work, spiritual practices, to reach higher levels of Consciousness, to communicate with spirits or spirit guides (which could involve a deity), or to achieve a state of being where they would be more receptive to the use of their “alternative” senses. While it may not be the case in all situations, meditation can allow an individual to reach a state where they are empowered to do the things that they may want to do, or ask for (and receive) the information that they seek, by either accessing the information directly or through their own spirit guides. This is the biggest difference between prayer and mediation: meditation can empower you to take action yourself, while prayer generally can empower another to act for you or on your behalf.

Are there any advantages to one over another? Possibly, depending on your own belief systems. The concept of “faith” can be a very powerful enabler in ones life; if an individual believes in the absolute authority of their preferred deity, they can (and in many cases do) see positive results with respect to their questions and requests; if they pray as part of a larger group, the combined Energies of all of those in the group are certainly capable of achieving powerful results. There is a level of trust, in addition to faith, that the actions of the deity will truly be for the good of all involved. But there is an implicit understanding that the deity they pray to will not act contrary to their wishes, or act in a way that will harm anyone, physically, spiritually, or karmically, and that the questions from different people will be interpreted or heard the same way.

Meditation can have similar results. But it may require extensive coordination among all involved, in order to have sufficient clarity of question, and the time of the action. If the actions of many are not synchronized, the effect will be to have many different people asking for similar actions at different times; from an Energy viewpoint, it may well be out of phase both Energetically and temporally. And even if all involved use the same verbiage, how each individual interprets the words could cause subtle differences in the results. As an example, if all the people involved in a particular effort want to “turn a given body of water blue”, one person may try to accomplish that by settling the sediments in the water, while another may focus on making it a specific (or different) shade of blue. With meditation, there is a lack of “coherence of intent.” This kind of issue generally would not happen with prayer, because all of those praying are praying to a single deity, who will understand the individual prayers to implement the common goal.

Both prayer and meditation have their own set of benefits and shortfalls. But one is not any more or less capable of accomplishing a particular goal than the other – it is only a question of viewpoint, and the beliefs of all those beings involved.

The value of Meditation, and your true senses

Apr 25, 2021 aileenestedman

Tags: Human Senses, Meditation, Senses

The last post was about the purpose and benefit of sleep. There is another similar topic that requires a bit of explanation in the context of sleep: Meditation.

Meditation is different than sleep. While sleep occurs as an unconscious process, meditation is a fully conscious process. Meditation is not a formal part of the Life Construct (as is sleep), as it serves an entirely different purpose. Even though meditation is not an integral part of the Life Construct, it is something that was contemplated and provided for.

Simply, meditation is a state of relaxation and clearing that allows for the full sensory abilities of an incarnate Soul to be used. I mentioned in an earlier post that there are a number of “other” senses besides hearing, touch, taste, smell, and vision. Other senses that most people are not aware of include:

– Proprioception – the sense that deals with how your brain understands where your body is in space;

– Equilibrioception – a sense of balance;

– Kinaesthesia – A sense of movement;

– Thermoception – A sense of whether our environment is too hot or too cold;

– Nociception – The ability to feel pain;

– Chronoception – How we sense the passing of time;

– Electroception – The ability to feel electrical fields around us;

– Magnetoreception – The ability to sense a magnetic field.

Are there other senses? Yes, but they are not present or necessary on Terra (even though they are available to humans located elsewhere).

So why have a discussion about all of the various senses that are generally available, in the context of meditation? Because all of them are available to you when you meditate, even though many Souls are not aware of these. And in many cases, the use of these senses will require practice, most often while meditating. All of these “additional” senses are available for one to use, even though they generally are available at a higher vibrational level. And it is these higher vibrational levels that are “reachable” through meditation; when the body is in a relaxed state, and the activities that occur around us daily (specifically, the processing of the information from these activities) are allowed to be filtered (out) to a much greater extent, we will naturally begin to gravitate to a vibration Energy level that more approximates the vibrational level of our higher Soul. It requires that we eliminate or significantly reduce any of the additional (and in many cases superfluous) thoughts that exist in our own processing space within our mind. This is required largely because the reception of many of these other sensory abilities, while being at significantly lower energy levels than those we are used to, are also generally at a higher vibrational level. It is at this higher state of vibrational Energy that we sense these additional inputs.

So why during meditation but not sleep? It is really a question of training. In some species, for instance, electroception (the ability to sense an electric field) is used by fish to sense some predators; if this was an ability that was only available while in a state of sleep, the fish would likely die from the predator. Each of these “other” senses we can train ourselves to use, in art for self protection, in part as an aid in sensing prey (or predators), and in part as a function of being able to sense all of those Energies that exist around us on a daily basis. There is an argument to be made that we have “lost” these senses because they are no longer relevant to our daily needs, or for protection. But that does not necessarily mean that they no longer serve a rational purpose in our lives. As an example, if we were to get lost in the mountains, and we have the ability to meditate, we could find our approximate location by sensing our elevation (through magnetoreception), we could sense how long we have been lost (through chronoreception), we could sense any power lines around us (through electroreception), and we may be able to sense how far we are from a large structure (again through magnetoreception, sensing the magnetic field of the structure). If these were only available during sleep, there is a good chance that we would forget the information, since the information provided during sleep is not generally retained in short term memory. But if sense while in a meditative state, where lucidity is present, we can not only remember the information, but we could also interact with the information in real time to refine it.

I can provide a couple of examples. In early human history, people went out into the oceans in very small craft – canoes included, with no real aids to navigation like we have today (like a compass, or a gyroscope to sense movements, or even a clock to measure time). Yet in nearly all cases, they were able to navigate hundreds of miles to a remote island. To them, it was an inherent ability; they may not have understood how they were able to sense the information they needed, but they were well aware of how to process the information that they could only perceive. In my own case, I am well aware when I travel under a high power line, even with eyes closed; I have the ability to sense the electromagnetic fields emanating from the power lines. When I mentioned this to a friend, he asked if I was also able to sense radar – he was aware of individuals who could sense the presence of radar systems. All of this can be enabled through the effective use of meditation, particularly as a means to relax and be “at one” with all of those Energies around you.