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Originally Posted by Starman
Edgar Cayce, a noted clairvoyant, used to always say “meditation is listening to God.” Others have also proclaimed that prayer is how we talk to God and meditation is how we listen.
Just about every major religion has some form of meditation; Christian monks do mantra meditation when they chant. .
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Very true, they are all forms of connecting to the divine. Meditation is a focus on one point, mantra is similar but the reiterated word/phrase usually has a very powerful vibrations that affect the person saying the mantra, this is why people use mantra often as a background noise going on in their head whilst doing other tasks. Prayer too is a connection with the divine, and often it is a surrender as well. As you say, they are all similar, these are the tools that the work is done through.