Prayer=asking; meditation=receiving

Western religions are heavy on the asking whilst Eastern religions are heavy on the receiving. Balance is what we strive for. Think of a CB Radio. When you speak (ask) you finger is on the button allowing you to transmit. When you say, "OVER" your finger comes off the button and you do what? Listen.

"...prayer is when we ask the universe for something, and meditation is when we listen.

When we pray, we use language to express our innermost thoughts and feelings to a higher power. Sometimes, we plumb the depths within ourselves and allow whatever comes to the surface to flow out in our prayer. At other times, we pray words that were written by someone else but that express what we want to say. Prayer is reaching out to the universe with questions, pleas for help, gratitude, and praise.

Meditation, on the other hand, has a silent quality that honors the art of receptivity. When we meditate, we cease movement and allow the activity of our minds and hearts to go on without us in a sense. Eventually, we fall into a deep silence, a place that underlies all the noise and fray of daily human existence. In this place, it becomes possible for us to hear the universe as it speaks for itself, responds to our questions, or sits with us in its silent way.

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