March 29, 2021
When the word prayer comes to mind one might conjure images of organized religious services. However, prayer is a much richer and more meaningful experience than only that experienced through contact with a church, synagogue, r mosque, or other places of worship. Indeed, there are many mental and physical health benefits to speaking to and cajoling a higher power.
In today’s piece, we shall examine together prayer and how it can benefit those who live with the aftereffect of severe trauma; complex post-traumatic stress disorder.
The Differences Between Prayer and Meditation
While prayer and meditation share some common traits, they are two different forms of action.
For one, prayer is active while meditation is passive.
Prayer relies on a meditative mood, but it is also a goal-directed activity. During prayer, the person speaks to a deity in some fashion giving praise or offering thanks, seeking forgiveness, and often seeking assistance. The deity the person prays to is considered by the person praying to be in a relationship with them.
Meditation does not occur to reach an end as prayer does. Instead, meditation is a goalless absorption in the here and now. Meditation offers the ability to calm oneself from the inside out and instead of dwelling on the stresses of life to focus rather on one’s own consciousness of the world around them.
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