I’ve heard the arguments that prayer and meditation contradict each other, and I don’t buy them. I pray and meditate interchangeably. For me, they dissolve into each other. For meditation naysayers…Meditation is simply stillness and silence for me. Stillness alone with the soul. Silence away from the physical world to listen to my heart. Mother Teresa said, “You can only hear the whisper of the divine in silence.” Meditation allows Spirit to flow through the portal of my heart. For prayer skeptics…Prayer is a yearning for connection and belonging to something larger than us. Connection to truth, to love, to …
