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I meant the purpose of a prayer for others (in the Catholic sense) is a request to God. I pray that my brother is granted X I pray that my children remain safe,
by DoingIsLearning 4y ago
I meant the purpose of a prayer for others (in the Catholic sense) is a request to God. I pray that my brother is granted X I pray that my children remain safe, etc.
What you describe there in that we should love all equally is Christian thinking as per the Gospel, which I agree has many similarities with that Budhist meditation exercise but is not specific to a prayer for other people.
- pqs 4y agoBut you must act on this love, and there are many ways, through our daily actions, but also through prayer. I think it should come quite natural to any devout Christian. My whole point is that I find it interesting, and surprising, how western psychologists are taking concepts from eastern religion, completely ignoring the western religious tradition.
- zozbot234 4y agoOften they're "completely ignoring" the Eastern tradition as well. Meditation in a strict sense is not even that widespread in Eastern practice; it's generally practiced by monks, or perhaps by laity on a rare, focused spiritual retreat - so quite similar to mystical contemplative prayer in the West.
- pqs 4y agoOK! I guess this is also true!