7.1 Prayer vs. meditation (Prayer and meditation)

[Editor’s note: The chapter in Keys on the Bible has been skipped for this audio recording. All of the same information is provided in Bible Me This: Unravelling the riddles of the Bible, which offers the Pathwork Guide’s wisdom in Jill Loree’s words.]

“It is so very important to know what to pray for at any given stage of your development.

People seldom realize that they must pray to get ahead. Often it is not clear to you what you need most at specific phases of your development. You may put emphasis on something that is less important now than it was two months ago. Your needs may have changed.

As Jesus Christ said, “Knock and it will be opened unto you.” The knocking symbolizes being alert and interested enough to figure out what you need most at various stages of your path. The path changes constantly. And you surely cannot pray with equal concentration on everything at once.”

–Pathwork® Guide, Lecture #38

Prayer vs. Meditation

What is the difference between prayer and meditation?

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Another spirit once told me that it is good to have a very long prayer and meditation. After some years, this became very much a habit. Some time ago, when I asked you about it, you said that this may not be good because there is a rigidity and a habit in such prayer, and that we should try to unlearn what we did at that time. I was wondering why was it that we were told by a supposedly developed spirit to fall into this habit-pattern?