Does prayer come close to meditation? What is the purpose of prayer in ones life?
The purpose of prayer is to find the source of strength inside you, to reconnect you with your concept of a higher force guiding your life. Meditation helps you first to manage stress, tension and anxiety, to provide a better focus for the mind so that your mental sensitivity increases to a degree where you can educate yourself to realize and experience knowledge which transcends the materialistic approach in life.
