Does anyone do a kind of meditative prayer?

[Jai]

I've kind of integrated prayer into my morning meditation session. When I have really good concentration and peace I feel the quality of my prayer is much higher. Instead of rushing through prayer or mindless recitation I really sit in deep contemplation of the spiritual meaning and essence and feel like it really can impact my perspective much more.

I still do the standard concentration practice I've always worked on, sometimes after the prayer, and usually also during a second session just for that in the day or evening. It is cool to see how the discipline I've had with meditation has also improved my prayer practice.

Of course there's a bunch of different ways to pray, a bunch of different ways people can relate to God, and a lot of this is personal and unique.

But in a general way has anyone combined these two practices?

[AlwaysBeNice]

Yes, japa + silence is very powerful.