For me, prayer is not listening; prayer is when I talk to God. When I sit silently, listening for God's answer.....that's meditation.....it's not concentrating of something....for me, meditation is a not a state of concentration, but a state of not being.....yes, I've watched my thoughts, but when I see the spaces between the thoughts....that's meditation.
I'm a firm believer that meditation starts when I stop being separate. Yes, meditation can take any form, walking, running , doing the dishes, but the meditation for me doesn't really start until I stop watching myself doing these things and just become.....these things......the walk, the running, the washing..... (o:
NoelleR