Reply #8: Centering prayer is as old as the Christian Church & equates to meditation

[papau]

When we did centering prayer at my Church it was on Saturdays and lasted 12 hours - and I really felt better afterward.

But it is not a Church Service like Morning prayer, or Evening Prayer. It is just Eastern Meditation with the alternative name of Centering prayer being used.

IT is interesting that when a dog is completely happy and content it just sits and watches the world go by, while a human doing the same thing is said to be depressed.

And I tend to agree such actions (in the extreme as in over 2 years on a park bench) in humans reflect depression. We humans are really happier when we have something to do, and are doing it, IMHO.