What is meditation?

Mother Teresa's biographer heard that when she awoke in the morning she would pray for an hour or two before she went out to do her spiritual work of charitable service. The biographer asked her what she said to God when she prayed, to which Mother Teresa replied, 'Oh, I don't say anything to God. I just listen.'

The curious biographer then asked, 'Well, when you listen to God, what does God say to you?'

Mother Teresa smiled and replied, 'Oh, God doesn't say anything. He just listens too!'

When her biographer questioned Mother Teresa further about her prayers to God, she replied: 'If I ever feel the need to speak to God in prayer, there are only two words that need to be said: thank you!'

Quoted from Meditation: An in-depth guide. Originally from an interview with a reporter, Dan Rather, CBS anchorman, and published in his book Deadlines & Datelines -- Essays for a new century, 1999.