Furny

Hi guys, I have been looking into spirituality as a part of my studies, and I have a few questions that I hope you can offer some feed back on.... I am interested in looking at how people use meditation and prayer as a form of everyday interaction. By this I mean, would I be wrong to think that people get involved in such acts as a form of dealing with many things, in particular those of society? I understand that there is also a great personal significance for meditations and prayers, and I would find it very helpful for any examples or opinions you would like to share with me regards this. Another topic of interest for me is alternative states of consciousness within religious experiences. Would anyone openly say that they have experienced an altered state of consciousness in the form of a religious or spiritual context? What implications would you believe such experiences held and how did they affect you in a personal, cultural, or social way? Any feedback for the above areas would be much appreciated. Thank you very much