Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

To practice in such a way that a direct experience is had. At that point the belief drops away and it becomes something you taste. Something you know. It trascends language too. Which is why it can only ever be a personal thing.

I should point out I'm talking about my experience with meditation, but scientific studies suggest that the human brain, whether in religious prayer or meditation, enters the same state and are reshaped in similar ways by both.