047f6f No.6205
What is Christian meditation and what role does it play in the Christian life? Is mindfulness meditation inherently incompatible with Christian thought and teaching? I have some half-baked takes of my own but I'd like to hear your thoughts first.
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4d0de0 No.6208
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193abd No.6213
Christian meditation is when you read scripture in an undistracting environment and peacefully think about it deeply
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838b10 No.6219
I was saved at 13, backslid away from the Protestant church at 16. Got into weed and pot. To get out of that haze I started mindfulness meditation. Then transcendental meditation. I did TM for 17 years quite regularly. Near the end of it I started reading the King James, have found a Baptist church. As my bible reading increased, I became increasingly aware of the fact that TM was self-idolatry. It got to the point where I felt I had to drop one or the other. I dropped the TM.
Eastern meditation of any kind opens your body up to be a temple of unclean spirits. The “bliss” you feel at first is false light to entice you to continue. You start chasing a dragon; looking for the blissful feeling again but you’re just being pulled down a path where you increasingly feel an absence of the Holy Spirit.
Don’t do it. Break yourself on the Rock of Christ and pray to God the Father for peace of mind.
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ab6a1a No.6243
If you meditate on God's word and spend time with Jesus in nature, in your room, in prayer his presence will be known and you will experience his love and spirit. If you draw near to him he will draw near back, no question. His spirit will show you things to come, bear witness with you, lead you and guide you into all truth! God has a purpose for you, and he wants you to find it in him, and experience freedom. I've seen the effects of some people who have tried foreign practices including different meditations outside of our faith and eventually its apparent to the victim that they're being messed with by demons, I wouldn't try it, for your health, protection, mind. Not worth it.
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ab6a1a No.6245
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047f6f No.6251
>>6243
>I've seen the effects of some people who have tried foreign practices including different meditations outside of our faith and eventually its apparent to the victim that they're being messed with by demons
>messed with by demons
Do you mind clarifying?
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215017 No.6252
>>6251
The gods of the unbelievers are demons
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520a3e No.6255
>>6252
That isn't very helpful, since meditation is a very broad field and some evangelicals will ascribe everything to demons.
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22a422 No.6257
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520a3e No.6259
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0d3994 No.12669
>>6205
"An empty mind and idle hands are the devil’s workshop"
just do some breathing exercises before sleep. God already designed humans to "mediate" every night when they sleep
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dea99e No.12671
>When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret – Matt. vi
>Pray without ceasing – I Thess. v
Hesychasm, lectio divina, and quietism are practices resembling meditation, but they would more accurately be called contemplative prayer.
There's a tenuous analogy that can be drawn between the journey to Canaan and entering into God's rest, as described in Hebrews, and the path of enlightenment towards samadhi in Buddhism or satori in Zen, but rather than nothingness or thusness Christ is always the center.
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2f103d No.12685
Christian meditation, like meditation on the mysteries when praying the rosary, fights against demons and drives them back/out. Eastern meditation invites them.
A Christian is expected to meditate, but specifically on Christ, his passion and his life. You can meditate on God. There are higher orders of contemplative prayer as practiced by Saint Teresa of Avila, but that is beyond the general question (and me right now).
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351f0f No.12750
>>6205
I'd be weary of borrowing practices or methods from other traditions but instead find analogous ways in your own.
For example Japa yoga in hinduism would be analogous to the Jesus prayer or rosary in Christianity
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6a4d18 No.12765
There is a universal truth, but when you get stuff outside of the Bible you get a lot of the world's lies thrown in. To be honest, just pay attention to heaven and the finished work on the cross instead of think about, say, nothing like the Buddhist and Hindus do. This ultimately stops you from worrying about the present while at the same time not using methods heathens use to worship devils.
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255687 No.12776
>>12685
I'm reading her book, what a powerhouse.
>>6205
Get 'The ways of mental prayer' book. A Monk gathered all the knowledge given by the saints on the topic, and made a manual about how to ascend in your levels of meditation/prayer.
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