Unfortunate.
How do I into Christian meditation?
Angel Martinez
Dominic Miller
don't know
read the mystic poetry of st john of the cross
Blake Martin
just turn off ur fone sit down and think nigga
John Edwards
Just found this very helpful: An example Garden of Eden meditation
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Step 1:
Open scripture read relevant passages or look at the symbols/art.
Step 2:
relax, in preparation, concentration without effort (this is not a history test)
Step 3:
Quietly observe the flow of thoughts, without getting drawn in
Step 4:
Imagine what the Garden of Eden is like sensually and physically. The beauty, the abundance, the songs of the birds, the animals, the feel of the grass underfoot, the warmth of the sun, the refreshing coolness of the night. No mosquitos, no sunburn, and so on. Visualize the Tree of Life. Then the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil – is it attracting, or repellent, or more like a void? Allow your imagination free reign to visualize the appearance of the Garden.
Step 5:
Move a little deeper. What is life in the Garden like? The experience of pleasure without pain, no hunger, no thirst. How do you experience your mate? Are you attracted by Adam’s or Eve’s beauty? Do you experience sexual desire? How do you react to nakedness? Again, give free reign to the imagination, always attentive to higher inspiration.
Step 6:
What is the mental life of Adam and Eve like – their feelings, their thoughts? What is it like to have no fear of death, illness, poverty? No anxiety, since there is perfect manifestation. But is there still something lacking? What is the attraction to the Tree of Knowledge? Why is there even the possibility of temptation? What were they thinking? Does that attraction to worldliness still exist? How to overcome it?
Step 7:
What is the spiritual life like of Adam and Eve? Move beyond words and thoughts and try to experience this directly. They are in constant awareness of the presence of God, not as an old man walking around, but in their hearts. What is that like? There is no crisis of faith, no doubts, no feelings of forsakenness and abandonment because that presence is always felt.
Step 8:
Gradually stop the active participation in the imagination. Detach and observe, and in the silence be attentive to any inspiration.
Step 9:
As you let go, and in silence contemplate the flow of thoughts, images, feeling, become aware of the primordial state that precedes all thought, images, & feelings.
Nathan Nguyen
prelest or cringe, I can’t decide
Luke Gutierrez
The rosary is a fine way.
These videos and this book will help
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"The ways of mental prayer" by Vitalis Lehody
Bentley Scott
Meditate on, pray with, and memorize the entire Book of Psalms.