Whats Zig Forums take on meditation?
Heresy, or another way to find god?
I personally find a great instrument to find spiritual peace, become aware to the present and feel gods grace, And you know, mute those perky nasty thoughts.
Meditation
Dylan Campbell
Jacob Ross
Look into Hesychasm instead.
Bentley Flores
Meditation in the english sense of the word is a biblical practice
Meditation for bhuddist nirvana is idolatry
William Roberts
Rosary meditation gives much more benefits.
Colton Bailey
I'll look into it.
Not really, meditation in the purest sense and of what Buddha thought (I don't even think he "invented" it), is letting go of your bodily senses and thoughts, all the while accepting it as part of your nature and being.
Its a way to connect yourself and feel god and the universe as one. That in its purest sense I mean, not all that esoteric babble, its not about idolizing anyone and I think that reflects in how it never was an organized religion in that sense.
Briefly looking at what above said, I think it draws a lot of parallels to Hesychasm.
Aaron Phillips
If you're getting guided in meditation by Buddhists, you're going to be learning Buddhist meditation. Always treat anything "Spiritual" and not explicitly Christian with suspicion. Hesychasm is similar, but everything about it is explicitly Christian, and done with the explicit purpose of drawing closer to God.
Grayson Garcia
Similarly spritual* I mean that they have a similar "feel". They're actually very different at the core.
Lucas Reyes
I question the point of "letting bodily senses go" and similar ways of describing meditation. It's certainly good to focus purely on the Lord, but focusing on letting go of your senses is a quick way to invite ANY spirit, good or bad. The Holy Spirit fills you whether you are meditating or not. Why then should I let my guard down like the bhuddists do? I don't think they do so for the sake of inviting spirits, but it happens regardless
John Fisher
Do you think buddhists can just find God by emptying their mind, no need for Jesus or anything?
It makes no sense from a christian point of view.
Jaxon Miller
there is no such thing, there are mantra and ambience they so to guide meditation but that is just a mechanism, you might as well pray the rosary as long as it can get you aware enough the state
I've guess that passed the wrong sense, you actually become very aware within, for example, the other day I was so focused I could feel a mosquito landing on my leg and doing his stuff, and didn't let that bother me
another way of putting it, is achieving complete awareness without thinking about it, so you calm down and mute your ego thoughts, fear, angst, and the such, a way of acceptance at the same time, but not identifying with them
I would describe as way of becoming whole and connecting with god, what buddha said and buddhists practice is slightly different,
it may not relate with the church's view, but it does with the bible and what christ said, you know about he being everywhere and whenever you search for and accept him into your life