Good morning, folks! I am Jin with Morning Mindfulness Podcast. I hope you are doing great wherever you are right now! Let’s begin with a breath and a smile. Wonderful day!

Christian Meditation? What Would Christians Say?

When I first came to the US in 1995, I became a member of a really large Christian Church. And I had a lot of Christian friends. Perhaps one of the most frequent comments I got from them was “Gene, meditation is demonic, stop it!”

In their defense, they were not bad people. They were wonderful folks! They were genuinely trying to tell me what they really believed, and in their mind, trying to help me. The problem was, they were ignorant. Exactly what I was talking about in my previous episodes. Ben Franklin said, “Tim was so learned, that he could name the horse in 9 languages. So ignorant, that he bought the cow to ride on.”

The word meditation is used in the Bible over 30 times! Did you know that? There’s nothing demonic or Godly in meditation. It is a tool that has nothing to do with religion.

Do you practice meditation? I am sure you do even if you don’t know that. Even if you are against meditation, you still do practice it under a different name.

So what is meditation? We will talk about it next time. But the thought for today is don’t make assumptions based on vague or incomplete information. Study, analyze, and you will have an opinion. Until then it is just a hearsay, a gossip. What does the Bible say about gossip, by the way? I let you think about that.

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Now let’s breathe and smile. I will talk to you next time.

PEACE!
Jin

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