| Every morning, when I meditate, I 'do something' | | | | Well-maybe! Because it's really easy to just not |
| to help restore my mind, brain and body. But | | | | do it. In fact, that's the "default" mode for our life, |
| when I meditate as a Christian, I also affirm that | | | | at this time and place, anyway. If you don't seek |
| there's more to life than me 'doing things', and a | | | | it out, you won't have it. And even if you learn |
| more powerful Source of life than my mind or | | | | how, you have to intentionally and daily open a |
| body. I open my heart to a deeper reality, and I | | | | space in "self", change your focus to Him, and DO |
| begin to really live. | | | | it. |
| Sure, meditation is something non-Christians as | | | | Sounds a little like daily "dying to self", doesn't it? |
| well as Christians do-and it's helpful for all of us. | | | | And I believe it is. |
| After all, it's how we're made. Meditation reduces | | | | You may know how to meditate, even have |
| stress reactivity, which helps everything from our | | | | some experience, and just need encouragement |
| hearts to our fat-burning capacity. Meditation | | | | and support as you begin, or resume, your |
| enhances neurogenesis, and our brains stay | | | | meditation practice. Or you may have no clue, |
| healthier as our neurons rebuild. Meditation even | | | | and be searching for the path, longing for |
| calms processes like fibromyalgia and arthritis. It | | | | openness and renewal. |
| helps with sleep, reduces anxiety, and enhances | | | | If you're here, God is guiding you. Once more you |
| mood. | | | | can rest in the truth, you can trust His leading. |
| And that is true for all of us, Christian and | | | | Here are some resources for Christian meditation, |
| non-Christian alike. So why do I encourage | | | | resources that can help even if you have no idea |
| Christian meditation? What's so unique about that? | | | | how to begin. |
| When I meditate as a Christian, I go one step | | | | Meditating on a passage of Scripture is certainly |
| further. I open my mind, my heart and soul to | | | | the most basic and helpful of all. I couldn't start |
| the transcending, restoring work of God's love. I | | | | that way, though... the process wasn't yet real to |
| open my life to an older, deeper reality than the | | | | me. I still love the chapter on Contemplative |
| world around me. I open to the very Power who | | | | Prayer in Richard Foster's Celebration of Discipline, |
| holds this reality together. | | | | which opened meditation to me. If you're more |
| I open my heart to the God who made me, who | | | | comfortable on the web, try Contemplative |
| loves me and actually "put Himself out" for me--in | | | | Outreach, or Joy of Christian Meditation, each of |
| a big way! And His Spirit works in the depths of | | | | which can help you discover meditation for |
| my being, nourishing and restoring, opening and | | | | yourself. |
| transforming, bringing my essence more closely in | | | | And for direct hands-on guidance, begin with a |
| line with the shining Truth of Him and His vision | | | | guided Christian Meditation. Guided meditation |
| for me. | | | | teaches the process, showing you the path as |
| Even more importantly, I share, for a moment, | | | | you open to His guidance. Guided Christian |
| right here and now, in the deeper Truth, the | | | | Meditations are like praying with a friend, focusing |
| deeper reality that flows under it all. I take my | | | | your mind and heart, offering comfort and |
| real place in the universe, and so, for that | | | | support as you begin this new journey. |
| moment, I am at peace. | | | | The fact that you've come this far says your |
| And that's amazing. And life changing. | | | | heart is searching, longing for more. So do it. Open |
| But what if you don't know how? Are you cut | | | | your life to real richness, true joy. Become who |
| off from this deep truth, this time of resting into | | | | you were always meant to be. |
| eternity, this time of heart-softening and | | | | And live now in eternity, the deepest Real of all. |
| life-building? | | | | |