| Great Reason #1: You want to start meditating, | | | | the pain, into deep emotional comfort, and |
| but you have no idea how! | | | | experiences of love and connection. Meditation |
| Meditation brings healing for mind and body, and | | | | with Him brings healing. |
| opens our hearts to intimacy with God-and really, | | | | Great Reason #5: You want to share meditation |
| you can't get much better than that! But if you | | | | with a friend. |
| have no experience with meditation, it can feel | | | | A patient came to the pain management group |
| intimidating, or even a little weird! Some Christians | | | | bubbling over with excitement after she spent a |
| fear Eastern or New Age influences, and others | | | | week at the lake with friends. They had |
| simply don't know how to do Christian meditation. | | | | deepened their friendships and touched their |
| Just like praying with a trusted friend, a guided | | | | hearts by meditating together using guided |
| Christian meditation lets you walk through the | | | | Christian meditation. |
| process so you can learn how it works. With a | | | | Meditation is a deeply moving experience, and |
| solid foundation in scripture, you know you are | | | | many people want to share it with a loved one. A |
| safely held in God's love. | | | | guided meditation CD allows you to introduce the |
| Great Reason #2: You have thoughts and | | | | process easily. Many of my patients share |
| distractions chasing around your brain. | | | | meditation with husbands, wives, and even |
| Distracting thoughts are normal-we all have them. | | | | children. |
| But they can make it difficult to begin the | | | | Great Reason #6: You have been meditating for |
| process. A guided Christian meditation allows you | | | | a while, but you feel a little stuck. |
| to focus your thoughts on meaningful and helpful | | | | Sometimes we come to a dry spot in our |
| words and images, so you can deepen your | | | | meditation journey. God offers help and support, |
| meditation. | | | | guidance from trusted Christian friends. A guided |
| Great Reason # 3: You have a blocked heart. | | | | Christian meditation shows us the way out of the |
| Sometimes we're mad at a loved one, or even | | | | deeply rutted pathways, the old routes that left |
| angry at God. Those feelings can block our ability | | | | us stuck, and allows us to experience meditation |
| to meditate. A guided Christian meditation allows | | | | in fresh new ways. Often we discover paths into |
| you to lay those feelings before the Lord, and | | | | areas we have never been before! We can |
| move beyond them into the deep places of your | | | | explore new facets of God's love and mercy, |
| heart. | | | | forgiveness and grace, comfort and hope, |
| Great Reason #4: You're afraid you'll bring up | | | | experiencing His love in ways that we have been |
| painful memories when you meditate. | | | | searching for all our lives. |
| Many patients I have worked with have been | | | | Great Reason #7: It's fun. |
| afraid to meditate. "How can I meditate when my | | | | I know, meditation is supposed to be serious |
| heart holds so much hurt? How can I risk feeling | | | | business. And I suppose it is. But God is also the |
| that again?" They know the dark places in their | | | | source of happiness, joy, and yes, even fun! And |
| hearts. They know the loss, grief, sadness hidden | | | | when we meditate, we spend time with the Living |
| deep inside. Frozen moments of betrayal, waves | | | | Source of all good things! |
| of anguish. | | | | Meditation is a fountain of nourishment, renewal |
| I have been touched and encouraged as guided | | | | and joy. And a guided Christian meditation is a |
| meditation shows the way past the dangers, past | | | | way for you to begin to experience that joy. |