It has been some time since I wanted to write about my take on mediation. Meditation can not only be applied in a religious context, but so many other aspects of life. It is funny because within the past two-weeks I had different encounters with meditating. Wether it was the act, word, visual, etc. I had a nice run in with it. The way I see meditation is that it is an act where one reaches a peak of serenity/satisfaction led by focusing deliberately on specific thoughts over an unbroken chain of time.
The reason I write this is because I have had this conviction (from God?), nagging (in my heart?), and pestering (of my own thoughts?) to write about it. So here goes my position on it in the aspect of the Faith (Christianity). I am not writing this just for the sake of writing about it, but I really want to understand more and more about different aspects of our Faith and hope that whoever reads this can help me out in growing more as a person, a fellow Believer, and as a brother in Christ. Finally, I obviously realize my interpretations may have some faults (I hope they don’t), but regardless, hopefully it triggers some sort of stimulation in my mind, heart, and soul. Here goes!
I would have to say that mediation is heavily involved in the time that us Christians call devotional or “quiet-times”. Where it is just us and God. Alone. Where you can meditate through different mediums such as the following: prayer, reading scripture, listening to Praise, or even just sitting and thinking about this Faith we believe in. That when we go in this time of meditation, we close the door behind us and enter a time of solitude. To sit and chat with God about, well … everything and anything on our mind. As time progresses while in this time of meditation, deeper thoughts begin to exude from the brain, heart, and especially the soul. That is the beauty of “meditating”, it’s a progressive thing. Something that grows. And you’re a part of it; the core. The thoughts get deeper, more intricate, the urgency follows suit and boom … the best part is when it all ends because peace arrives when you least expect it. At least that is what happens for me at times. That in the midst of all the chaos my heart, mind, and soul create - God says, “Wait, let me take over. Be still and know that I am God.” Now that is when the peak of peace takes over and meditating becomes something that takes burdens off of your shoulder.
I am tempted to say that the next best part about meditating that can be said for all “types” of mediation is how it affects you in the long run. How it equips you. I don’t know about you, but it definitely prepares me to face the hardships that come my way. That I remember the things I learned and maybe even heard from God. I remember recently, in my Nutrition class, my professor had the class meditate. Some snickered, others did meditate, and I hope all of my brothers and sisters in Christ went into meditation too. In this case, I found myself going into a deep thought of prayer. The best part about this was that even in an open place, praying was led not by me, but by the Holy Spirit. The point that I am trying to convey is that the meditation that occurs in our Faith is not one where you are by yourself. Rather, there is an audience of One, possibly two (Holy Spirit)? And for that reason alone, it shifts the fibers of worldly meditation and in my perspective takes it to a whole different level. That once it begins, the control of who leads the time of meditating changes and then you find yourself listening rather than talking. Finding rather than seeking. Serene rather than chaotic. It is definitely quite the feeling when you can create an environment that changes within a matter of minutes, hours, and you are right in the middle of it~
What do you do when someone tells you to meditate? What do you think of?
Hopefully I can go deeper into the topic later as I grow more and more daily from the people I meet to the experiences that I experience. These are just my thoughts in a semi-organized fashion. I wish I could throw in some sort of scripture …
PTL Forever and ever~
