Meditation
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- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Well, those in Eastern religions don’t use rosary beads they use prayer beads.St John of the Cross wrote in "The Dark Night of the Soul" that discursive meditation is what beginners experience in the dark night of sense.
However, as the soul advances in prayer and moves into the dark night of the spirit, they receive the gift of "contemplation," which
means that the soul empties herself of anything not of God. St John of the Cross teaches in his writings that detachment from what
he calls, "appetites," which include erroneous thoughts, is part of growing spiritually.
Just because those in Eastern religions do the similar, doesn't make it wrong. They also use rosary beads, and because they do, should we
stop praying the rosary?
Who we are focused on in prayer is what makes our meditation different.
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