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Some methods have been around a very long time. What have you used? Was it helpful. Do you still use it?
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Given that you made this thread in "Hobbies, Interests & Entertainment > Fitness, Health & Nutrition," are you thinking about physical and mental health when you ask whether it was helpful?Some methods have been around a very long time. What have you used? Was it helpful. Do you still use it?
After a few years of TM back in the 80's, I stay very clear of anything that defines meditation in an Eastern Hindu type manner. I stick to meditation as " thinking" rather than repeating.Some methods have been around a very long time. What have you used? Was it helpful. Do you still use it?
After a few years of TM back in the 80's, I stay very clear of anything that defines meditation in an Eastern Hindu type manner. I stick to meditation as " thinking" rather than repeating.
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Christian contemplation isn't necessarily similar to Hinduism. It has different goals, and the phenomenology isn't even necessarily the same.
There’s several in that camp that employ strategies commonly associated with eastern teachings or the new age that wouldn’t be noticeable to someone lacking exposure to those teachings. It isn’t fair to say everything’s kosher and discernment is best. There’s many who believe a christian label nullifies influence. Like christian yoga. And I heard that in an evangelical church.
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those also. But I would also like to hear form people who do the non religious versions like Relaxation Response (which I forgot to add), and TM or whatever helps non believers.Given that you made this thread in "Hobbies, Interests & Entertainment > Fitness, Health & Nutrition," are you thinking about physical and mental health when you ask whether it was helpful?
The Jesus Prayer is prayed by hundreds of millions of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christians, as well as some Catholics, Anglicans, and a few traditional Protestants. It is not a "New Age" practice, it's a very old form of prayer.
I sit with a few guys into Mindfulness Meditation. They clearly lack a personal encounter dimension in their method. That is a big difference.I've studied some forms of eastern meditation, such as zazen and yoga nidra in the past, and the similarities between praying the Jesus Prayer and those practices could only be perceived by somebody that lacks real familiarity with the context and substance of those practices. The Jesus Prayer is prayed by hundreds of millions of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christians, as well as some Catholics, Anglicans, and a few traditional Protestants. It is not a "New Age" practice, it's a very old form of prayer.
I kinda let my thoughts drift and don’t police them.Some methods have been around a very long time. What have you used? Was it helpful. Do you still use it?
I sit with a few guys into Mindfulness Meditation. They clearly lack a personal encounter dimension in their method. That is a big difference.
I kinda let my thoughts drift and don’t police them.
There is the big difference. It is ok to look for inner silence, inner peace, relaxation, etc. But looking for an encounter, a closeness, a love, is something else.Intentions matter,
I was pretty broken inside so tried just about anything, wasn't clear on the names just anything to get "God" flowing through anywhere inside me.Some methods have been around a very long time. What have you used? Was it helpful. Do you still use it?
Sound a bit like Mindfulness and Cognitive Restructuring.Over time, and perhaps with some divine grace, you can start to discern which thoughts are things you should engage with, and which are things you need to let go of.
Doesn't the OP lump them all together as similar?I've studied some forms of eastern meditation, such as zazen and yoga nidra in the past, and the similarities between praying the Jesus Prayer and those practices could only be perceived by somebody that lacks real familiarity with the context and substance of those practices.
Good question. I think my intention was to explore others' experiences of inner practice. There are quite a few methods and it seems all with different intentions or aims. It seems to me though that a spiritual aim, a religious intention can also bring about overall healthful outcomes.Doesn't the OP lump them all together as similar?
I think this question of similarity/difference is key, which is why I asked if the OP was thinking primarily about "Fitness, Health & Nutrition."
That sounds then like something that would involve symbol and ritual related to scripture.Now I use something, but not sure if it has a name. It is based on what I observed about sacraments and the spiritual structure of scripture.