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What do Christians think of Meditation, not Hinduism, Meditation to find inner peace?
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<blockquote data-quote="Knee V" data-source="post: 61393919" data-attributes="member: 13361"><p>Sure.</p><p></p><p>If we're going to be thinking about something, we ought to think about things that are Christ-like. There are many things that we can focus on that will cause us to lose focus on Christ and inflame our sinful passions, be it anger, sexual lust, vanity, etc. So if I saw an attractive woman and want to keep my thoughts on her and other things along that line, then that would be very harmful to my soul and would serve as a barrier to knowing Christ more deeply. But I can choose to ask for God's grace to fight against that and instead focus on perhaps a Psalm, or on what Christ has done, or some various scripture passages.</p><p></p><p>That's just one example. There are many ways our thoughts can be occupied that can bring us down spiritually. When we focus on things arouse our sinful passions and our selfishness, then we become more and more blinded. Christ taught us in (as recorded in Matthew 5), "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." The more we shovel filth onto our hearts the less we are able to perceive Christ for who He truly is, and the less we are able to let Him live through us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knee V, post: 61393919, member: 13361"] Sure. If we're going to be thinking about something, we ought to think about things that are Christ-like. There are many things that we can focus on that will cause us to lose focus on Christ and inflame our sinful passions, be it anger, sexual lust, vanity, etc. So if I saw an attractive woman and want to keep my thoughts on her and other things along that line, then that would be very harmful to my soul and would serve as a barrier to knowing Christ more deeply. But I can choose to ask for God's grace to fight against that and instead focus on perhaps a Psalm, or on what Christ has done, or some various scripture passages. That's just one example. There are many ways our thoughts can be occupied that can bring us down spiritually. When we focus on things arouse our sinful passions and our selfishness, then we become more and more blinded. Christ taught us in (as recorded in Matthew 5), "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." The more we shovel filth onto our hearts the less we are able to perceive Christ for who He truly is, and the less we are able to let Him live through us. [/QUOTE]
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