CHRISTIAN MEDITATION In the ancient Christian traditions these four stages where known as: Christian meditation and other forms of meditation should not be confused. The New Age movement is littered with many different forms of meditation, all of them varying widely in scope and purpose. Christian meditation is focused on one thing - knowing the truth of God.
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The Unique Power of Christian Meditation - A 1600 Hundred Year-Old Tradition Unlocked
Since the fourth century AD a traditional monastic practice of a four stage Christian meditation called lectio divina has gained notoriety and is currently experiencing a resurgence.
Lectio divina means "sacred reading" and has four stages. They consist of:
How Do Your Christian Meditation Programs Work?
Our audio programs take the four steps of the lectio divina Christian meditation and wrap them into a simple package. Our programs will first calm and relax your mind with breathing techniques, then biblical passages are read to you in the first-person present-tense voice so that your mind can easily visualize the word of God.
Meditations are even more complete when listeners verbally repeat the affirmations found in the description of each meditation download. The meditation programs more effective when the affirmations are read and meditated upon.
These comprehensive techniques are a natural evolution from the ancient art of Christian meditation, and is perfect for those with a busy schedule or people who want to attain higher-level understanding of who God is in their lives.
What Kind of Effect Will Your Christian Meditation Programs Have on Me?
While we cannot predict what kind of effect our audio meditation programs will have on you, our listeners tell us that after extended use of our programs, they experience a sense of peace and closeness with God.
Our Christian Meditation programs are designed to help you faithfully focus on God's holy spirit. They will help you reach the same state of mind disciples of past times learned throughout years of practice.
What Does God Say About Meditation
Christian meditation is rooted in the Bible. In fact, the Bible commands us to meditate. In Joshua 1:8, God says to meditate on His word day and night so we will obey it. The psalmist says "his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night" (Psalm 1:2). Actually, the Bible mentions meditate or meditation at least 20 times.
In the Old Testament there are two primary Hebrew words for meditation: Haga, which means to utter, groan, meditate, or ponder; and Sihach, which means to muse, rehearse in one's mind, or contemplate. These words can also be translated as dwell, diligently consider, heed, ponder, and to self-suggest or auto-suggest.
When the mind is filled with the word of God we begin to think, speak, and act in the word of God. This is the cause of most blessings. God cannot resist blessing His living breathing word in action - YOU, if He did, the entire kingdom would collapse.
Keep this in mind, when God blesses His word in action, you, He's not actually blessing you. His acting word in you carries with it the blessings, and as you think, talk, and act on the word of God all types of blessings are released into your life including all spiritual, material, and physical blessings.
If you don't believe this, be sure to conduct a careful study of the book of Pslams and Proverbs. What follows is the simplest summary of what God says in these 181 chapters. His word/law/commandments is a light and those who meditate on it day and night all manner of propserity shall be bestowed on them.
Why Does Christian Meditation Work?
Many neuroscientists have consistently found that practicing meditation shifts brain activity to different areas of the cortex—brain waves in the stress-prone right frontal cortex move to the calmer left frontal cortex. In other words, meditators are calmer and happier people.
Meditation isn't a mysterious occult practice. Shifting brainwaves to the calmer left frontal cortex decreases the negative effects of stress, mild depression and anxiety. There's also less activity in the amygdala, where the brain processes fear further reducing stress.
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, recorded the brain waves of stressed-out employees of a high-tech firm in Madison, Wisconsin. The subjects were split randomly into two groups, 25 people were asked to learn meditation over eight weeks, and the remaining 16 were left alone as a control group.
All participants had their brain waves scanned three times during the study: at the beginning of the experiment, when meditation lessons were completed eight weeks later and four months after that. The researchers found that the meditators showed a pronounced shift in activity to the left frontal lobe. In other words, they were calmer and happier than before.
What Role Does God Play in Christian Meditation
Most meditations guide the individual to focus on visualizations void of God's truth. Now just imagine relaxing the brain with guided meditation techniques that focus on God's holy word. Many people report feeling close to God during and after our guided meditations.
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