In the past few decades meditation has become a primary key
in more than a few religions. It started out in Buddhism and has worked its way
into Christianity. I can’t state for a fact the reason for the sudden change in
religious views. However, I can say from personal experience that meditation
really does bring out your inner God. I have been meditating for nearly 9 years
now. It is something I grew up around, something my parents taught me at a
young age. Other people didn’t understand what meditation does for me or how it
helped me to keep a level head on my shoulders. It brings out the inner peace
in someone. I guarantee if we taught every child on the planet to meditate that
aggression, war, arguments, and disputes of any kind would just about cease to
exist. I have never felt more calm or more connected than when I am in a
meditative state.
“And
everywhere we looked, a flowering of spirituality: in the hollering, swooning,
foot-stomping services of the new wave of Pentecostals; in Catholic churches
where worshipers pass the small hours of the night alone contemplating the
Eucharist, and among Jews who are seeking God in the mystical thickets of
Kabbalah. Also, in the rebirth of Pagan religions that look for God in the
wonders of the natural world; in Zen and innumerable other threads of Buddhism,
whose followers seek enlightenment through meditation and prayer and in the
efforts of American Muslims to achieve a more God-centered Islam. And, for that
matter, at the Church of the Holy Communion, described by the Rev. Gary Jones
as "a proper Episcopal church in one of the wealthiest parts of
Memphis," where increasingly "personal experience is at the heart of
much of what we do."-Beliefnet.comWe may not be able to scientifically prove that meditation is enlightening to all just yet, but it seems to me it is definitely making an impact on the religious world.
Jessica
Burnett
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