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![DAY 25: IS MEDITATION OKAY? [3 of 4] The opposite of Christian prayer, Hindu meditation is focused on one's own spirit, seeking to supposedly gain self-awareness through this occult practice. What does the Bible say about that? Are we supposed to focus on ourselves? No! Romans 8:5–6 tells us to deny ourselves because focusing inward only leads to death. But using our minds to pray to God in a conversation leads to life and peace. So, meditation is nothing at all like biblical prayer. “Those who practice transcendental meditation are setting their minds on their own spirit, looking within themselves in order to
transcend themselves, rather than on the Spirit of God. Searching one’s own mind—or emptying one’s mind of all thought—may result in numbness or a
temporary escape from reality, but...cannot bring true [and lasting] peace.” Meditation is for getting people into an altered state of consciousness (a hypnotic state), making them highly suggestible to dark spiritual realms we do not want to mess with. Unfortunately,
before getting saved, I practiced meditation
as part of the New Age movement—resulting in
close encounters with actual demons! | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/6z5pxk.jpg)
![DAY 26: IS MEDITATION OKAY? [4 of 4] What if we just call it “contemplative prayer,” as practiced in some Christian Churches today? You may think Hindu meditation is able to entice the secular world but can’t snooker Christians. Unfortunately, it’s been in the Church for years! In the Christian Church, Hindu
evangelizing would not have been able to get away with its real name: “Eastern transcendental meditation.”
Instead, they Christianized it, which is the devil’s same old method of repackaging false teachings (lies). This time they did so using “Christianese” to dupe Christians into thinking the idea came from God. Meditation in the Church was disguised as
“contemplative prayer.” Though it says, “prayer,” it is not from God.
Still, that lie has created one of the fastest growing practices
in the American Church today—plain old pagan meditation. And anyone who pushes meditation far enough will have a spiritual encounter, but it won’t be with the Spirit of God. The Bible instructs us to pray with our minds. We do contemplate (think deeply) while having a real conversation with God, but that’s not what is meant by the term “contemplative prayer.”
It is nothing like Christian prayer to God as this quote explains: “Contemplative prayer has slowly increased in practice and popularity
along with rise of the emerging church movement—a movement
which embraces many unscriptural ideas and practices.” Eastern
meditation has been labeled as contemplative prayer to infiltrate
churches by claiming you will have a genuine encounter with God.
Again, you eventually will connect with something, but it will
not be the Spirit of God. Instead, it will be a demonic spirit
that you do not want to welcome into your life. | image tagged in meditation | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/6z5rlr.jpg)
![DAY 24: IS MEDITATION OKAY?
[2 of 4] The Hindu technique of mediation is something Jesus warned us about. He told us not to
pray like the pagans, who babble on and on. The Greek root is almost a direct translation from
barbar, referring to the barbarians who lived in foreign lands. The Greeks called them barbarians
because when the Greeks heard them speak, their foreign language sounded like, “bar, bar, bar ”; So, Jesus is telling us not to be like the pagans, who sound like barbarians when they pray to their idols. And meditation’s mantras (chanting words or phrases) are just repetitious babbling. Jesus said not to do it, because it’s not the same as biblical prayer. When Christians pray,
obviously it is not about the Hindu practice of focusing our mind on
repetition of meaningless words or phrases. We pray directly to
God, speaking to Him using our mind and intelligible
words—we have a conversation—telling
Him how much we love and appreciate Him,
as well asrequesting help. | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/6z5p9k.jpg)
