MEDITATION FOR OUR WORLD

Meditation and contemplation are very essential ways to focus on issues in a concise and careful way that we are too busy and disorganized to deal with otherwise. To spend the time necessary for meditation we must simply adjust our schedules to make sure that this time is available. It is important and sustaining time and must be considered as such or it will never happen.

Christian meditation is not like other meditation and contemplation. The major difference is that a Christian does not meditate to escape from the world, or to go through a spiritual experiences or to go to the anticipation of another world. Christians meditate on the God who came to earth and became flesh and dwelt among us and still does by His indwelling Holy Spirit. There is no need, or question, of trying to invent God, or to discover Him, in some hidden and ethereal world of ‘out there somewhere.’ Meditation has the goal of recognizing Him in the world he came to save and heal by His tremendous love. Therefore it is impossible to contemplate God and not be sent to the same world where Jesus was sent. If we do not, we remain in yet another form of selfishness seeking God for ourselves only. It is pagan meditation to seek God only for us personally by some ‘spiritual experience’ with no plans to include others.

“This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” Jesus