Hello again. This week I was supposed to study meditation and actually take time to meditate, and so I did. Before I begin explaining the experience I think it's important to know what meditation is. I didn't really know when we first talked about it in class. I thought it was just a time to sit around and think about stuff, and I figured that sounds really boring or I could just get caught up in so many thoughts that I would eventually go crazy. My friend Jon Delger put it that meditation was about going into the woods and dancing naked with the fairies. I think there's something wrong with all of those approaches.
"The essence of meditation can only be truly achieved while naked, I feel as though clothing hinders my communication with the divine aura. Clothing keeps the bad in and keeps God out, which is counter productive towards the genuine practice of the discipline. Nakedness on the other hand allows God the freedom to enter into your mind without being hindered by fabric." says Josh Rumbarger. I think there is something wrong with that approach also.
Coming to God in a time of peace and tranquility is not about how you do it but what goes on when it's happening. Meditation is spending a quiet time with God and focusing on the communication between yourself, the Holy Spirit and God the Father. (Jesus is in there too because he is our mediator) I think it's really important that this time is focused only on that relationship.
I was talking to my friend the other day about being personal with Jesus. They said a book they read (it wasn't the Bible) described Jesus so personally it made it so much easier to focus on him in her devotions and prayer. Understanding who Jesus was and who God is, is really important if we are going to communicate and build our relationship with him. This is also why meditation is so important. It focuses on how you view God and how you apply that to your life.
In my time times of meditation this week I found it easiest to meditate while I was at work, driving my car, or even sitting in my car talking to God. My Ipod has recently broke so having these times with God have become easier to find. Distractions should probably be left for a different post so I'm not going to touch on that yet. So with all distractions aside, I really found these times effective when talking with God.
When I found time to meditate, I laid it all down in front of God. I gave him all my problems and said "I don't really want to deal with this any more, you can deal with them." It wasn't really all that difficult to do. The difficult part was understanding that I still had to deal with those things after I gave them all to God. He wasn't like a magical genie that took all my problems away. No instead he just made them more apparent. Yes I had been screwing up and God does forgive me for those sins but I still have to deal with the consequences. I still need to struggle to fight the good fight even and take it all on personally. But there's an irresistible calm that I got from meditating. Realizing that God is bigger than anything I can give to him really gives you the confidence that you can work through it. No matter what happens God knows what's going on and it will be for his glory.
So next time you look upon meditation as something a crazy person would do, rethink it, and try and do it. Give everything to God and listen for his response. You maybe surprised in what you will find.
Cya next week.
Dave
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