Curious Christian

Here are some thoughts on Christian Meditation from Lightshedder

It can not be said often enough, or strongly enough, that meditative prayer is only a tool…a technique which is useful to some at a particular stage of their growth in Christ. It is never an end in itself…nor is it a magic formula that will instantly or automatically produce an intimacy with God or any kind of guaranteed life-change. Also, in my attempts to teach the 4 disciplines to others, I have found that they are practically without meaning to those who have not already experienced (and consciously identified) their union with God in Christ. We must always remember that Christian Meditation is an attempt to experience something that already is. We do not attemt to produce or purchase union with God by our own efforts, but to experience the union that was already fully paid for in the blood of Christ; already fully accomplished in the death and resurrection of the Son of God; already granted to us in its fullness in the gift of the Holy Spirit, in our rebirth in Christ.