“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:2)
An introductory word on Christian meditation: altered states, if they are of any value, should lead to altered lives. One of the distinguishing marks of Christian meditation down the centuries has been its deeply ethical focus. For the Christian mystic, moral transformation takes precedence over phenomenological experience as a gauge of how well your practice is going. You may have experienced all sorts of things, but if you experience no discernable impact in the way you relate to people, no restoration of justice in your relationships, then chances are you’ve just been fooled by a glamour. Chances are you’re just being an experience junkie. I think this explains the Christian reluctance to say much about techniques – mere reproducing of phenomenal experiences is of secondary concern only.
Curious Christian 
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