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Chapter title-“MEDITATION IN CHRIST”
The deepest questions of universal mystery posed by the most intelligent
people on Earth will rarely be answered intellectually. They are answered
spiritually through the heart and soul by seeking God in meditation.
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Gen 24:63
“And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up
his eyes, and saw and behold the camels were coming.”
First Timothy 4:14 & 15
“Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with
the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. Meditate upon these things;
give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.”
Psalms 119:48
“My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, which I love and I will
meditate on your statutes.”
Philippians 4:8
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are]
honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure,
whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if
[there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.”
Psalms 46:10 “Be still, and know that I [am] God.”
Apostle Paul the author of the book of “Philippians” in the letter to the
Church at Philippi instructs the people that they should think on good
things. The above scriptures show that we should meditate on God’s
statutes. However, if your mind is anything like mine was before becoming
conditioned by meditation; practicing positive thinking is easier said than
done. Distractions, fear, and lack of concentration are the enemies of
peaceful meditation. I was unable to stop fearful and critical thoughts even
when I prayed for God to “please, guide my thinking”. My thoughts were
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laced with fears; ongoing dialogues of events that never took place in the
real world and critical thoughts toward myself, other people, groups of
people who were nothing more than a label placed on people I didn’t know.
Well the practice of meditation when done in the way that I will explain can
accomplish in us patience, positive thinking, tolerance, and best of all peace
of mind.
Meditation and prayer are in my opinion equally important ingredients in
building a relationship with Jesus and the Father. Furthermore, these two
Higher Powers are not the only Higher Powers that exist. There are many
powers living a higher existence than ourselves with whom we can connect.
Hold on do not shut the book yet let me explain. I do not mean worship
other gods or put them before God I am talking about spirits from whom we
can learn and be comforted. Most Christians believe in guardian angels. In
this same way, our own personal Spirit Guide can gently guide us. I have
discovered by meditation that I have a group of spiritual teachers and
helpers who are truly one with God. They helped me by giving me good
quiet suggestions when I was unaware that they existed. They still give me
good suggestions though now I know they exist.
When I was new at meditating my belief-system required confirmation that
the still small voice I heard was not my imagination or a dream. When two
of my Spirit Guides told me their names during meditation, I looked the
names up and to my amazement both; the words were Hebrew, proper
nouns/names that have divine meanings. Spirit Guides do not make my
choices for me nor am I controlled by them.
I do not think that every saved believer will have only one purpose in the
afterlife, to lounge around with the lion and the lamb. There is more to the
afterlife for humans than lounging no doubt. Some spirit-people that have
died will be helping the souls still on Earth. The spirit guides I believe were
once human and are now in Gods perfect will in a place where that is
possible, they are “Just (justified by the blood of Christ) men made perfect”.
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Hebrews 12:22
“But ye are come unto mount Sion, (Zion) and unto the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To
the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in
heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made
perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth
out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the
nations.”
God spoke to Jeremiah and said, He knew him before he was born. I do
believe I existed with God before I became human. That is a concept that I
myself at one time would have thought was unthinkable. However, God has
taught me that we conventional Christians have presumed way too much
about God’s world. By the visions God has given me I realize Heaven is
much more than the way it is depicted by the limited and Holy Bible.
Through meditation, I realize God is neither legalistic nor limited by man’s
perceptions. Seeing God’s wondrous creations helps me know that the
Heavens must hold so much wonder.
I do wonder why pretty much across the board Christian religion defines
transcendental meditation as evil and an invitation to Satan and his
demons to enter. Personally, I believe it takes debauchery or a harmful or
hateful act for Satan to enter a human. If we seek God and transcend this
reality into a beautiful place that refreshes us how can that be wrong?
Howdy, neighbor I just picked up a diabolical evil entity while innocently
seeking Jesus with my heart and mind so now I will torture and kill you!
Really? What kind of Love would God be showing us if we could be invaded
and possessed so easily? I will not apologize for the inability of some folks
to understand the truths I have found. Seek to understand rather than to
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be understood. Those who condemn meditation do not know how
beneficial it can be when done in Christ.
Take into consideration all the diversity of the creatures on Earth. Our
little Earth houses man, beast, insects, sea creatures, air creatures, dirt
creatures, and so on. Now change the channel and envision God’s realm
where it really is “all good”. How many types of beings do you see? Heaven
and God are much vaster than our little Earth. It’s okay to jump out of the
box that contains God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit, demons, angels, Prophets
and Apostles spirits. If we list God as one entity, we are viewing the totality
of the spirit world as having only two types of Spirits and of course Hell
having Satan and his demons that is two more. That completes our list,
four types of supernatural beings acceptable to Christian believers. In all
God’s realms of magic and wondrous mystery, communication with any
spirit other than God has to be evil. Furthermore, we had better curb our
thoughts about angels because we could slip very easily into putting them
before God. Why does the church plant such fear into the minds of
Christians? Why is the topic of the supernatural so limited in the church?
The origin of such limits comes from viewing reality by what we see with
our mortal eyes rather than our spiritual eye.