Saturday, August 12, 2006
What do you mean "meditative walk"? Do you mean just being quiet and listening..and thinking...and all that jazz? cuase if you do...then i think that is what i have been missing...cuase i went outside to hit around a wiffle ball(fun stuff...)...and it suddenly hit me that i havent been making enough time to simply be silent in the presence of God...since he is everywhere...and i was just thinking that maybe that would be a good start on working on the heart...what do you think?
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First, it is an actual walk. I walk down my street. I purposely walk slowly, though. I try and feel my feet against the pavement as I slowly walk.
Second, it is a meditation. Do you know what meditation is? It is a thoroughly biblical term. The dictionary.com definition is "a devotional activity leading to contemplation." There are two words in that definition you will need to look up. Try to get a handle on them and post what you find.
btw: I think it would be a great start!!! See my comment below for an exercise you could do to start off.
The contemplation is the touchy part. It can get controversial. Some very conservative Christians would have a problem with it. I consider myself more of a moderate as far as my theology, so I have no problems with it.
You have heard lots of people from the pulpit talk about being "still and know I am God", "listenting for the still small voice", and just being quiet and listening to God. All very biblical and easy to say, harder to do.
You will not get much guidance from the bible about HOW to do it. That is where I rely on what other Christian important people have done. There are different ways of meditating. There is not one right way. You have to find out which works best for you. The bottom line is, you need to pick on method and experience it. It will give you something to talk about and you can make adjustments from there.
Just remember why you are meditating. It is to reduce your mental distractions so that you can experience and "hear" (metaphor!) God. Go into it with that attitude and you will be fine.
PS: I would talk with your parents about what you are doing. I am not sure where they stand on the liberal-conservative theological spectrum. You want to honor them by not "freaking them out."
Specifically, meditation. They may not have a problem and, hopefully, will be excited! I just had one parent freak out. She had negative images of "meditation" like we were doing some new age sort of thing.
If they do have concerns, have them talk with me if that would help.
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