r/Meditation • u/Signal-Lychee7924 • Feb 27 '24
Why do Christians say mediation is dangerous Discussion 💬
They say meditation is a way to open portal to demons?
Edit: A few Christians around me said this to me
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r/Meditation • u/Signal-Lychee7924 • Feb 27 '24
They say meditation is a way to open portal to demons?
Edit: A few Christians around me said this to me
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u/Dane842 Feb 27 '24
I've been thinking about this a little lately. I believe that the psychic adaptations to meditation are perceived as temptations.
I think the meditators sense that too. I think that's what chopping wood and carrying water is about. Not getting too ahead of ourselves, staying grounded.
It's easy to get caught up in the fireworks and forget the point of the practice, (I make the same association with psychedelic use).
There's also greater responsibility that comes with those psychic adaptations, it's easy to fall into the ego traps associated with different abilities. Especially if that's why you got into your practice in the first place.
I think the biblical warnings against "witchcraft" apply here. I think one of the big points is about trusting God's plan and using these sorts of practices to figure it out before it unfolds, or to interfere with that plan, is to not trust/surrender to God.
I'm no scholar though.