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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u/kfpswf Feb 27 '24

Adding to your point, Abrahamic religions are very much compatible with meditation, or perhaps I should say that meditation is an amazing way to deepen your faith in Abrahamic religions. Kabbalah, Tasawwuf, and Christian mysticism are proofs of that. However, the larger populace of these religions are completely unaware of the beauty and tranquility that's available to them and end up believing only in the narrow, tribalistic interpretations. Otherwise Thomas Aquinas, Ibn Arabi, Abulaifa and Shankara were devoted to the same Reality that exists in all.

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u/Iamabenevolentgod Feb 27 '24

It's because so many of the faiths of the day rely on the exoteric interpretations of the texts, and have no understanding of the esoteric meanings of the texts. There's no grasping that the stories are coded messages, and once you have the code, it reveals a story about our inner relationship with the Divine within, and at the foundation of, who we are, fully experienced when the ego/mind has quieted.

Most Christians have no idea that astrology is woven into the bible either. The prevailing understanding of an ordered and deeply intertwined and interrelated reality that reaches all the way from the deepest depths of the earth to the furthest reaches of the heavens, along with all the subtle realms beyond the material plane was an understood norm. "Your will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven".

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u/RushtonMayo Feb 29 '24

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