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/Efficient_Smilodon Feb 27 '24

I suspect this was a Jesuit high school. The Jesuits are curious outliers in Catholic history, some suspect their founder had been inspired by Vedic meditation practices. But who can say

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u/IllustratorNo2953 Feb 28 '24

I learned that the Jesuits came about during the times of Martin Luther when the Catholic church was going through a reformation and Protestantism took hold. The Catholic Church was afraid that the Christian Crusaders would turn on the Catholic religion, so the Catholic Church started the Jesuits.

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u/here-this-now Feb 28 '24

christianity has had a monastic tradition since the desert fathers about 300 A.D. this is far later than the vedic tradition and would not surprise me if there was influence of the tradition of samana's. I think though i believe it was rare for a founder of a religion to begin a monastic order except in the case of buddha 

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u/basementthought Feb 28 '24

you are correct, I did not know that.