This week’s discourse is intentionally short.
As there are very real dangers to meditating, this week’s discourse will confine itself to the basic Con’s of Meditation.
The following information is spiritually factual, but to minimize confusion, no scriptures are offered.
Many scriptures in the bible allude to meditation; several state that we should practice meditation on daily basis. The key word, or point, is “practice.”
If we attempt to go too deeply into a meditation, too fast, we can open the door to temporary or permanent insanity. Repressed or unconscious memories (trauma) can bubble up from our subconscious, and rapidly flood our conscious. Rather than achieving a state of communion with the Creator (God), we can become psychologically tormented by our own, now distorted, unconscious memories. When this happens, we experience psychological and emotional demons; the D(evil) of our own unconscious minds.
If we do not rush ourselves to dive into the depths of meditation, our unconscious memories will slowly rise up, and allow us to stretch our consciousness. As our consciousness is stretched, unconscious memories will begin to surface, one at a time to be processed. We will not be flooded by them; nor will we become so emotionally or mentally overwhelmed that we temporarily or permanently go insane.
If we are unable to process any and all visions or intuitive perceptions received, during meditation, we (or others, especially medical Doctors and those in the mental-health field), may mistake our visions and perceptions as hallucinations, and label us with a diagnosis of psychosis, delusions or schizophrenia.
May we take time to “practice” daily meditation, taking great care not to go too deep, too fast; may we be humble enough to confide in (share) and seek assistance from spiritually knowledgeable teachers/guides who can help us process visions and/or insights gained during our meditations.
AMEN
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