This is an open-comment theology blog where I will post various theological musings, mostly in sermon or essay form, for others to read and comment on. If what I say here interests you, you may want to check out some of my books. Feel free to criticize, to critique, to comment, but keep comments to the point and respectful. Many of these posts have been published elsewhere, but I wanted them collected and made available to a wider audience.
Friday, July 5, 2013
What Meditation Can (And Cannot) Do
Meditation cannot save you. YOU cannot save yourself by your own power. The Christian meditator mustbe careful lest he start to talk as if meditation is salvific. It is not. Meditation does not save, it is a tool that helps the Christian practitioner get the most out of his or her salvation. It helps maximize the benefit. It cannot justify, but it can help with sanctification. Meditation is different indeed for the Christian, even if the actual behavior is the same. No practice is metaphysically neutral. Meditation means something. But it is not metaphysically fixed either. Meditation need not lead to the death of the self, but can be a path to discovering the true self.
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