What is the difference between secular, New Age, and Orthodox Christian meditation?
Each method claims it will provide us with peace, clarity, and presence, but can each one fully deliver?
New Age meditation tell us to empty our minds to find peace. But Scripture doesn't say that. In fact, the Bible and the Orthodox Tradition teach us to KEEP GUARD OF OUR MINDS so that evil things don't enter and FILL OUR MINDS with Christ so worse things don't return.
In this episode we discuss:
• If secular meditation is good for us
• The Hindu and Buddhist origins of many modern meditation practices
• Why practices like emptying the mind, visualization, “white light,” spirit guides, and third eye meditation can be spiritually dangerous
• What the Orthodox Church teaches about spiritual delusion (prelest)
• Why an “empty mind” is not spiritually neutral
• The Orthodox Christian practice of nepsis — watchfulness over thoughts
• How to meditate on Scripture in a truly Christian way
• Lectio divina and prayerful reading of the Bible
• The Jesus Prayer and Hesychasm
• Theosis vs. self-dissolution: the true goal of Orthodox Christian meditation
If you have been searching for peace, stillness, or a deeper spiritual life, I pray this episode helps you understand the difference between New Age meditation and Orthodox Christian meditation.
“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10
WATCH NEXT:
• Episode 8: Yoga and Orthodox Christianity
• Episode 7: Chakras and Orthodox Christianity
• Next Episode: Third Eye Awakening and the Orthodox Christian Perspective
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⏳ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00-1:16 Intro
1:16-2:09 Secular meditation
2:09-4:18 The Roots of New Age Meditation
4:18-5:42 Dangers of an Empty Mind (REEL)
5:42-10:46 Orthodox Meditation
10:46-12:11 Final Comparisons