A discipline I am learning more about, so in total honesty, it’s better to learn it now than later… so windows are opened, problems thwarted, earlier than later! kdm
As spoken by President David O. MacKay, it is essential to our drawing closer to Lord… “In our worship there are two elements: One is spiritual communion arising from our own meditation; the other, instruction from others, particularly from those who have authority to guide and instruct us. Of the two, the more profitable introspectively is the meditation. Meditation is the language of the soul. It is defined as “a form of private devotion, or spiritual exercise, consisting in deep, continued reflection on some religious theme.”Meditation is a form of prayer. … ([i] — Under the title ‘Meditation leads to spiritual communion with God through the Holy Spirit’.)
From another book…”Until we receive Him, we’re dealing only in concepts and perfunctory religion. When we’re tired enough of theory, we will receive Him. We will simply do it. This contact begins in the inner recesses of the soul. Therefore, in a set apart, quiet time the mind can be stilled, perhaps just breathing for a bit as thoughts settle down, letting silent, more subtle energies of one’s spirit begin to rise. We invoke deep calm and look to the Lord. In this practice, we allow ourselves to get down underneath the mental ripples on the surface. As our breathing slows and our thoughts thin out, a phrase can be selected, perhaps a line of scripture, that is full of meaning. We may not even see all the way through it, but we sense that behind the words is a significance that we want to experience. We think on these words; or perhaps we choose an inspiring image or picture, letting it distill on our mind like quiet rain on thirsty ground. We sit with it. Feelings of love and devotion deepen. The Psalmist sings, “My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord” (Psalm 104:34). (from ‘Light in the Wilderness’ by M, Catherine Thomas, Digital Legend Press, 2010, p.102)
