A lot of people have driven them insane doing intense Buddhist meditation without accepting any buddhist theory. Things can get very scary fast. This person fucked up her 3D vision, had difficulty hearing at noise or processing speech, and gave herself panic attacks. Among other issues! You need a way to make sense of the world. Meditation can easily destabilize your existing worldview. If you arent going to accepting the buddhist replacement you are likely to be lost at sea.
A Christian is much better off doing Christian spiritual practice. If you are Eastern Orthodox you can intensely and repeatedly pray the Jesus prayer. Various forms of this are called Hesychasm. It is strongly encouraged to only engage under the spiritual direction of your priest. Many people have correctly observed that Hesychasm is similar to many buddhist and Hindu practices. This does not imply that Orthodoxy copied or incorporated those religions. Mediation like practices are fairly natural independent developments. If you are not Orthodox you should likely find a practice that is part of your own tradition. And tread carefully. While its dangerous to practice Hesychasm as a non-orthodox Christian I think you are way better off following a Christian practice than a Buddhist one! Way closer to your worldview.
Doing ten minutes of practice every so often isn't very dangerous. But all these practices can be very effective at changing how you perceive reality. Tread lightly. Don't follow these practices if you don't accept something very close to the philosophy behind them.
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A lot of people have driven them insane doing intense Buddhist meditation without accepting any buddhist theory. Things can get very scary fast. This person fucked up her 3D vision, had difficulty hearing at noise or processing speech, and gave herself panic attacks. Among other issues! You need a way to make sense of the world. Meditation can easily destabilize your existing worldview. If you arent going to accepting the buddhist replacement you are likely to be lost at sea.
A Christian is much better off doing Christian spiritual practice. If you are Eastern Orthodox you can intensely and repeatedly pray the Jesus prayer. Various forms of this are called Hesychasm. It is strongly encouraged to only engage under the spiritual direction of your priest. Many people have correctly observed that Hesychasm is similar to many buddhist and Hindu practices. This does not imply that Orthodoxy copied or incorporated those religions. Mediation like practices are fairly natural independent developments. If you are not Orthodox you should likely find a practice that is part of your own tradition. And tread carefully. While its dangerous to practice Hesychasm as a non-orthodox Christian I think you are way better off following a Christian practice than a Buddhist one! Way closer to your worldview.
Doing ten minutes of practice every so often isn't very dangerous. But all these practices can be very effective at changing how you perceive reality. Tread lightly. Don't follow these practices if you don't accept something very close to the philosophy behind them.
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