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The entire article was about the monks’ practices of meditation. Wherever you are oneness with God, you can substitute meditation. In fact, the physical, struct
by perfmode 7y ago
The entire article was about the monks’ practices of meditation. Wherever you are oneness with God, you can substitute meditation. In fact, the physical, structural, and nutritional habits were precisely in service to this meditation. You need to eat well and have a healthy body to get the most from meditation.
- FearNotDaniel 7y agoAgreed. Probably confusing for some because the article didn't name any specific practices that would very much be considered "meditation" when stripped of cultural baggage. Modern Catholicism still greatly encourages such activities as eucharistic adoration (a silent reflection) and rosary devotions (a form of mantra), and the monks of old would have devoted enormous amounts of time to these as well as fulfilling the daily office; but modern secular culture does not find these things nearly as palatable as the Buddhist-influenced mindfulness practices so they tend to get left out of articles like this.