Meditation has been a common practice in both the East and West; although the methods vary, they share a common purpose, the exploration of the self in order to create an illusion of control over their lives.
I've been practicing what I'm calling "heart meditation" ; its purpose is to train myself to be able, at quiet times, to quickly establish a connection via my heart to the throne of grace. I can do this already but, I have to be in a quiet darkened room with no distractions, for a while, to connect heart to heart with my savior. When God is the initiator, it doesn't matter what kind of racket is going on, He gets straight through.
Like so much of this stuff there is no "one size fits all" like American Christianity.
I've been practicing what I'm calling "heart meditation" ; its purpose is to train myself to be able, at quiet times, to quickly establish a connection via my heart to the throne of grace. I can do this already but, I have to be in a quiet darkened room with no distractions, for a while, to connect heart to heart with my savior. When God is the initiator, it doesn't matter what kind of racket is going on, He gets straight through.
Like so much of this stuff there is no "one size fits all" like American Christianity.