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Meditation
- 1.Introduction
- "Meditate" originates
from the Latin root
"meditatum" which means
to ponder
- Secular as well
as religious
- Different religions provide a
variety of meditative practices
- Can be practised by
anyone regardless of
religion/cultural
background
- "Meditate" originates
from the Latin root
"meditatum" which means
to ponder
- 2.Hinduism
- Began 5000 years ago
'River Indus'
- Holy Book =
Bhagavad Gita
- Focus on the
calming of the
atman (soul)
- 2 types of meditation
= yoga & mindfulness
meditation
- Carl Jung "he who looks outside
dreams, he who looks inside
awakens"
- Began 5000 years ago
'River Indus'
- 3.Christianity
- Lost for a period of
time after the mystics,
belonged to eastern
religions
- Allows the feeling of complete
emptiness, understand Gods true nature
- Father John Main, Roman
Catholic priest and
monk...mantra = sacred
word
- Lost for a period of
time after the mystics,
belonged to eastern
religions
- 4.Teresa of Avila C16
- Mystic,
deeply religious
- After becoming a
Nun, fell severly ill
(malaria)
- Experienced divine
visions and a sense of
inner peace
- Eventually,
priests
accepted her
visions and
became
known in the
community for
her writings on
love
- Mystic,
deeply religious
- 5.Julian of Norwich C14/15
- English
anchoress
- Claimed to have
received 15 revelations
in one day
- Prolonged states
of ecstacy and
saw visions for 20
years
- English
anchoress
- 6.Buddhists
- Involves the mind and
body (avoid duality)
- Aim = to become
part of the universal
consciousness, not
a hypnotic state
- Focus on their breathing
and mindfulness when
meditating
- Different types of
meditation within
Buddhism =
concentrative, generative,
receptive, reflective
- Dalai Lama
- Involves the mind and
body (avoid duality)
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