Meditation and Mindfulness

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“Christians, especially ministers, so often think they must always contribute something when they are in the company of others, that this is the one service they have to render. They forget that listening can be a greater service than speaking.”

“Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening. But he who can no longer listen to his brother will soon be no longer listening to God either; he will be doing nothing but prattle in the presence of God too. This is the beginning of the death of the spiritual life, and in the end there is nothing left but spiritual chatter and clerical condescension arrayed in pious words.”

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Conservatives love to mock meditation and mindfulness techniques because they think they know everything about God.

Meditation is the practice of quieting the mind and listening for God. If a person is always talking at God and asking for favors, then how can they possibly be Godly?

Listen to the silence. Listen for God.