Neither contemplative (thinking), nor prayer (talking to God), this mind-emptying meditation technique was imported into Christian practice from Buddhist/Hindu theology. Nearly identical techniques are found in all forms of mysticism, shamanism, occultism, and in at least one attempt to contact extra-terrestrials. Generally the process includes measured breathing, mantra/chant, emptying the mind, use of an amulet or other sacred object, and/or a magic circle, labyrinth, or other sacred space, the goal being to stop all thought and to achieve the experience of “union with the divine.”
See Altered State
“If you’ve eliminated all thought, how would you even know you’ve had the experience?” —Lynn Pratt
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