For a long I found meditation to be boxed into the category of certain religions only. If I were not Hindu or Buddhist, I was crossing spiritual lines! I remember this very clearly. I was on a date with a fellow massage school student and we started talking about yoga and how it prepares the mind for meditation. He looked at me completely serious and asked, “Isnt meditation against your religion?” I almost laughed, but the truth is he was not alone in thinking this. Many well meaning people inside Christian spaces seemed to be taught the same thing. Somewhere along the way stillness became suspicious and silence became uncomfortable. Which is kind of funny when you think about how often scripture talks about being still.

What I find especially interesting is how meditation is often treated as spiritual but somehow separate from the divine, as if you can have one without the other. In reality meditation has always been about divine connection. It is the practice of becoming still enough to receive instead of constantly performing. Whether you call it God, divine presence, higher wisdom, or sacred awareness, meditation creates space for that connection to be experienced instead of just discussed. Different traditions use different language and rituals, but the intention underneath it all is the same. Remember who you are. Reconnect to truth.
*I’m talking about truth that comes from intuition, not facts.
Ugh, I’m so tired of hearing “I only believe in facts now and real truth. Haha.  Oh my dears, you’re missing a key piece…but I’ll save that for my podcast