Is Christian Contemplative Prayer a Christian covering for what other religions would call Enlightenment?

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Discuss!

Answer 1

It is similar to meditation, which is just a human experience. It doesn't belong to Buddhism. Meditation is available to everyone.

Enlightenment is the experience of the mutual interconnectedness of all things with one another and the freedom from longing. Meditation is the tool that can help you achieve this.

Answer 2

Religion is a game played by man to make himself equal to that of God. Would that be enlighten?

The question that really matters it this.

Are you a good person? What a question, most of us believe that we are good people because we can look around and find someone that is far worse than we are. We can always point to the things that we think make us a good person.

But how good are we really? Dare we take this test and look at ourselves and see if we really are good? Hmmm.

If you are willing try this and see just how good a person you are.

The Good Person Test.

How will you do? Pass or fail?


Have you ever told a lie?
Doesn't matter how big or small, just a lie.
What does that make you? Before answering think about this, if I told you a lie what would you call me? A liar?

Have you ever stolen anything? Cost doesn't matter, a piece of gum, failed to give back an ink pen that you borrowed, anything.
What does that make you?

Jesus said, "You know the saying of old, you shall not commit adultery but I say that if look at someone to lust after them you have committed adultery in your heart.
Have you ever lusted?

Jesus said that hate is equal to murder.
Have you ever hated anyone?

See one day we all are going to stand before a Holy God on Judgment Day and he is going to judge us based on His Holy Law, the Ten Commandments. These are just 4 of them and how did you do? Guilty? I have broken all of these and more, what about you? How well will you do on Judgment Day?

If we break just one point of God's Law we are guilty of breaking all the law and Gods Wrath abides upon us all. Based on God's Law we are all guilty and all are deserving of punishment. But there is an out for us.

Jesus paid the price for each one of us, took on himself God's Wrath so we wouldn't have to face it on our own. Jesus was beaten, battered, bleed and died so we wouldn't have to face God's Wrath. He rose again so that we would life in his presence. Our crimes, His payment.

The real question is where will you stand on Judgment Day. Pay yourself or have it paid for you. Think about it.

On judgment day without Christ you will stand alone and have to face wrath.

End the end do you want to be saved from the wrath to come

Answer 3

"Covering for"? I would say that they are in many ways, synonymous. But - in Christian practice (like "Lectio Divina") - the operative word is "hearing" ("Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God")

In many non-Christian forms of contemplation - the hearing is all "internal" - where as the Contemplative Christian is called upon to listen to the "still small voice" - which is external - and of God.

Answer 4

I have never heard of that, is it something new? Tell me more.:=)