I’ve just read two little books on Meditation:

1. Richard Foster’s ‘Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey into Meditative Prayer’.

Richard advises against Googling for articles on meditation, because he believes that meditation is not about emptying the mind, but emptying the mind so that it can be filled with Christ.

2. In a Target (retain chain) store I picked up a little book for $1 titled ‘Meditation for Dummies: Mini edition’. Whilst the author (Stephen Bodlan) treats all religious and secular approaches respectfully, he emphasises the physical/mental/emotional benefits of meditation…

I benefited from reading both books, but would align my ideology with Richard Foster’s…

Rowland Croucher

October 2011