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jmbar2

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9. Meditation need not conflict with any spiritual beliefs

Reply to Quemado (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2020, 03:20 PM

Dec 2020

In most cases, it is simply a practice to become less driven by the endless chatter of your thoughts. It does not involve praying or worshiping anything. Actually, quite the opposite. It's about letting your mind rest from so much thinking.

Meditation is being integrated into many other religious practices, as well as health interventions. Perhaps you can reassure her that you are not praying to something foreign, but just sitting with an empty mind. Good luck.

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Seeking advice: my wife and I are of different religions. [View all] Quemado Dec 2020 OP

Do you have children? Are you planning to have children? These questions make all the difference to Pisces Dec 2020 #1

We neither have children nor plan to do so. Quemado Dec 2020 #5

I think children and the religious influence on them is the biggest hurdle. Without this obstacle it Pisces Dec 2020 #6

Give her time. spicysista Dec 2020 #2

I am a recovering Evangelical. gibraltar72 Dec 2020 #3

Can you have long talks together about other subjects? Croney Dec 2020 #4

Here's my advice as a Buddhist vlyons Dec 2020 #7

Opposites may attract, Miguelito Loveless Dec 2020 #8

Meditation need not conflict with any spiritual beliefs jmbar2 Dec 2020 #9

From the Christian Bible: MaryMagdaline Dec 2020 #10

I'd go ahead and become a Catholic. safeinOhio Dec 2020 #11

God is beyond religions. Christian scripture uses lots of human/earthly examples to get its points Karadeniz Dec 2020 #12

Many good responses in this thread...7,9 and 10 especially. I grew up Catholic and attended mass c-rational Dec 2020 #13

Well franzwohlgemuth Dec 2020 #14

An update. Quemado May 2021 #15

I'm atheist, and my wife is Catholic. old as dirt Dec 2021 #16