Integrative Reading
Meditation and Solitude are two essential means for “paying attention” to our internal and external signals of life. This is the action and exercise of The Wheel of Awareness and I-C-A-R-E found in Fully Alive and Renewed worksheets. These two elements are also “spiritual disciples” for building our mental muscles, our new healthy neuro-pathways, to withstand the storms of life.
The Mind/Soul works like a “flower” in the desert—it requires water and nutrients to produce life-giving abundance. Meditation helps us stay aware of God’s presence and attuned to His available grace for healthy integrative living. Meditation and solitude supply an open door to hear the Voice of God. We live in a world starved for God’s friendship and support for life.
Even Jesus, who came from heaven and clothed Himself with flesh (John 1:14)—demonstrates the human process of living aligned and attached in unity with God the Father.
Mark 1:35, tells us that Jesus, “rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark… departed and went out to a desolate place, and there He prayed.” Jesus practiced integration with God the Father. Most of us have learned to live starved for meditation and solitude. Meditation and solitude create room for God to speak into our Mind/Soul.
God supplies a flow of power and information through a mirroring process of two minds/hearts building our neuro-faith with spiritual water and nutrition. Meditation is listening, sensing, and partnering with the life and light of Christ. In Christ, we replace, rewire, and reframe a new neurological mindset with the overcoming flow of life from Christ.
The practice of Christ-partnership in meditation is at its core ruminating on God’s Word and having the Holy Spirit speak directly to our mind/heart. Ruminating is like Lamentations 3:22, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end.” Meditation and solitude with God surpass our stormy circumstances of life, as we yoke ourselves with Christ (Matthew 11:28-30).
Meditation is mulling over the loving character of God, which gives us hope. “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the (presence) of (God-haters), nor sits in the seats of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law, he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”
Give yourself some uninterrupted time free from distraction. Be patient with yourself and with God. God's actions are often like a Teacher giving a test—He is silent watching for the genuineness of your choices.
Prayerful Meditation
Find a place free from distraction and ask God to meet with you.
Spend a few minutes simply resting with God in solitude.
“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He departed and went out to a desolate place, there He prayed. Mark 1:35
Choose a verse or character of God to meditate upon.
Make space to hear God speak from His Word.
“I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways.” Psalm 119:15
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Journal your experience and whatever you discovered or heard from God. Apply it to your life. This is the mirroring process between two souls/minds forming a secure attachment.