Do Christians Meditate?

Q: "As a class requirement for one of my courses, I was asked to attend a session at a meditation hall [right here in Baltimore]. Would doing so conflict with my Christian faith?"

A: Thank you for your question, NAB. I am quite interested because it gives me a chance to clear up a very common misconception. The word "meditation" often conjures up images of short, bald men in loincloths chanting by candlelight. Another thought may be of a dark-skinned woman spinning a metal bowl with a wooden stem and harmonizing with the hum of the bowl. Yet another idea of meditation may be a group of suburban stay-at-home moms in a yoga class sitting on large blue balls with one foot behind their heads. While these visions are not inaccurate, they are only a few examples of meditation practices and don't represent the broad concept of meditation.(More)

Source: The Examiner