Metatation: to meditate on meditation
“May my meditation be pleasing…” – Psalm 104
I. Meditation is not a means to an end, it is the substance of worship.
II. Meditation does not produce worship, it is an act of worship itself.
III. Meditation is not to please myself, it is to please God.
IV. Meditation is the renewing of one’s mind.
V. Meditation is the breaking down of the patterns of the mind and the transformation of godly thought.
VI. Meditation, if it produces no works, is dead like a faith without works.
VII. Meditation is an act of radical selflessness, to give God control.
VIII. Meditation should be a form of examination; it should not necessarily be comfortable.
IX. Meditation may not always be comfortable, but it is hopeful, and thus joyful.
X. Meditation, in its joyful examination and renewal, is an acting out of our spiritual lives before God.
I think I would also add:
XI. The more I meditate on meditation the more I realize I am totally and completely inept at it.
Please add your own maxim or anecdote on meditation!