Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Mysticism: Key to Inter-Faith?
I got a Christian friend who has problems dealing with stress and seeked my advice on this matter. The last thing i wanna do is to mention about a different religion to the distraught individual. So i carried on with my counselling, with a Christian perspective...
I managed to convince the individual that worrying is the overfabrication of the future, which is not real and unhelpful to the situation. I also managed to convince the individual to channel the energies from worrying and put their attention to God instead. This way, God can handle the "unsolvable problems" created by the mind while that individual can focus on carrying out their task. The counselling was successful and that individual was encouraged and lifted.
I believe that if one practices their own religion well enough to achieve a certain level of wisdom, they could be able to relieve the stress from others of different religions. To reach deep spiritual wisdom, one has to practice mysticism. Meditation is the key.
I managed to convince the individual that worrying is the overfabrication of the future, which is not real and unhelpful to the situation. I also managed to convince the individual to channel the energies from worrying and put their attention to God instead. This way, God can handle the "unsolvable problems" created by the mind while that individual can focus on carrying out their task. The counselling was successful and that individual was encouraged and lifted.
I believe that if one practices their own religion well enough to achieve a certain level of wisdom, they could be able to relieve the stress from others of different religions. To reach deep spiritual wisdom, one has to practice mysticism. Meditation is the key.
# posted by Chun Kiang @ 12:50 AM 
