Someone had shared with me his experience in practicing a non-Christian form of meditation. One interesting incident was the way he trained his mind to concentrate. He spent hours and hours fixing his gaze at a certain point at the wall. Unfortunately, he overdid it and almost suffered a breakdown. The role of a guide in a spiritual life is so important that it is always advisable for anyone who is sincerely aspiring to lead a life of prayer to have, at least, a confessor or a director who has enough experience in spiritual life to be able to act as a guide. One of the pitfalls which beginners often encounter is to be so full of enthusiasm that they go beyond their capacity and end up injuring both their mental and physical health without gaining anything in the spiritual life. The masters in spiritual life are right to caution us that it is always good to take small steps at the beginning until we can walk and run, and even fly.
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