Overview on Meditation and Its Importance to Communion

Meditation is synonymous to serenity. It's a process which involves concentration

on a sound, your breathing, or an object. The idea of meditation is to concentrate
or focus your thoughts on a single relaxing thing over a certain duration of time.
Usually, it can last for about fifteen to thirty minutes.

Meditation is also considered as a skill. So, it is necessary to practice regularly

to achieve satisfying and positive results. Meditation done for longer periods of
time can help you build some good experiences.

Meditation's ultimate goal is to achieve a constant state of the mind. As you

master doing your meditation, your mind can achieve the tranquility of water in a
windless place. With a still mind during the meditation process, your inner self
will be revealed. Once your mind is distracted, do a couple of breathing techniques
to achieve calmness. You will fail the entire process if your mind thinks of other
things including internal gossip, mental commentary, or analysis.

Never forget that during your deep meditation state, you can recall some past
buried memories like childhood abuse or other traumas. Never be surprised since it
is normal. As meditation progresses, it can turn into a dynamic, pleasurable, and
blissful experience.

Mostly, meditation is done during worships including communion. This is an event

wherein God's food is consumed. It is advisable to practice meditation rituals as
much as possible for security and comfort.

Each church has its own celebration of communion. However the reasons are similar.

There are other lots of practices in sharing the body and blood of Christ. Millions
of people around the world are doing it in different ways. Some just stay in their
seats and receive the bread while others go in front of the sanctuary. People can
meditate wherever they are before receiving communion. They can worship at
cathedrals, small weatherboard churches, homes, or even in prisons. Food, usually
bread and liquid, usually grape juice or wine are incorporated upon remembering the
unfaltering love of God through his son Jesus Christ. It is a commitment to share
and respond to the teachings of God.

Most Christian followers cherish and celebrate communion. In fact, Christians can
receive communion a lot of times throughout their life. Some are even receiving
communion weekly. And every communion is significant. In this event, Christians are
commemorating the bloody sacrifice of Christ on the cross. And by partaking the
bread in the communion means sharing the unconditional love of God for mankind.
That is why it is accepted in great meditation and respect. You cannot receive
communion if you are in the state of sin. Children and adults before undergoing
their first communion take the sacrament of confession in cleansing one's self from
sins.

In some religious organization, meditation before communion is done by praying,

reading the scriptures, or announcing hymns for about forty five minutes. Someone
will lead a thanksgiving prayer for the bread. Afterwards, the bread is broken into
many pieces and distributed. Usually, most elders are moved into tears because of
the Lord's sacrifice for mankind.

Communion meditation is an art, a symbol, and a story that is more powerful

compared to concepts and words for transforming people. God's message of love was
propagated by Jesus to every religious people through a devoted and deep
meditation.