What Exactly Is Contemplative Prayer?

 Primarily contemplative prayer is not prayer in the conventional since. It is a repetition of words or phrases of a religious nature and these repetitions puts an individual in an altered state of consciousness. The idea is you repeat something until your mind or they call spirit lets go and this super power takes over. They call this the “Presence; however, this presence is a demonic presence. In other words this   “presence” is not from the Holy Spirit.

 Next they may take you into the “silence” they may Quote “be still and know that I am God”. They want all flow of thought to stop; In fact, an empty mind that can be manipulated and then filled with a “presence”. This has long been a pagan practice and still is. As a researcher of the new age movement I have gone into many new age expos where this was common practice. The New Ager may call this their “higher Conscious. Now they have brought this practice into the church.  

 New bibles are hitting the market to support this practice, and so the apostasy is getting harder to fight as people want a feel good theology. In fact, Sir John Eccles a famous Neurophysiologist Nobel Prize winner based his research on the brain which he describes: “A machine that a ghost can operate.’ To operate a machine ‘clearly shows a distinction between the “brain’ and the human soul and spirit (the mind), or what Eccles calls the “ghost.”

 The Lord tells us in Philippians

 Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things."

 It is important to note that the Lord in Matt 6:9 told us to pray to the Lord in heaven not go within and pray 

 Col 4.2 "Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving."

 1 Peter 1:13 "wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

Gird up the loins of your mind? 

 New International Version (©2011)
"Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming."

New Living Translation (©2007)
"So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world."

English Standard Version (©2001)
"Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;"

 Even King David’s prayers were conversations he was called a man after God’s own heart.

 Finally In  Psalm 46:10 “ be still and know that I am God;” One must read the verses before and after. The word is "still". The word in Hebrew is to cease or leave it alone. NOT EMPTY THE MIND.

  This practice of empting the mind is also a practice of Yoga and now we have Holy Yoga that has entered the church. They have abused the scriptures especially the ones they think can validate their new age concepts such as be still and know that I am God ;however if we are bereans we can be sure the Lord will show us the truth.