Guided Meditation

Overview

Whereas simple and Christian meditation seeks to have the person put aside all thought processes and focus on “being” rather than thinking, guided meditation engages the cognitive processes and takes the participant on a journey of reflection or discovery, usually about their relationship with Jesus or God.

Teachers should make this clear distinction and continue to develop the meditation of stillness and silence and simplicity as well as providing guided meditation. In guided meditation, the participant is “guided” by a voice or a “formula”- for example, the steps in Lectio Divina or The Examen.

Recordings of Guided Meditation for Young People are available commercially (see The Library catalogue and search for CLPS9) and from the Archdiocese of Brisbane.