Sometimes when you are a person who meditates and prays you may think you’re the only one. Maybe different somehow from others. I find constantly find people who are meditative. Most of these people I meet at business meetings or during business lunches. So, it’s not just in church circles where you meet spiritual people.
Just yesterday at a technical conference I was talking about some high technology software with an engineer. I made a chance remark, and my companion mentioned, “I also meditate daily. It helps me maintain balance in my life.”
I know that I often need to bring my life into balance. Many times in my life I’ve been surrounded by people who are depressed or are on emotional roller coasters. It’s easy to react to them, and to allow the toxicity of unstable emotions to infiltrate into your inner life.
There is a reason that spiritual techniques such as meditation and deep prayer were developed thousands of years ago and still practiced today. The process of “centering” or bringing all of your being (“soul” in New Testament writing) into focus and placing that focus with God brings just that stability and balance I need to keep going in a positive way.
When I slip, I know it immediately. Sometimes, though, regaining that balance takes some time and work.
Faith Venture 
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