Becareful what you advocate.
Hi Walkingfeather. I'm not advocating any means of prayer, just recognizing that different cultures pray differently. I know a few Christians who meditate and they are not thinking about Buddha. If you tell the world they must adopt a Hebrew culture that is alien to them to be a Christian, not many people would come to Christ. Europeans adopted Christianity en masse, and it is quite a different form than early Hebrew Christianity. For instance, we integrated many Pagan customs and holidays into the religion, but no one is suggesting (except Jehovah's Witnesses) that we are sinning by doing this.
To each his own, as long as the sole focus is on Christ and the Father. I have no problem with someone calling prayer meditation or sitting in a weird position (yoga) while praying.
okay then we should define what yoga has been traditionally know as and meditation and TM. In traditional yoga TM is used to transend the body. When you are in that state you are spiritually vunerable. If you are talking about traditional prayer and meditation I have no problem with that.
My caution is for those that say... buddist, hindu, christianity can all bennefit from TM. That is the problem.