Let’s look now at how prayer, the prayer of the heart – meditation, con-templative prayer – leads us into the true experience and meaning of discipleship. Why should it do that? Why should sitting still, sitting silent, and laying aside all thoughts – why should that bring us into discipleship? Because at the time of meditation, we are taking the attention off ourselves. We are leaving self behind. We are turning wholeheartedly to Christ dwelling within us. And we are allowing ourselves to experience his gaze towards us. And what we learn in every period of meditation, we live in our daily lives.
(Christian Life in the Light of Christian Meditation 1: Discipleship by Laurence Freeman OSB )
