The inclusion of Eastern meditation techniques in the Christian world in general, and the Catholic world in particular, is not new. In recent decades, both in a shared and individual way, many people have joined the current of Yoga, transcendental meditation or Reiki as a form of self-realization or prayer. Some have even promoted them within the Church as a form of “Christian prayer”.
This search for spirituality, increasingly present in our society in spite of everything, can lead to wrong paths. Therefore, in this short book, conceived in a very practical way and which includes links to videos related to the subject, the priest Ignacio Amorós wanted to explain clearly the nature and root of the practice of Yoga and its relationship with Christian prayer.
This is a volume, published and distributed through Amazon, It is very useful for all those who want to know more about the relationship between these Eastern techniques and Christianity and, above all, it highlights the teachings of the Church on this issue.
In addition to explaining what Yoga, Reiki and transcendental meditation are, the priest, promoter of Rebels Wanted, makes a clear distinction between Yoga and Christian prayer, focusing on key points: the concept of God, who Christ is, the invocations, the postures, the purpose of each of the practices, the interiority or the fruits that are born from the exercise of one or the other: in the case of Yoga it is not the union with God, or the personal relationship with Him, but the fusion with an impersonal absolute for whom we are nothing.
For its clarity, brevity, and expository mode, the book is highly recommended for people of any age, and also especially for those who perform this type of meditation or meditative practices as a way of “prayer”.
Amorós highlights how there is no such thing as “Christian Yoga but there are Christians who do Yoga.” and, in this line, he turns his eyes to the need for prayer. In this regard, he also looks at prayer practices such as the Lectio Divina, The need for a spiritual life plan as a Christian means of finding the peace that only Christ can give, or mental prayer, the recitation of the Holy Rosary or the need for a spiritual life plan as a Christian means of finding the peace that only Christ can give.
