Apostoic worship??

[n david]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I remember it well. We'd gather for prayer and find a quiet spot in the sanctuary where we'd lay, sit, or prostrate ourselves and just soak in God's presence. The Spirit would move and we'd quietly pray, speak in tongues, weep, as the Spirit spoke to us. Whether one calls it "waiting on the Lord" or "soaking prayer", it's all the same thing.

That...

is not this

Originally Posted by Aquila

I've turned on some soft worship music, laid down on my couch, folded my hands, and just focused on breathing or on a single word. I like the name of Jesus. Sometimes I love to extend it as I say it or think it, "Jeeeesus". Sometimes, it's a phrase, "I loooove you, Lord." On other occasions it's, "Hallelujah" (more like, "Haaaaleluuuujah.").

What you're describing is straight out Thomas Keating's guide:

The Guidelines
1. Choose a sacred word as the symbol of your intention to consent to God’s presence and action within.
2. Sitting comfortably and with eyes closed, settle briefly and silently introduce the sacred word
as the symbol of your consent to God’s presence and action within.
3. When engaged with your thoughts,* return ever-so-gently to the sacred word.
4. At the end of the prayer period, remain in silence with eyes closed for a couple of minutes.
*thoughts include body sensations, feelings, images, and reflections

Originally Posted by Aquila

Enter a relaxed and prayerful state of mind. Feel free to have prepared some soft and relaxing worship music, burn a soothing aromatic candle, take a hot bath and lay down (or do all three). Whatever you have to do to relax and balance your entire being (body, soul, and spirit). Read these verses slowly. With eyes closed, picture any imagery used by the writers in each text.

That is no different than what the Desert Fathers did, no different than what Hindu or Zen Buddhists do.

Contemplative, centering, lectio divina - all cut from the same mystic and occultic cloth.

Let me be very blunt: you are promoting false doctrine and occultism. #StopIt