How are spiritual exercises different from other types of meditation?
Most meditative techniques, as taught by other teachers and groups, are a passive process wherein you sit still and empty your mind and your consciousness of all thought and feeling. This approach seems to work to a point. Within MSIA we teach another dimension to the meditative process, which changes it from a passive technique of “emptying the mind” to an active technique of directing the mind and emotions. This is called “spiritual exercises,” which suggests the activity of exercises combined with the spiritual focus and thrust.
