Study Habits

Meditation I think is a practice universally shared by religions all over the world - christians pray in their churches, the moslems in their mosques, the buddhists in their temples and yoga for the hindus. By definition from merriam-webster, meditation is the act or process of spending time in quiet though. Lets read the verse on the Bible about meditation:

Matthew 6:5-75"When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 6"But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 7"And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.

As we have stated for the nth time, God is knowledge. What do you do when you study knowledge? Yes, go to the library where there is quiet. The other senses must also be satisfied before studying. One's eye must be focused on the book only, no foul smells, no other people bothering you physically and you are well-fed. Otherwise the mind will be distracted. See those guys studying at the coffee shops or the synagogues where they can be seen by men. Of course I also enjoy the ambience at the coffee shop to collect my thoughts but the ideal studying place is where you can close all the senses be it the library, your room and etcetera. If you do that, you will find the understanding of knowledge. And again for the uninformed, knowledge is science, technology, the arts and etcetera.