Seems to me it's a coopted word for Eastern forms of meditation - sarcastically called "staring at one's belly button." I don't know how apt that is. Nevertheless, I prefer the more meat and potatoes applications pf thinking in Biblical practicality.

I'll read your sourced reference, but I know I won't stay there very long - my completely naive searching was over more than 50 years ago.

So, I just started to read it.

The first paragraph was all I needed to read as it immediately stands out as an Eastern cultish endeavor.

No thanks. Scientology offered me the Kool Aid back in 1970. I recognized the scam then and I recognize the same types of scams today.... I don't mean to be rude but do mean to be direct.

By the way, did you read my essay about why my wife and I believe God, Jesus, and the Bible?