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This organization offers classes to many groups: teens, children, veterans, etc. Another example of how mysticism has become widespread and how even many Christians are not recognizing it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hello Lighthouse Trails:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I always enjoy your articles and wanted to add that mysticism is indeed everywhere. I recently dropped out of a class [called <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150102195601\/http:\/\/www.nami.org:80\/template.cfm?section=Peer-to-Peer\" target=\"_blank\">Peer to Peer<\/a>],\u00a0\u00a0which NAMI (National\u00a0Alliance on Mental Illness) offered, because a large part of the class centered on mindfulness, a Buddhist practice. I found there was no way that I could escape this, especially since half of the class claimed to be Christian, even one of the facilitators.<\/p>\n<p>My antennae went up the moment I heard it mentioned in the first class- we did not do it in that class. It was a promise for &#8216;later&#8217; and I researched it. I hoped that I could defer my way out but no, they make you participate whether you want to or not. This is a very &#8216;PC&#8217; organization so I cannot decide if I am or am not surprised at this. I probably should not be.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your wonderful articles. They are a light to help guide in this dark world. (Of course the real light being Jesus and the Bible!) I appreciate the work that discernment ministries are doing. Please know that I keep you all in prayer, as financial support is often not in my reach.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<\/p>\n<p>___________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LTRP Note: Prior to posting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239,90,475],"tags":[21,36,2929,1661,1662,1663],"class_list":["post-10945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mystical-practices-the-role-of-meditation","category-the-role-of-meditation","category-letters-to-the-editor","tag-new-age","tag-buddhism","tag-yoga","tag-nami","tag-national-alliance-on-mental-illness","tag-mindful-meditation","wpcat-239-id","wpcat-90-id","wpcat-475-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Letter to the Editor: National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Classes Offering Mindful Meditation - Many Christians Attending - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/letter-to-the-editor-national-alliance-of-mental-illness-nami-classes-offering-mindful-meditation-many-christians-attending\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Letter to the Editor: National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Classes Offering Mindful Meditation - Many Christians Attending\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LTRP Note: Prior to posting...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/letter-to-the-editor-national-alliance-of-mental-illness-nami-classes-offering-mindful-meditation-many-christians-attending\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"From the Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-06T16:58:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-19T20:36:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Letters to the Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Letters to the Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/letter-to-the-editor-national-alliance-of-mental-illness-nami-classes-offering-mindful-meditation-many-christians-attending\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/letter-to-the-editor-national-alliance-of-mental-illness-nami-classes-offering-mindful-meditation-many-christians-attending\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Letters to the Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/760be19b05d2a8ad1e98d328cc2bf3b0\"},\"headline\":\"Letter to the Editor: National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Classes Offering Mindful Meditation &#8211; 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