Now we see Jesus' life. He didn't go to church to pray, except when He wentthere to preach or to throw out the merchants or to scold the priests. I neverread once that He prayed in a church, so what did He do? According to veryreliable sources of research, we know that Jesus travelled to many countries,especially India and Tibet, and studied with many enlightened Masters fromdifferent schools. When you go to India truly seeking for a Master, you willfind those with a meditative way of life, and they will teach you meditation.All of the Masters I know practice meditation, and the most famous Tibetan lamasdo it too, in different ways.
So if Jesus stayed in India for at least a dozen years, then we can say thatHe would most likely have met some of these meditative Masters. He probablyfirst encountered some of the less powerful Masters, who taught Him somemantras, some yogic exercises, how to do some miracles, like turning water intowine, etc. He probably learned these things in the earlier days, before meetingthe so-called meditative Masters of the Himalayas. But even to do those tricksyou must learn some kind of meditation technique, even though it might be onlytemporary.
When Jesus met these people, He must have then learned how to meditate.Otherwise how could He have shut Himself in the desert for forty days without abreak? Could you just go suddenly in the desert for forty days alone! It isimpossible except with training, with preparation before. For example, for thosewho practice our meditation technique, what we call the Quan YinMethod, meaningobserving the innersound, the 'Word' the Bible mentions that is the voice ofGod, we often do a seven days or a month retreat. For us it is very normal, butfor ordinary people who do not practice our method, you won't be able to sit forfive minutes, never mind five days. If you succeed in sitting for five minuteswithout moving your body and your mind, then you have already become a Master.So we know that Jesus went to the desert for forty days to meditate. We alsocould conclude that He has been practising meditation techniques, that He hasbeen doing meditation all along. And that was the last retreat He did beforegoing out to teach the message of God.
Most Masters do that before they go out into the world, before they decidewhether they want to take the cross or not. It is like the last minute when youhear the alarm clock in the morning, the last moment of enjoying the warmth ofthe bed. Similarly, most of the Masters, after having attained enlightenment,after they know that they have been assigned the mission of being a prophet ofthe age, or a Messiah, they will go into retreat for some time, just to preparethemselves physically, mentally, psychically to face the hard task ahead, and towalk the long road that God assigned to them.