Latin for 'Divine Reading'. (Wikipedia article) Lectio Divina is a Christian practice of:

• reading scripture
• asking that its meaning be revealed to you
• listening for an answer
• contemplating the answer

i, vic smyth, Read FAQ 'Why does vic smyth use all lowercase letters?' [X] start off every meditation session with a scriptural or inspirational reading. Although traditional Christians will use the Bible, i have, over the decades, in addition to the Bible, used such diverse works as:

• The Baghavad Gita
• The Tao Te Ching
• The Works of Chuang Tzu
• The Gospel of Thomas
• A Course in Miracles Workbook
• The Emmanuel series
• Books by Joel Goldsmith
• YMOMTetragram for The Young Man and the Old Man [X]
• GOMHTetragram for The Gospel Of My Heart (unpublished work) [X]
• Winnie the Pooh
• my local Yellow Pages*
• a VCR manual*

i strongly encourage those of you who meditate to try this practice with your favorite scripture or inspirational book.

*The results obtained from these two sources were rather dubious from a spiritual perspective, but i did get a deep understanding of the logic behind naming a company "AAA Aardvark Plumbing" and became quite adept at programming my VCR.