This is a sensetive topic and I hope that my poor English will not create any missunderstanding.I don't want to offence nobody.
As an Orthodox Christian leaving in Europe I had also a lot of problems practicing meditation.
The official "thesis" of the Orthodox Church is that the main difference between praying and meditation is that the christians via the Holy spirit during the pray are asking for forgiveness from God. From the other hand people that meditating they are trying via themeselves to become Gods. So because only via the pray we can reach heaven ,( via the uderstanding that we are shinners),if we try to do it via meditation it is considered to be egoistic and this is a trick of the devil .
Now ,trying to pursuit someone that you are doing smthng that has nothing to do with evil powers,will be in vain.So you have to keep a low profile even to hide it.
As it concerns my self ,I never explain what I am doing, especially to my relatives .Also I am trying to avoid any conversation about meditation.Everybody knows that I am practising "karate" ,something accept it and they leave me in peace.
