Christianity's repression of meditation

[Jade]

I read once that the process of baptism (especially Catholic baptism) is a ritual that seals the third eye - a cross being drawn upon the forehead with enchanted water. (I may have read this here!) Either way, that resonated with me, also being raised Catholic and going to Catholic school and desperately wanting to skip the ritual of Confirmation (conscious acceptance of the baptism ritual at age 12/13) but being unable to break free from the group influence.

But, I feel as if there were things that would definitely be considered "in the realm of" meditation that some Catholics do - like the rosary. I know a lot of the ladies my grandma used to pray the rosary with felt similar to the process as a nice group meditation, as it's basically just rhythmic chanting of prayer.