Did Jesus Teach Meditation?

Did Jesus teach meditation to his disciples, and therefore meditate himself? One American monk thinks so when he writes:

"What do you think Jesus did for 40 days while fasting in the desert?"

They say praying is one-way, and meditation allows you to hear Spirit/God speaking back (though not necessarily in words. Hey, if it was easy, you could do it in traffic and be told the quickest route. But your intuition can help...).

Because the bible only covers Jesus's childhood and the last three years of his life, many have speculated that Jesus spent his 20's traveling to countries like India and Tibet where he might have picked up a non-western idea or two.

Once, according to Matthew, Jesus refers to a meditation technique that is silent and interior (Matthew 6). "When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words."

Jesus teaches us to pray not audibly but in the secret chamber of the heart, having shut the door of the senses. We do not need to use many words, but only one word, the Name of God. Indeed, according to the Philocalia, Christian Orthodoxy's definitive compendium of ascetic instruction, the purest form of meditation is monologisthos eucharistos: "one-word prayer." - Jai Guru Dev

Some point out that the bible is full of references to meditation:

Psalm 49:3

My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.

Psalm 1:2

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 145:5

On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

Psalm 119:148

My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.

Genesis 24:63

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there were camels coming.

Psalm 139:17

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

"Be still and know that I am God." "If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light."

Something tells me the answer to this ultimately... is inside.