Opening our human spirits to unknown spirits can take us to an unknown pathway to destroy our lives and take us to an eternity without God. A caution to be careful not to dabble with forces we know nothing about...
In the 10 commandments in the Bible, the first 3 in Exodus 20 are:
- You shall have no other gods before Me.
- You shall not make idols.
- You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain
There
are many pathways, many ways, many spirits, gods, powers and rulers. In
that maze of controversies and choices, we have practices like tarot cards, crystal ball reading, palmistry, sorcery, magic,
spells, tea leaves reading and a host of other practices all storming into
millions of minds and magic seems to be the lure and cure for masses,
wonderful, inviting and the new mantra of the New Age. The claim of this
roaring rolling movement is union, be like gods, be one with the Universe,
evolve to higher beings, higher dimensions, experience life at this fullest to
become what you want and evolve with that knowing and growing...
The New Age Movement: This is a soul-journey which wants you to discover the god in you!. This was the whisper that
Satan gave Eve in the Bible in Genesis 3:5 "For God knows that when you
eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and
evil.
A spiritual man said he would stand in front of the mirror and worship
himself. In his understanding, he was right. He was a
god. This was the promise given by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, the
divine knowledge given to all who practiced yoga, the nectar given to all the soul-searching mediators. In the Bible, wanting the very place of God or to
be looked to as a god is blasphemy, the very act that led Lucifer, Satan to be
thrown out of Heaven.
For
man to say he is a god and he has to look in himself to find the god in him is
a New Age thinking. It has its serious repercussions. It is in
direct contrast to the Bible, which says, Romans 3:10. There is no one
righteous, not even one". Jeremiah 17:9: "The heart is
deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it".
Satan
always wanted to be like God, the very desire to be like God is a deeply rooted
hatred and rebellion to the Creator who alone is to be worshipped and adored in
His glory. Satan said, "I will ascend into heaven. I will
be like the Most High." (Isa 14.12-14)
Mindless
Meditation: In Yoga, having
a still, calmed, rested mind is essential and balm to the soul's constant
crackling thoughts; however, the technique of emptying the mind takes another
road, which meanders to another spirit realm. Emptying of the
mind is very dangerous. Stilling the mind and quietening the mind is very different from emptying the mind. Once you empty your mind, an altered level
of consciousness transpires. The consciousness mind is no longer
active. Will and volition vanishes.
In
shamanism (witchcraft), black magic, and tantrism (an Asian tradition of
beliefs, meditation and ritual practices that seeks to channel the divine
energy of the godhead into the human soul, in order to attain siddhis
(enlightenment) and moksha (salvation) will tell you that an altered state is
consciousness is essential in order to contact other spirits and this can only
happen by emptying the mind. This is a very essential requirement for a
spirit force to enter or for a person to be transported to another realm.
Even people possessed by an evil spirit have taken this step for a spirit
invasion. They wait and wait and wait, empty minded, sometimes
muttering chants and humming, until they are taken over by the spirit
force. They have gained powers, without doubt. It will
control their minds over years, but in the end, the very thing that protected
and promoted them will destroy them.
A
great swami in the 1800s, whom I will not name, is reported to have had a
strange death. When they found him, his hair was electrified and he had a
look of shock. He was a strong devotee of, a goddess of destruction.
Among this, we have yet another art hailing the world, yoga. Yoga in
Indian traditions, however, is more than physical exercise as it has a
deep spiritual core to unite with God and in order to do that, one must have an altered level of consciousness. In Death of a
Guru by Rabi R Maharaj, he wrote: "Often
while I was in deep meditation, the gods became visible and talked with
me. At times, I seemed to be transported by astral projections to
distant planets or to worlds in other dimensions. It would be years
before I would learn that such experiences were being done in laboratories
under the watchful eyes of
parapsychologists through the use of hypnosis and LSD. In my yogic
trances, most often I would be alone with Shiva the Destroyer, sitting
fearfully at his feet the huge cobra coiled about his neck staring at me
hissing and darting out its tongue threateningly. Sometimes I
wondered why none of the gods I ever encountered seemed kind and gentle and
loving. But at least they seemed real - I had no doubt of that - and
not mere myths like the Christian god Santa Claus".
Never
are we supposed to do mindless meditation. We can wait quietly upon God
to hear Him, but emptying is dangerous. Worship of God brings the love,
joy and peace that man is looking for. A still quiet mind is wonderful and very peaceful, but emptying I repeat is opening our human spirits to other spirits. God does not need any ways other
than His to accomplish His works of glory and power or even for us to gain
better health mentally and physically. Any methods other than His
method are dabbling with the occult. This no matter how effective
and good leads a soul into a different pathway. See 2 Kings 17:17 and
Deuteronomy 18:9-13. The dangers of emptying the mind is also explained
here: "Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it
arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then
it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they
go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the
first". Matthew 12:44-45.
The Most Powerful Spiritual Way: If we can let go of these practices which opens our doors to different principalities
and powers, which we can never have a clue to know who they are who insidiously
open spiritual pathways which takes us away from The Way, The Truth and The
Life. The simple truth which may seem boring to the million masses is this: Just run to God and He will open the door through the power of His Spirit who we receive on our Salvation of believing on Jesus who gives us a spiritual rebirth, "a born-again experience" in the Holy Spirit Life, then our life will take us through powerful spiritual dimensions of Truth, The Way, and The Life, the claim that Jesus made of Himself. Either Jesus was lying, mad or telling truth. One has to make that choice. Only you can do it. No one can do it for you. Once we decide who we will follow, then our lives will fall into line. Spiritual Truth will illumine our spirits and our soul will be overflowing with the warmth and the joy of His Presence dwelling within us. Meditate on the
Eternal Word, which through the power of His Spirit who we receive in our
Salvation of believing on Jesus who gives us a spiritual rebirth, "a
born-again experience" in the Holy Spirit Life, then our life will take us
through powerful spiritual dimensions of Truth, The Way, and The Life, the
claim that Jesus made of Himself. Either Jesus was lying, mad or telling
the truth. And when we start simple exercising, walking, all the
time-tested methods that our ancestors did, we will have wonderful long, happy,
healthy lives without these
practices which lead us to unknown pathways away from The Way, The Truth and
The Life, then God will surely bless us above and beyond what we can imagine!
Joshua
1:8: Keep this Book of the
Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that
you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous
and successful.
© Rita Farhat Kurian
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