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The above DVD is a look into the unbiblical practice of Yoga in the Church.
A friend suggested watching this DVD produced by Caryl Matrisiana. I received it and let me tell you, you need to watch it.
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This is what the cover says about “Yoga Uncoiled: From East to West
“Once viewed by Christians as a pagan import from the East, yoga has now become mainstream in the church through Christ-centered yoga classes, designed to help improve spirituality and experience the presence of God. But is yoga’s mysticism compatible with historic Christianity?…..Video-journalist Caryl Matrisiana, who was born and raised in India, returns to her native land to search for truth among India’s leading experts and examines what Christian Yoga practitioners in the West are saying about their Yoga participation. ”
The video starts with the ’60s and the Beatles and how they introduced millions of young people to the drug culture, TM, and so started the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.
There really is too much to describe in this eye-opening DVD so you need to order it. When you do, share it with others and maybe ask your pastor if you can show it in your church.
So if you are wondering if yoga can be mixed with Christianity or if yoga can truly be separated from Hindu philosophy, this DVD will provide all the answers.
PS the answer is a definite NO but order the video anyway.
kim
(hey thanks, Carla)
Here is the link for my Original article “Is Yoga Occult?”
Should Christians practice Yoga? NO!! Okay bye…..
Hey wait! .. Don’t you want to know why? You should, and this information involves all who may be participating in this Eastern religion. Religion? Yes, Yoga is Hinduism. Now you are going to argue…”NO, I do Yoga to relieve stress and for relaxation”. Or how about this, “I only hold the positions for exercise and to increase my body strength”. Did you know that the Sun Salutation is worship to a sun goddess?
Okay let’s talk. Well… if you will read this for a few minutes, I would be extremely pleased.
Yoga means “union” in Sanskrit. Union with what? You will find the true answer to this a bit later. Yoga theory teaches that everything is divine and the goal is to reach union with Brahman, your higher self, God, or the universe, depending on what they are trying to sell you. The practice of Yoga, the positions and breathing prepares the body for the occult changes that will arouse the coiled power (Kundalini) at the base of spine. This power can travel up the spine passing through the Chakras to the top of your head (Crown Chakra). It is the ultimate goal for the Kundalini (Serpent Power) to reach the brain. The “OM” which is repeated over and over again is to empty the mind of thought so that a new spirit can enter.
What happens then? The ultimate goal of enlightenment? Let’s take a look at what the experts say:
Swami Narayananda describes some of the possibilities:
These hot currents that reach the brain center heat the brain, make the mind fickle, bring insomnia, brain disorder, insanity and incurable diseases. For the hot currents keep the mind wide awake and if a person does not know how to check the currents and to bring down the partly risen kundalini shakti to safer centers, one suffers terribly and it may ruin the whole life of a person or lead one to insanity. This is why we see many become insane, many get brain defects, and many others get some incurable diseases after deep sorrow.
Gopi Krishna, founder of one of the many kundalini research centers, records his own experience:
It was variable for many years, painful, obsessive, even fantasmic. I have passed through almost all the stages of different mediumistic, psychotic, and other types of mind; for some time I was hovering between sanity and insanity.
Even though one may desire only the physical or exercise of yoga, you can see how dangerous a practice it really is. The above kundalini symptoms are the extreme, this is duly noted, but nevertheless, many have noted a change of worldview, or a darkness that follows them because of their involvement into the occult spiritual realm. A commercial on TV shows a woman in a lotus position calmly looking at the ocean, and you may desire the relaxation but the truth is, (and the trainers don’t want you to know this), the problems can be overpowering. Consider some of these other manifestations. Fear, uncontrollable laughing or weeping, intervals of ecstasy, tremors, spasms, and violent shaking. The guru can often impart these manifestations in mass, to his students, leaving them writhing on the floor helpless.
New-Age techniques almost always involve some form of meditation that is to bring you into a state of peace, enlightenment, open the door of physic knowledge, and can bring extraordinary power. But this power is an illusion of self-grandeur, it is occult, and very dangerous because the spirit you invite into your mind, is a demon or fallen angel. Remember the earlier question of what “union” means in Yoga? You are NOT uniting with a higher-spirit, an ascended master or a spirit-guide, you are uniting with a counterfeit spirit who is delighted to deceive you into thinking it a positive force but in truth is demonic.
Christians need to know that we are not to delve into the spirit world.
Deut 18:10-12 says “Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord…”
In Yoga the self is God… In Christianity one denies self……… Choose now.
Choose the Lord Jesus Christ, for……….. “No man can serve two masters”. Mat 6:24
Please read Yoga Uncoiled which tells you of a great DVD about Yoga.
https://kimolsen.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/yoga-uncoiled-from-east-to-west/
New article posted February 22, 2008 – link below-
https://kimolsen.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/yoga-a-christian-perspective/
I was at a loss for words and Satan was discouraging me. Last night I prayed that the Lord would give me His words, for I had none. This is the dream I had last night.
I dreamt that I was in a crowd of people at some musical event that was worldly and evil. But there was a way out. I could see a pathway.
There were two pools of baptism. One path was leading to Jesus and the other was to a deceiver. I could see the way to Jesus. I could not see Him but I could see the water flowing from his hands onto the heads of those bowing down to him. There were many crowding around the pool of the deceiver. Written on the stone walls surrounding the deceiver there was scripture, but he was quoting the second part of John 10:10 “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” The deceivers’ voice was sickly sweet and he bid the people to come to him. He was sitting in the pool and splashing the water in invitation.
I headed for Jesus. The path was easy to see but there were many barricades put there by the surrounding people. I walked right over them.
Then suddenly, I was walking against a tide of people who did not want to listen to the Word of Truth and were leaving in disinterest. I begged of them “Please turn around, you are going the wrong direction!”. Their faces looked blank and they ignored my pleas. BUT..a few stopped walking, a look of realization came upon their face, and Praise God, they turned around.
(End of dream)
Many churches are full of deceiving spirits. Sadly, these unholy spirits are invited by the metaphysical (beyond the seen world) new-age practices introduced by pastors and congregation alike. These new-age practices create an altered consciousness of emptiness that opens a doorway to the other world. This altered consciousness can be easily attained by one method. Meditation. I am not talking about the kind of meditation that involves deep thinking, I am talking about the kind that empties the mind of thought. I believe that the repetitive music being introduced today… the singing of single phrases over and over again, is a step to prepare congregations for the new-age breath-prayers and centering which is really….yep…meditation. If anyone, I mean anyone, whether it be a friend or leader in the church, suggests anything that closely resembles meditation. Flee.
I am grieving for our churches. The messages are watered-down to appeal to the unsaved. There is no preaching of repentance. There is no guidance for holy living. There is no Glory given to God. If a pastor preaches damnation, then the people start looking for a new pastor…one who will tell them they will be blessed with riches if only they ask and that Jesus came to this world to say, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
Therefore, there are many unsaved people coming weekly to their church, to sing the songs, repeat the creeds, pray the prayers and leave their tithe to gain the promised prosperity of their giving. This is so sad that my heart aches for the Lord who gave his life for us and suffered so terribly on the cross.
If you are looking for a new way to seek God besides studying the Bible, I beg of you, please turn around, you are going the wrong direction, and turn only to Him.
Hello,
This is a study of what is currently going on in our churches. It was not too long ago that my past pastor stood on the altar and told our congregation that she endorses a book on good and evil. She was not talking about the Bible she was referring to the new Harry Potter book that was just released.
“You won’t find any prophecy books on my bookshelf……. The book of Revelation is irrelevant”.
These jaw-dropping statements started my journey of research into the apostasy of the current church. I no longer attend this church or one that has a female pastor.
I wish to share stories with you and hope that you will keep a watch yourself as the days of deception increase. The deception is not new. It started at the Garden of Eden when Satan tempted Eve with “Your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as God”
Do not seek to “be as God”. Seek humility!
DiscernIt 
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