Posted on 04/20/2007 6:49:58 PM PDT by Terriergal
The Lighthouse Trails and Research Project, a religious watchdog organization founded in 2000 by David and Deborah Dombrowski, call eastern spiritual practices “New Age Spirituality” and list it as “a sweeping phenomenon.”
The Lighthouse Trials and Research Project goes on to further say, “Christian leaders are embracing practices and a new spirituality that borrows from Eastern mysticism and New Age philosophy… and involve many of the most popular evangelical leaders including Rick Warren, Brian McLaren, Richard Foster, Tony Campolo, and Eugene Peterson.”
In Warren's Purpose-Driven Life, he does encourages people to practice "breath prayers" by repeating words and phrases over and over in a mantra-style prayer, a practice that is similar to that found in Hindu yoga and Zen Buddhism, but I don’t view that as a recommendation to forgo the laws of the God of Abraham.
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Woman thou art loosened up!
(Man, thou art FAR too loose!)
Meditation should be a reflective, regurgitation of what you know about God, not an emptying of the mind to concentrate on the anything. Emptiness is emptiness. As for the Purpose Driven Life, I looked up EVERY Bible reference as I read the book, was appalled at the inept use of scripture. I got half way through the book in about 3 months of study and quit. I would suggest you all do the same. Whether in church, or listening to the radio, or reading a book, when someone bases a study on the Word of God, make sure they are quoting the Word of God, and not twisting it into the word of man.
4) You can’t have two Spirits in you at the same time.
You can have two Spirits in you at the same time, and even more than two, but usually it is not healthy. Some are compatible, like vodkas and cognacs, while the others are not.
The point went right over your head didn’t it?
:)
Nope; you were trying to re-phrase # 1. And I merely went along, in a kind of of ping-pong playing [do not drop a ball!].
Wasn’t a rephrase of #1. It’s a whole ‘nuther rule.
A spiritual law.
I assume you’re not referring to the Eastern Orthodox?
It was the same # 1: thou shalt not mix- i.e. have only one spirit in you at any given time.
A good guru in spirituality would be ted kennedy - he’s extremely spiriritual, flammable even. Or one could study under Boris Yeltsin.
spiriritual = spiritual.
If you wished to achieve the same result. Surely your aspirations are a bit higher.
It’s the Christian Church in the East including where the Church began. Includes Jerusalem/Middle East, Greece, Russia, China..
It also includes Delphi.
:)
Ohhhhhhhh does the American Church ever pull out the hellfire and brimstone threats when a trend arises that poses a threat to their revenue collection. ;)
Okay I get it. I’m not very religious and have no formal religious education. Can you tell:)
No problem.
I hear it’s not on the exam.
No written test at all I’m told..
best regards.
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