The New Age is essentially all the modern day occult-based philosophies and practices rolled up in to one world religion. This wide range of spirit worship, Eastern mysticism, Mind-science religion and avant-garde psychology. Its essence loneliness or god-within. Thus people have to look no further than themselves for all of life is answers.

This is same lie that Eve was taught in Gen. 3:1-5 is taught by New Age teachers, leaders and by the serpent. That serpent in the garden was initiating Eve into higher consciousness. You will notice 3 concepts in the serpent is lie:

1) Yea, hath God said...?"(verse 1). He cast doubt on the Word of God.

2) Ye shall not surely die..." (verse 4) He denied the reality of death

3)your eyes shall be open, and shall be as gods... (verse 5) Finally, he claimed that she could attain the status of God...

You do not have look any father than Gen 3:14-19 to see that the New Ager brings the curse of death upon themselves though the same SIN as Adam and Eve did. Or as it says in Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the earth, and death passed upon all men, for all have sinned. There is no other way to get rid of this sinful burden with out taking the Bible the way it was written verse upon verse. In Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord; only through this free gift we get our eternal life. Not through some not so-New Age LIE, that is based only on one verse.

When I was in the New Age for 18 years the Bible was more accepted but very twisted to meet the Dogma of the New Age leaders. Another former top New Age leader put this way.

In New Age philosophy, the Holy Bible is accepted, but only conditionally, it being taken only as one scripture among many others. Also, I began to see that New Age philosophy picks and chooses what it likes and doesn't like from the pages of the Bible. It also re-interprets these select passages with a metaphysical New Age slant.

The New Age Movement (or NAM) has not only taken the Word of God, but many common used Christian terms and put them into their every-day language. First we must bring the New Age disciple to the understanding of what the Bible is.

The Bible is not only a good book but it is the word of God; you see this in John 1: 1-5

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him ; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shined in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

For the NAM thinks there are many gods and does not understand John 1:1-3 so we must follow with 1 Corinthians, 8:5,6:

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one lord Jesus Christ, by whom are things, and we by him.

There is only one one God the God of the Bible, NOT THE SELF as NAM believes.

The NAM does not understand what will happen to anybody that tampers with the Bible. In Rev. 22: 18,19 it says

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

As Christians we need to know our Bible and Christen terms for life we save may be you or a loved one. Do not be afraid to ask the question, Of what does that term mean to you but also if they know Jesus Christ as there personal savior.

NAM disciples believe that Jesus is one of many great masters who have lived on earth. He had to work through many lifetimes to attain the Christ-self . He was able, by studying under Egyptian and Tibetan masters, to acquire occult power to do miracles Once he did so, he was able to pass it on to his disciples.

Just who is Jesus Christ is he the Lord of all; The Bible teaches that Jesus is God (John 1:1-2,14, Col. 1:15), and that He is uniquely God in Rev. 1:11,17-18 and 22:13-16 Jesus states that He is God, the first and the last-the only God there ever was or will be (Isaiah 43:10). Anyone who thus denies Jesus is denying Good (1 John 2:23). This is not the New Age Jesus. Check out which Jesus it is. (see Matthew 24: 23-24).

Does visualization come from the same gift of God that as a vision? Or is it of God at all? Just what is visualization anyway?

VISUALIZATION: The New Age practice based on the concept that thoughts have the power to create objective reality and that by visualizing circumstances in an altered frame of reference, one can literally transform fancy into reality.

Do we tell God what to do or to change by our mind power? Are we to tell God to change anything? Who do we think we are? Is there any good in using our self (flesh, or carnal mind) to change fancy into reality? And who's doing the changing of the reality?

In Romans, 8;5-8 we are clearly taught:

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the laws of God, neither indeed can be. So then that are in the flesh cannot please God.

That pretty well rules out the use of visions which we attempt to evoke out of our carnal mind. Visions which spring spontaneously to our minds from the Holy Spirit are one thing, as long as their doctrine conforms to the Bible! (Isaiah 8:20) These are Biblical. However, to conjure images of "Jesus" healing someone or of us driving a fancy car is moving into the realm of magic and New Age techniques. Real spiritual discernment is needed here! (1 John 4:1)

Channeling (mediumship) as defined by David Spangler, a New Age leader and writer:

Channeling is a phenomenon in which a physical person enters an altered state of consciousness and lends his or her mind and/or body (depending on the technique employed) to be used by a nonphysical entity in order to communicate from its level of existence to ours.

Now in Christian terms from an ex-New Age follower who channeled for over 15 years both for the New Age and the Christian church. When I was led by mother to take my first spirt (demon) at the age of 3. I will never forget the feeling of that demon came into to my small body. First I felt a warm feeling; But I knew that it was an invader (not of myself).

When I first started to used the spirit guide to speak thought me; And answer questions that was given to me. The spirit was almost never wrong. Is God ever wrong? This channeling went on in front of occult and church groups till I was 21.. Most church-goers did not know that I was Channeling ; because I used Christian terms and prophesied in THE SPIRIT.

In the the book of 1 Thess. 5:19-22, Paul warns us:

Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesying. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil.

We must check all prophesy to the Word of the God if it does not line up get rid of it. God is never wrong. And most of all check which spirit is being used for prophesy. It also says in Matthew 24: 23-24:

Then if any man shall say unto you, lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christ, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

The Bible teaches that trying to contact the dead (whether ordinary dead folks like "Uncle Harry" or distinguished dead folks like Ramtha) is very dangerous Sin! (Lev. 19:31, Deut, 18:10-12,Is 8:19-20, Rev.21:8) In the old Testament, the penalty for consulting with those who spoke with familiar spirits or spirit guides was death (Ex. 22:18, Lev. 20:6)! God wasn't kidding with this!

Lou Tice, founder of Pacific Institute and a New Age leader, claims

New Age concepts try to provide you with important life-changing tools which are said to enable you to achieve whatever you truly want to achieve now and for the rest of your life.

From a classes schedule for a voc-tech school in the state of Washington.

Stir Your Creative Genius:. Send your critic on vacation! Experiment, take risks and experience your creative genius in a safe, playful atmosphere. We'll explore freeflow writing, guided imagery, mind-mapping, brain-storming, etc. ... Self-Hypnosis: Weight control, stress management, habit elimination and creativity are some issues that can be dealt with though self-hypnosis... Creative Visualization/Imaging"

what is meant by all of this? Does it all work? And where does the guide imagery come from? And is this all New Age and occult?

IN THE INNER CLASSROOM: TEACHING WITH GUIDE IMAGERY. by Dr. Jack Canfield, M.Ed.:

Jack Canfield is a past-president of the Association for Humanistic Education and has been a consultant to over 100 school system, universities and mental health organizations.

Classroom atmosphere:

1. Creating a safe space: When students are participating in a guide imagery experience they are in an altered state of consciousness. Their brain wave activity is slowed down...

Under rules:

5 ... occasionally a student will have a scary image. They need to know that you will be there to comfort them if they do"

6 Students may go on a detour fantasy to a favorite place if they find the imagery becomes scary or evokes uncomfortable feelings.

…the Law of up and down: whenever you take a student up in a imagery experience (vie stairs, escalators, magic carpets, a balloon, magic, etc.), you will be encouraging the student to move into a higher level of consciousness which is generally associated with emotional and spiritual uplifted... inner wisdom...est. On the other hand, taking a student down( via stairs, escalators, submarines, tunnels, and below the sea) will more likely take the student down into the lower unconscious part of the mind, which is more associate with negative emotions, the past, repressed traumatic experiences, unresolved conflicts, repressed aspects of the personality, darkness, monsters and fear.It is therefore a good idea to avoid taking students down below the ground unless you have a clear psychological purpose and are adequately trained in psychodramatic techniques of counseling such as gestalt, transactional analysis, psychosynthesis or neurolinguistic programming.

It is therefore a good idea to avoid taking students down below the ground unless you have a clear psychological purpose and are adequately trained in psychodynamic techniques of counseling such as gestalt, transactional analysis, psychosynthesis or neurolinguistic programming.

Having been raised in the occult from a very early age we were teaching others how to teach occult practices to others. Of the many groups who came to us, a number were school teachers, but not as a group, just individuals.

When prayer and the Bible were taken out of the schools in 1962, the moral law was removed as well. Lawlessness set in and a wave of unruliness in the classroom. Not understanding that the Bible and God were the moral standards, teachers were looking to bring some order and interest in learning back to the classroom. Mind sciences became an avenue to reach not only the child's mind intellectually, but even to touch their emotions and will. Those techniques included different types of meditation, visualization through guided imagery exercises, as well as stress reduction.

Once learned, they became a way of life, not just for the teacher but also for the student which gives both the teacher and student no absolutes for the sky is the limit. If you can visualize it you can have it.

What happens to the kid who does not achieve what he visualizes? This is what happened to me from my personal testimony.

I was out of control; by this I mean, with no absolutes I was up when I got to my goals. But when I did not achieve my goals, I was way down to the point of suicide. You see when you add peer pressure to achieve, the child has no way to save face when they don't make the goal.( You wonder why the suicide rate is going up in school age children).

Through eastern mysticism, and no ABSOLUTES or value system, our society is being changed to accept the New Age answers. The hysterical part of this is that the New Age philosophy created the problems that they are now trying to solve. So now New Agers can be heroes in developing answers to the problems they've created.

With the only true God who gave us the social structures, government structures, family structures, and individual standards, the problems cease to exist when these standards are followed.

Without the structures God gave and with a value system being destroyed by New Age thinking, we see the increase in alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual immorality, all of which leads to higher divorce rates, which leads to the breakdown of the family and the love everyone needs. When the family unit dissolves the destructive cycle increases and propagates itself.

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