What is all this fuss over Yoga and why are some people saying it is not biblical? Come on guys, its just relaxation, right? Wrong!
Please hold on there… let me explain because everything I am about to reveal is true. Did you know that Yoga is a component of Hinduism? It is right out of the Hindu faith and has been brought to the west and now practised by people thinking it is a harmless set of relaxation exercises.
Many practitioners claim the more they engage Yoga the better they will feel. For the hindu, Yoga is a method to work out their Karma and discover their own God hood or inner enlightenment. The practice requires different poses which as named after Hindu gods which is in fact a method of invocation, that’s right, the worshipping of false gods. ”You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God” – Exodus 20:4-5a (NIV).
Yoga actually means ‘union’ and follows the theory that everything is divine, this means that everything is god. The goal is to reach union with Brahman or sometimes referred to in occult/new age circles as the ‘higher self’. The combination of postures, poses and breathing exercises is preparation of the body to engage an occult power known as Kundalini, the serpent fire. This power travels up the spine of the practitioner through spiritual points of the body known in Hinduism/new age as Chakra’s. The unwitting victim believes that when kundalini reaches the crown Chakra (an imaginary point just above the head) they will reach union and achieve enlightenment. This opens up the victim for spiritual attack and even possession. Here are some common side effects after experiencing kundalini.
| Category | Symptoms |
|---|---|
| Sensory and motor symptoms | the feeling of cranial pressures |
| the perception of inner sounds | |
| experiences of inner lights | |
| vibrating or tickling sensations in the lower back | |
| tachycardia (rapid heart rate) | |
| changes in breathing | |
| spontaneous bodily movements | |
| sensations of heat or cold moving through the body | |
| localised bodily pain that starts and stops abruptly | |
| vibrations and itching under the skin | |
| unusual, or intense, sexual sensations | |
| Mental and affective symptoms | fear |
| anxiety | |
| depersonalisation | |
| intense positive or negative emotions | |
| spontaneous slowing or speeding of thoughts | |
| spontaneous trance states | |
| experiencing oneself as larger than the physical body | |
| experiences of paranormal consciousness |
Still, don’t take my word for it, Let’s hear it from an expert. 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.”
In Matt 6:24 we are told that no man can serve two masters. So even if you just do Yoga for the physical benefits you are at risk of engaging demonic spirits through this alternative false spiritual practice. 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…” .
Please take a look at this video, a former Yogi now Christian.
Great job gaz! The symptoms especially.
I practised Yoga as a Christian, and had severe headaches often after doing it. Thank God I stopped before anything weird happened.
The sad thing is, I know a Christian couple (one possibly a deacon, for sure a former deacon) and the wife teaches Yoga! I told him all of this, and forwarded some of my articles to him, only to have him poo-poo the whole thing.
I don’t see them often anymore, but I will be seeing them soon, hopefully the situation will have changed, especially since she’s pregnant.
Frank,
Show him this video. If he refuses to watch it then that’s a red flag. Is he watches it and denies it then he is in a dangerous position.
I will try my friend.
Here’s some other info, courtesy of my Hindu neighbor’s Bhagavad Gita, their most revered scripture. In it they explain yoga is a sacrifice as is the breathing control they do. This sacrifice they do, they believe cleanses them from sin and brings them closer to enlightenment.
So anyone who says it’s just exercise is ill-informed. It appears that Hindus (generally) believe, according to their own scriptures, that doing the yoga and breathing is part of their ritualistic sacrifice to attain “enlightenment”.
Chpt IV verse 28
“Having accepted strict vows, some become enlightened by sacrificing their possessions, and others by performing severe austerities, by practicing the yoga of eightfold mysticism, or by studying the Vedas to advance in transcendental knowledge.”
Verse 29
“Still others, who are inclined to the process of breath restraint (Pranayama) to remain in trance, practice by offering the movement of the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming breath into the outgoing, and thus at last remain in trance, stopping all breathing. Others, curtailing the eating process, offer the outgoing breath into itself as a sacrifice.”
Verse 30
“All these performers who know the meaning of sacrifice become cleansed of sinful reactions, and, having tasted the nectar of the results of sacrifices, they advance toward the supreme eternal atmosphere.”
Well Gaz, I didn’t see my friend, he was busy attending a Sunday school teachers meeting. It’s scary to think about that.
I did see his wife, she attended the event, but the opportunity to refute her stance on Yoga didn’t come up. I will keep this video in mind and bring it up at more opportune time.
A curious thing I did notice, I don’t know if she ever had this before, but there did honestly seem to be an impression between her eyes, giving me an impression of a third eye. Being a teacher of Yoga, she may have more exposure to these powers making that possible. Is that a symptom? I have heard it is in regards to qigong.
I can identify with the depersonalisation aspect of the whole yoga and meditation combo. I was also reading some texts that basically just strip you out of your personality and into a white canvas. Being
One more, this more or less proves that the poses (asana) and the breathing (pranayama) in “exercise” yoga, are actually a part of Hindu religious practice. They are merely part of a whole, but still a part. The Bhagavad Gita (Hindu holy book) says to practice the “eightfold mysticism yoga” of which the “exercise” is a part.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_S%C5%ABtras_of_Pata%C3%B1jali#The_eight_limbs_of_Yoga