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Hi All and especially hi to Michael Collum who I had a lengthy discussion within this very same forum. We were talking about this Binaural Meditation and whether or not it was good
or bad. Although this appeared to be a done and dusted topic it certainly wasn't concluded. After my experiences since December I will firmly warn all Christians and generally all people not to mess with this stuff! I'll explain why very clearly!
Today, we live in a very capitalist society. Many of the New Age leaders of today now focus on self development. The main topics of this self development are health (e.g. weight loss, healing) and wealth. It's a fact that because of Media many people of today tend to focus on cosmetics and materialism rather than genuine substance. People say, if we want to achieve self Mastery then you need to be in touch of your spiritual self.
Point1> They also say we are all collectively individual Gods with God like power. The bible does say we were made in Gods image but people often take scripture and manipulate it to deceive!
The penultimate temptation is what lengths man will be prepared to go to in order to be God. Adam and Eve ring a bell? Does the story about the Angels becoming fallen Angels ring a bell?
A part of that self mastery is being in touch with your spiritual self through "Trance Like" Meditation and shifts in Consciousness. When your mind is at a level of consciousness you are more spiritually open to communicating beyond the physical realm. So according to producers of Binaural beats, you 'apparently' have the ability to shift consciousness faster and make various desirable situations manifest themselves spiritually and attract what you want good or bad.
And don't get this confused: Meditation and dreams can be spiritual. Remember the bible also tells us that people had messages sent to them from God through alternate states of consciousness EG their dreams.
As we all know there are two ways with most spiritual things. Truth and Deception. The bible speaks to us about meditation:
Meditate on the Word:
Meditation can be a helpful tool in spiritual overcoming and growth. It involves concentrating one's thoughts on the Word of God (Psalm 119:99). A person might focus on a biblical principle or doctrine for the sake of seeking understanding. Or, to overcome sinful behaviour or a weakness, meditating on how pertinent biblical guidelines apply to the specific need helps draw upon and
direct God's Spirit.
The apostle Paul gives additional advice about things to focus our minds on, encouraging us to meditate on things that are true, pure and positive (Philippians 4:8).
Achieving relaxation through meditation itself has no religious overtones and is a principle of good health. All one needs to do is concentrate his thinking on a pleasant scene or a pleasant memory, shutting out all distractions.
Misguided and Mystical Meditation:
Based on scriptural passages and some of the experiences of missionaries, we can conclude that many people open their lives up to demon involvement through the embracing of some sin or through cultic involvement (either knowingly or unknowingly). Examples may include immorality, drug/alcohol abuse that alters ones state of consciousness, rebellion, bitterness, and transcendental meditation (binaural beats)
Now here's the punch line:
In the not too distant past (last year) I barely read my bible. One day I was doing one of these metaphysical meditations and I had an experience which freaked me out a bit. I wont go into details but let's say at the time I wasn't close enough to Jesus as I should have been. I picked up the bible, randomly opened a page and it fell open at Luke 11. Since reading this I've got a lot closer to Jesus. Conclude what you will! You could say that "either this experience was by design or it was a freak coincidence.
However just ask yourself, what are the logical odds of this happening by chance. The page the bible opened up to is displayed below. The answer I was looking for from this forum was given to me through the bible on the random flicking of a page. The first page the book opened at is here:
Luke 11:9-26 (New International Version)
9"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 11"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will one give him a scorpion? 13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Jesus and Beelzebub
14Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. 15But some of them said, "By Beelzebub,[g] the prince of demons, he is driving out demons." 16Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.
17Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebub. 19Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
21"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 22But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armour in which the man trusted and divides up the spoils.
23"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.
24"When an evil[h] spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places
seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I
left.' 25When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
26Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first."
Sorry to make you people read so much but I'll conclude shortly.
Evil continues to deceive the world with promises "to make one wise""your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Genesis 3:5-6). He claims to be "an angel of light," but in reality only blinds people so they are in spiritual darkness (2 Corinthians 11:14; 4:4).
The blanking of the mind to achieve "enlightenment" includes "transcendental meditation" (TM), the fad started in 1956 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Many followers believe in the power of "collective thought" often called the "Maharishi effect"whereby many people merely thinking the same thing make something happen! It's essentially saying, "Who needs God or prayer when we can rely on our minds?"
We should not confuse the meditation spoken of in the Bible with so-called transcendental meditation. The latter is a relaxation technique based on ancient customs of the Hindu religion and usually involves the chanting of a mantra. Because of that connection, we have to caution a Christian against engaging in it. Putting oneself into a trance like state in order to achieve a goal or to overcome a problem is not the way the Bible reveals a Christian should approach these matters. In reality you are opening yourself up for things to come at you or in to you!
The Right Way
Josh. 1:7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; 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. 9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
Ps. 48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever. Selah 9Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. 10Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.
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