This religion is very hard to peg because it comes in many varieties and is customized to each individual's choice of worship. Consists of Eastern Philosophy to ranging to Western Occultism, such as Wicca.
The term "New Age" is a term derived from astrology, which indicates that this earth, if not the cosmos, is on the verge of an evolutionary transition from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age of spirituality, world peace and harmony of all things. Even though it is undergoing a significant revival, the "New Age" is not new. In fact, a better term would be the, "Old Occult." This deception goes all the way back to Genesis 3.
History of this religion was initiated by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), transcendentalists like Thoreau, Emerson, and Wordsworth (early 1800s), and Theosophy introduced by Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891). This religion was popularized in the 1960s while traditional Christian values were being challenged. Zen, Meditation, Yoga, The Beatles... All the hippie ideology became popular.
The group's goal is to prepare the world to enter the coming, "Age Of Aquarius." The New Age movement is not unified, like traditional cult systems, even though its roots derive from Far Eastern Religions and The Occult... It has no official leader, headquarters, nor membership list, but instead is a network of thousands of groups working toward specific goals. One of its main goals is to bring to the forefront a one-world leader who is called, "The Christ" or "Maitreya." Some are in contact with Extraterrestrials to bring them to Earth to Spiritually and Technologically advance this planet. Some are in contact with Ascended Masters such as "Christ" (aka Sananda ) Buddha, Ishtar (aka Ashtar) and Krishna all get together and are friends that will bring World Peace. Like I said, there are millions of worldwide followers of various New Age practices and/or holders of one or more of the major beliefs of the New Age.
Some goals of the movement is to establish a World Food Authority, World Water Authority, World Economic Order, and an entirely New World Order. The New Age Movement professes a broad-minded openness to all religions, but its basic underlying philosophy represents a carefully calculated undermining of Judeo-Christian beliefs... Since these can be classified as Prison Religions as many New Agers would call it. They want to unify all religions in peace and whoever resists is a closed-minded profane, a laggard in their eyes. This arrogance is a huge part of the New Age, as I once believed it, many of the members believe they are special and more spiritually advanced than other people. Other people who believe in religion as well as atheists are called "laggards".
This is because of the Star Seed teaching or the Indigo Child teaching... A basic test to see if you meet a certain set of characteristics (which are characteristics based towards introverts for most part) and if you match up with these characteristics... You are a Star Seed - an Extraterrestrial child placed in the womb of a human mother. Depending on the year you were born and your characteristics, you are determined to be an Indigo, Crystal or Rainbow Child. That your purpose for being born was to help Spiritually advance the Earth. You are superior and your mission is to help advance society. See where the arrogance can come in?
New Age is various combinations of Eastern Philosophy, Gnosticism and Occultism all rolled into one, for those of you that do not know what Gnosticism is... It is an ancient world-view stating that Divine essence is the only true or highest reality, and to advance humanity, we have to each become Spiritually conscious individuals. H.G. Wells claimed and predicted that a similar religion would one day take over the world. It also fits the description of "The Plan" for establishing the New World Government that is described in various psychic communications from alleged E.T.'s and Ascended Masters. Sounds familiar, huh? Like the Antichrist's religion...
1 Thessalonians 5:3 - "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."
The lie the New Agers believe is the same lie Satan used in Genesis, that people can become gods themselves. That is what the New Age Movement strives for - godhood. It is self-righteous. Self is NOT God.
Genesis 3:5 - "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."
The New Age also encompasses a wide array of Far Eastern and The Craft practices, such as... Spiritualism, Astrology, Numerology, Aura Reading, Palm Reading, Bioenergy, Chi energy, Chakras, Nirvana, Cosmic or Christ-consciousness, Native American Spirituality, Prajna, out-of-body/near-death experiences or Astral Projection, Remote Viewing, Reincarnation, and The Occult disciplines, as well as unorthodox psychotherapeutic techniques and pseudoscientific applications of the holistic and healing psychic powers of Crystals and Pyramids. And we know the Pyramid is a symbol of the Illuminati, air or Prince of the Power of the Air aka Satan.
Speaking of that snake, let me mention Kundalini. Kundalini is the elemental energy of the human body which, like a serpent, rests coiled at the base of the spine. A snake going up through your Chakras or Wheels as the Bible prefers to call them. Ezekiel 1:21. I do NOT want a demonic snake, Satan going anywhere near my soul, these wheels which are a part of my soul.
Yoga is seen as a harmless technique being nothing more than benign physical exercises which condition the mind and body. It has come in under the guise of stress reduction. In truth, it numbs your soul. But the fact remains that even physical yoga is inextricably united in the whole of Eastern Spirituality. I used to practice yoga and Eastern meditation, I never tried Kundalini, but my husband has. Believe me when I warn you, these practices are demonic. As harmless as it may seem, stay away from Yoga.
This practice is ancient but can be traditionally traced to approximately the 200 B.C., To a man named Patanjali. Who is credited with being the originator of the yoga system. His work is a collection of many short terse sentences which convey the barest minimum of teaching about yoga. The rest was learned from his teacher personally. Little is known about him; he was supposedly a physician, Sanskrit scholar, a yoga practitioner (yogi), a teacher who lived in India. Some authorities believe that he was more of a cataloguer than an author, and that he did not originate this practice, but collected and edited the teachings from traditions and is credited for its revival. Yoga was introduced by Hindu's Lord Krishna in the Bhaghavad Gita as the sure way to Hindu heaven. In one of the most authoritative Hatha Yoga texts, the fifteenth-century Hathayoga Pradipika, Svatmarama lists Lord Shiva, (one of Hinduism's most feared Hindu deities, called "The Destroyer") as the first Hatha Yoga teacher. Shiva is addressed as Yogeshzuara, or Lord of Yoga.
The concept presented is the body contains a network of channels (nadis or veins) for divine and cosmic energy. Where these channels cross, they create pulse points of psychic and spiritual energy in the body known as chakras. There are said to be as much as 88,000 chakras throughout the human body, but, off these only seven are considered to be of supreme importance. I will discuss Chakras in the future and debunk how the Eastern Philosophy twists and uses them wrongly in their teachings. Eastern Philosophy allows demons to inhabit their chakras.
Kundalini Yoga, is the worship of God as the Divine Mother, it stresses the union of the male and female aspects of the individual, to awake the Snake. Tantra's most important and unique characteristic is its use of sexual imagery to portray enlightenment, the return to Oneness beyond duality of life. When Kundalini has been awakened, as a result of secret yogic techniques, she rises through the chakras of the spine slithering like a snake upward to reunion with Shiva at the crown of the head. When god and goddess unite in sexual embrace, enlightenment occurs, illusion vanishes, and there is only One. This rising Kundalini flow also causes one to go into an altered state of consciousness, as the heart chakra opens. This can be one of the most dangerous practices in yoga and is not to be underestimated in its ability to harm. Connected with the Kundalini practice is an elaborate occult system that sees the human body as integrated to within and without. The occultists world view is summed up by the statement as "within so without." The Beatles sang a song influenced by the Maharishi, "Life flows within you and without you."
The most common practice of yoga is, Hatha yoga which suppresses the flow of energies through these passages, forcing the kundalini to rise from the base of the spine through the psychic energy channel in the sushumn or the spine, up through each of the chakras. Demon going through each Spirit Wheel Center! This is taught to be a calming practice to perfect the individual to be more positive, helping to achieve peace. This helped promote the hippie lifestyle which later transformed and matured into the New Age Movement we have today. Yoga was developed as an escape from endless reincarnations. Though it helps the physical, it's main focus is the spiritual that uses demonic assistance.
The word yoga is Sanskrit; it derives from a verbal root, yuj, meaning "to yoke or join or fasten or harness, as in horses to a chariot; to concentrate the mind in order to obtain union with the Universal Spirit; to be absorbed in meditation." You are yoking with demons. Unbeknown to many people they are literally teaching themselves how to be demonized, asking guiding spirits to help teach and relieve them of their stress. All in the name of stress reduction and developing one's full potential. The fact is that one practicing yoga, the Asana's, are to be able to release themselves from the trappings of reincarnation by working off their karma.
Now don't call me a laggard, I used to believe this stuff. New Agers… You believe in the worship of aliens and Ascended Masters, but Christ is the only Master and He is not just energy either. He will judge you for your sins. Your karma if you prefer, your negative energy. Only one chance at life, think wisely. You believe that humans themselves can become gods, but that was Satan's lie way back in Genesis 3:5. "Ye shall be as gods..."
I'm not denying the existence of aliens. I'm just denying to worship them. Why worship them if they themselves are not perfect. From what I know of many species of aliens, they have negativity to them compared to Jesus. Don't worship the creation… worship the Creator. The life of these E.T's had to start somewhere, who created them? It was Lord Jesus. Colossians 1:15-16. Give praise to Him.
It is important for Christians to recognize even the most disguised forms of the New Age Movement. So be wary. This is very demonic stuff, putting people in contact with demons disguising as angels of light. Lets do a quick overview of New Age belief compared to Scripture...
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 - "10 There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things [are] an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee."
Isaiah 47:9-15 - "9 But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments. 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me. 11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, [which] thou shalt not know. 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee. 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it. 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee."
New Agers claim no external source of authority, only an internal one, the god within. Referring to their soul as God, since their soul comes from God's energy, but energy is not conscious. Matthew 5:18-19, 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21. Obviously our authority is God, Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven and we are to listen to His commands for Spiritual Evolution... He was an "Avatar" after all. New Agers use Luke 17:21... "The kingdom of God is within you" to support this idea that we are gods on the inside. When in truth, if we look at this verse in the Greek the word is, "entos," meaning "The kingdom of God is in your midst." This is Jesus referring to Himself. Not us, our righteousness is filthy rags to an All Holy God.
New Age think that Jesus was not the only Christ, but that He equipped Himself to receive the Christ Consciousness, He was a great "spiritual master" who attained Christ Consciousness and Ascended, becoming an Ascended Master, as supposedly also did Buddha, Krishna, and Mohammed. But, but, but, as I stated in my previous Article... Buddha's grave can be found, that goes for Mohammad's as well. Yes, it is true Jesus Ascended, but these others did not since they can be found dead in their graves... Jesus is alive. Hallelujah! New Agers also alter the historical Jesus by claiming that he spent 18 years in India during His "silent years" absorbing Hinduism and the teachings of Buddha. This is adding to Scripture, being extra-Biblical. Revelation 22:18. Yes, there were "silent years" in the Bible, we see Jesus with His parents from birth, then sent into Egypt. Commanded to stay there until God commanded them to come out, God only knowing when this was. Matthew 2:13. We do know that Jesus was in Jerusalem at age 12. Luke 2:42. After this we do not hear about Him until age 30 when He started His Ministry. Luke 3:23.
New Agers believe there can be no sin because there is no transcendent God to rebel against. There are no rules or absolute moral imperatives. They teach that there is no original sin, but that man's true essence is divine. There is only "troublesome desires" which are natural human impulses which must be overcome, but only troublesome not sin. Since they believe that each person is god, thereby having endless potential for self-improvement, sin is denied as the Bible defines it. Romans 5:12, Romans 6:23. Sin to the New Age is merely ignorance of one's "inner divinity." Because sin does not exist, there is no need for repentance or forgiveness, and Jesus did not die for our sins. The soul is part of the universe and never dies. It is reincarnated again and again to achieve a chance of achieving enlightenment, you receive enlightenment through your own works. Ephesians 2:8-9.
The salvation of the world depends upon human beings. When enough people harmonize their positive energy and turn their thoughts to peace, the world will be cleansed of negative energy/thoughts and New Age ideals will be realized in an era of spiritual enlightenment. Age of Aquarius. Humans are intrinsically divine and perfect, the only real problem is ignorance of that fact to achieve positive thoughts.
The traditional view of Lucifer as the devil or Satan is clearly absent in New Age literature. Rather, he is described as a mighty being of light and the "Ruler of Humanity," as Alice Bailey, foundational apostle and leading writer of the New Age Movement, puts it. As to the history and achievements of Lucifer, Benjamin Creme, a leading lecturer and proponent of the New Age, says, "Lucifer came from the planet Venus 18.5 million years ago; he's the director of our planetary evolution, he is the sacrificial lamb, and the prodigal son. Lucifer made an incredible sacrifice, a supreme sacrifice for our planet." Extra-Biblical once again. So if Satan is seen as good, then this is where the distortion of Good and Evil comes in...
New Agers distort the distinction between good and evil. They believe that because "all is One," in the perverted sense, ultimately there is neither good nor evil. They think that a person can transcend his consciousness and go beyond the bounds of moral distinctions, so that even murder sometimes becomes an acceptable way of serving one's gods, a good example who has this ideology is Charles Manson, a New Ager. This ideology that different things are true, right, etc., for different people or at different times is easily debunked... Leading me to my next point...
MORAL RELATIVISM...
Isaiah 5:20 - "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
All I have to say. This all goes for you Spiritual Non-Religious, too. Have a standard of morality that doesn't waver. Accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. God bless!
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