Prepare-for-War

CHAPTER 13

The New Age Testing and Witnessing

The massive "New Age Movement" presents a potpourri of teachings, some of which sound Christian. Many of their teachings are presented under the guise of being scientific and medical when in reality they are simply Hindu practices. We must first discuss the basic teachings of Hinduism before we can understand the New Age Movement. They are as follows. 1. The entire world and universe and everything within it is God. In other words, God is an impersonal force which makes up everything in existence. There is no difference between creature and creator as both are one. This is ulti mate reality: everything is a part of a formless, inexpressible, unknowable force which is called Brahm::m. In the Western Hemisphere, Brahman is often called ~he "God force." Brahman is all and all is Brahman. The goal for all Hindus is to come to "self-realization.'' This is the realization that they themselves are Brahman. "Self-realization" is achieved when these people gain con trol of their spirits. The human spirit is considered to be Brahman. Yoga manuals often refer to this gaining contact with, and control of, the human spirit as a "state of God consciousness." Brahman is not a god as we think of gods. Brahman is at the same time everything and yet nothing. As you can see, by the very difficulty of trying to define Brahman, the entire

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