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![DO PEOPLE UNKNOWINGLY INVITE GHOSTS TO CONTROL THEM? "Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize winner for his research on the brain, describes the brain as, 'a machine that a ghost can operate.' What he means is that your spirit operates your brain in the a normal state of consciousness. In an altered state of consciousness, you're not in control anymore. In an altered state reached under yoga, meditation, [drugs,] or hypnosis, you have loosened the normal connection between your spirit and your brain that allows another spirit or other spirit entities [demons] to impose themselves onto your brain and begin to tick off the neurons in your brain and create a whole universe of illusion. After years of research, I believe it is demonic and all the evidence indicates this." | image tagged in ghost,demon,yoga,meditation,hypnosis,drugs | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/42zjij.jpg)
![IS MEDITATION OKAY?
[3 of 4] Opposite of Christian prayer, Hindu meditation is inwardly focused on one's own spirit, claiming it will gain self-awareness for those practicing it. What does the Bible say about that? Are we supposed to focus on ourselves? No! Romans 8:5-6, tells us to deny ourselves because focusing on the flesh only leads to death, while using our minds to pray to God in a conversation, leads to life and peace. So, meditation is nothing at all like biblical prayer. "Those who practice transcendental meditation are setting their minds on their own spirit, looking within themselves in order to transcend themselves, rather than on the Spirit of God. Searching one's own mind—or emptying one's mind of all thought—may result in numbness or a temporary escape from reality, but...cannot bring true [and lasting] peace.” What meditation will do is get you into an altered state of consciousness, (literally, a hypnotic state), making you highly suggestible to spiritual realms that you do not want to mess with. Unfortunately, before getting saved, I was there and did that in the New Age movement, having close encounters with actual demons. | image tagged in meditation,hindu,new age,bible,god,prayer | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/42d9oy.jpg)
![IS MEDITATION OKAY?
[4 of 4] What if we just call it "contemplative prayer,” as practiced in some Christian Churches today? You may think Hindu meditation is attractive to the world but would never snooker Christians. Unfortunately, it's been in the Church for years. Hindu evangelizing can't call it Eastern transcendental meditation. Instead, they Christianized the name. It's the same old method the devil always uses, taking old lies and repackaging the false teachings, this time with Christianese to dupe Christians into thinking the idea came from God. Meditation, now in our Church, is called "contemplative prayer.” Though it says, “prayer,” it is not from God. Still, that lie has created one of the fastest growing practices in the America Church today and it’s just plain old pagan meditation. And anyone who pushes meditation far enough, will have a spiritual encounter, but it won’t be the Spirit of God. The Bible instructs us to pray with our minds. We do contemplate (thinking deeply) while in a real conversation with God. Though that’s not what "contemplative prayer" means. It is nothing like prayer in the Church. "Contemplative prayer has slowly increased in practice and popularity among the emerging church movement—a movement which embraces many unscriptural ideas and practices.” Eastern meditation has been labeled as contemplative prayer to infiltrate Churches by claiming we will have a genuine encounter with God. Again, you eventually will connect with something, but it will not be the Spirit of God. Instead, it will be a demonic spirit that you do not want to welcome into your life. | image tagged in meditation,prayer,hindu,god,bible,demon | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/42dfhi.jpg)
![WHAT IS "SALVATION" FOR A HINDU?
"Moksha” (the Hindu version of “salvation") is the reason Hindus perform practices like yoga, meditation, and mantras. However, moksha is not at all like Christian salvation. "The term
used to describe freedom [moksha] from the cycle of birth and
death, is the ultimate goal in the Hindu religious
life; release from the bondage of the Law of
Karma and union with the Supreme Being
(Brahman). It is generally thought that one
achieves Moksha through knowledge (Gyana),
devotion (Bhakti), or right works (Karma).”; Hindus must perform all these practices to achieve their supposed salvation (samsara), breaking free from the fictitious endless cycle of birth, death,
and rebirth (reincarnation). They believe we all must go through life after life to work off what we did in past lives (karma), until somehow we achieve a breakthrough that supposedly comes from using all the Hindu techniques designed to get us connected with the Hindu deities, which are spirits (demons). | image tagged in reincarnation,karma,hindu,yoga,meditation,salvation | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/435zqd.jpg)
![IS MEDITATION OKAY? [2 of 4] The Hindu technique of mediation is something Jesus warned us about. He told us not to pray like the pagans, who babble on and on. The Greek root is almost a direct translation from "barbar," referring to the barbarians who lived in foreign lands. The Greeks called them barbarians because when the Greeks heard them speak, it just sounded like, "brah, brah, brah, brah, brah, brah, brah…”; So, Jesus is telling us not to be like the pagans, who sound like barbarians when they pray to their idols. And that is precisely what mantras during meditation are; just repetitious babbling. Jesus said not to do it because it’s not the same as biblical prayer. When we Christians pray, obviously it is not focusing our mind on repetition of meaningless words or phrases. We pray directly to God, speaking to Him using our mind and intelligible words to have a conversation; telling Him how much we love Him and asking for help. | image tagged in meditation,hindu,prayer,bible,god,pagan | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/42d7ol.jpg)
![IS MEDITATION OKAY?
[1 of 4] "The similarities between the practice of transcendental meditation and the practice of religious Hindu prayer rituals cannot be denied. The basic posture for transcendental meditation is sitting for 15-20 minutes, with the eyes closed, and repeating a mantra or a simple sound TO CLEAR THE MIND of thought.”; Very different from that goal of mediation, TO EMPTY THE MIND, Christian prayer seeks to pray to God WITH OUR MIND, including petitions, where we're asking God to help others, or for help with certain aspects of our lives, as well as thanking and praising Him—we have an actual conversation with Him. Opposite of that is meditation, where those practicing this Hindu religious ritual repeat mantras, (certain words or phrases), over and over and over and over and over, UNTIL THEIR MINDS EMPTY; with the goal of contacting spirits, which are not the Spirit of God. | image tagged in meditation,prayer,hindu,bible,god,spirits | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/42d64d.jpg)
