No! Christians should not participate even in Christian yoga!
Again, there are large differences between the Christian meditation and that taught in Yoga. Christians meditate on the word of God, rather than trying to blank out the mind. Psalms 119:99 states, "I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy (the Messiah's) testimonies are my meditations." Psalms 104:34 says. "My meditation on Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord." Thus we can clearly see the Scriptures teach us to use our time of meditation on God and not blank or open our minds for the demons.
another one of yoga's primary promises is to calm your mind through meditation. The difference between yoga meditation and the type God commands in Scripture is twofold: the object of our meditation and the result. Yogi philosophers urge followers to empty their mind. This empty mind, they claim, is the doorway to communion with the Universal Soul. But cult expert Bob Larson warns that yoga mediators "should not be deceived into thinking they have communed with the Lord." What they have done instead is "left [their] mind open to an evil invasion by the spirit being associated with the particular discipline employed."
There is no way you can do occultism and consider it being Christian practice just because Christians are doing yoga. We are warned about participation in occultic tye practices.
In summary then Yoga, is a Hindu philosophy, which removes God from His position of almighty and places Brahman over God and every breath I took in that class was designed to bring me to the feet of a false god.
Similar to most other occultic teachings and Satan's first lie, it supports the promise of evolution to becoming equal with God. It further supports Satan's second lie in following the theory of transmigration (or reincarnation). Most of the physical actions and movements are a result of meditation of the type that empties the mind. This is the same meditation we find in most occultic teachings.
In the book of James, God makes it clear both fresh and salt water cannot flow from the same spring (3:11-12). Neither can Christians follow God's teaching while following other religious beliefs.
Most people are unaware of what Yoga is all about. They think it is only harmless exercise. It is built on occultic ideas. The Scriptures teach in 1 Corinthians 10:21, "Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of the devils; Ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and the table of the devil's."
Conclusion:
- But yoga has a history, a "setting" of postures and language that pays homage to Hindu deities.
- "Yoga is … aimed at integrating mind, body and spirit, and achieving a state of enlightenment or oneness with the universe.
- As for American-style yoga being just exercise, the site goes on to say: "More than just stretching, asanas [yoga postures] open the energy channels, chakras and psychic centers of the body. Asanas purify and strengthen the body and control and focus the mind."
The apostle John warns, "Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God" (1 John 4:1).
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
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The important thing is that Hinduism has no concept of a Devil. This is the soft underbelly of Hinduism that makes Hindus vulnerable to conversion to other faiths such as Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. Concerning samadhi or meditation, I cannot comment upon this because I am not acquainted with Hindu meditation, which may indeed by blocking out the mind for all I know, but in other religions meditation is filling the mind, not emptying it.
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Would one say that people drinking wine are necessarily practicing the Christian rite of communion? Would one say that people eating bread with a meal are practicing the Christian rite of communion? Of course not.
If one does physical postures outside of its context as a 100% spiritual practice, you cannot call it Yoga, any more than you can call merely drinking wine and eating bread Christian communion.
Here is a brief video entitled
"Can a Christian Practice Yoga?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQXAYioSQ9I
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