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Hello friends and welcome
to another 3ABN Today program.
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I'm Jill Morikone and you know
what, Today programs are some of
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my favorite programs. Because we
get to feature the family. Those
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at 3ABN and those abroad who are
involved in ministry or have a
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personal testimony to share.
Today's guest is no stranger to
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you at 3ABN because she's the
mother, I call her the mother of
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3ABN. This is my sister,
Dr. Yvonne Shelton and we are so
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delighted to have you here today
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Well, thank you, my dear. You
know I look at you and Greg as
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my babies. So I'm kind of your
sis but your mom you know just
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kind of all rolled into one.
It's so good to be here. Thank
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you so much for doing this.
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Absolutely. It's good to have
you here. Of course, Dr. Yvonne
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Shelton, if you're new to the
3ABN family is the Dare to Dream
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cofounder and consultant. And
we have another guest we will be
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introducing you to in just a
little bit, partway through the
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program you've probably noticed
we have a little monitor on the
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set. And you say what in
the world is that doing here? We
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will be joined by Blessings Winn
in a little bit so we're looking
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forward to that. Today's topic
is a very insightful topic.
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There's a verse in Isaiah,
Isaiah chapter 5 that says Woe
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to those who call evil good and
good evil, who put darkness for
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light and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet and
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sweet for bitter. Now you say
what in the world does that have
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to do with our topic. We're
talking about Yoga today. Many
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people think yoga is a good
thing, it's stretching, it's
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exercises, it's helping me
get in tune with my body better,
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it centers me. So we're going
to talk about this new book that
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Dr. Yvonne just wrote called
Perilous Practices: A Look at
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Yoga from a Christian
Perspective. We're going to
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unpack this but tell us first of
all what led you on the journey
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to write this book because your
background was in some New Age
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philosophies, eastern medicine.
So talk to me about that.
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So for many years, I was
involved without really knowing
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it, without really knowing how
deeply I was involved in New Age
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medicine. I was board certified
in traditional Chinese medicine
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practice in acupuncture and I
felt like okay I'm a Christian.
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I'm not an adherent to eastern
medicine or Eastern religion.
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This is Eastern medicine, that's
Eastern religion and the two
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don't mix. Oh no, no, no. The
basis for the eastern medicine
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was Eastern religion and what
our folks don't know is that we
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have these connections to
Eastern religion that seem so
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harmless. So when I was
practicing acupuncture I would
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pray over my patients. I thought
you know I'm a Christian. You
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know I'm going to put the
needles in and put a prayer over
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them and leave them and let the
Lord work on them through this
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modality. Yeah. And I found
out that through, and I'm giving
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like a Reader's Digest version
of this. I found out that this
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was not from the Lord. That I
was to come out of it. That it
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was connected to astrology
and divination and all of these
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things that are forbidden in the
word of God. And once I found
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that out I had to walk
away from it but it gave me this
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sensitivity these practices that
seem harmless, that seem like
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they're not connected to
anything necessarily. It gave me
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like antennae, so I have like an
antenna and so like when people
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say well what about this, is
this okay? No, because Satan is
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very shrewd and he takes some
truth and mixes it with a little
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bit of error and it is error.
And the scripture you read was
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perfect because people are
calling good evil and evil good.
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because they don't know the evil
behind a lot of these practices.
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Of course, because all we know
is what's on the surface and
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that's all we see and we don't
know what's deeper underneath
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and that's what we're going to
talk about today. Dr. Yvonne and
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the special guest as well,
Blessings will talk about what
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is underpinning or underlying
Yoga and how it is connected
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with some of these eastern
religions. But before we go any
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further and talk more about the
book Brother Tim Parton is going
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join us and he'll be bringing
us the song Power in the Blood.
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Thank you so much, Tim Parton.
We love Tim Parton. We're so
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grateful for his ministry. What
a powerful song There is power
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in the blood of the Lamb and
we're so grateful for that. If
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you're just joining us my
special guest today is Dr.
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Yvonne Shelton. We're talking
about a brand new book, booklet,
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that she just wrote, Perilous
Practices, A Look at Yoga From a
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Christian Perspective and then
we'll have another special guest
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joining us via Skype in just a
few moments as well and that is
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Blessings Winn and you'll get
to see her in just a little bit.
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But first Dr. Yvonne we were
talking about your background
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with Chinese medicine and your
background with acupuncture and
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some of the New Age practices
and how you discovered the
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danger of it. Now have you
practiced yoga or what led to
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you even wanting
to write this book?
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No, I was never a student
of yoga but because it has
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infiltrated the church I felt
compelled to write it. You know
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Ephesians 5:11, let me just
read it. It says: And have no
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fellowship the unfruitful works
of darkness but rather expose
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them. And I felt like
this...yoga is on the rise. It's
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on the rise in our churches, our
schools. Christian schools are
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teaching yoga. Now some of are
teaching "Christian" yoga, we'll
talk about that in a
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little bit but there's one
online commentator that said
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that there are more people
who engage in Eastern occult
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practices and New Age religion
practices than attend all houses
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of worship for all denominations
combined. (Wow!) So it's on the
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rise. (Spiritualism is on the
rise) Yes, yes, and we know that
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in the last days, spiritualism
is going to be an issue and it
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is. It is an issue. So I felt
compelled to share this practice
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to share the dangers and perils
of this practice because people
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don't know. And there were
things that I didn't know about
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acupuncture and then
once I found out...You're not
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responsible for what you don't
know, you're only responsible
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for what you know. So I felt
like I could hopefully share
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what is going on, what's
underneath yoga that's so
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So what is yoga? Someone might
be saying maybe they live under
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a rock and I'm not familiar with
yoga. Because yoga really is
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prevalent. I mean it's within
the church and outside the
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church. It seems like everybody
practices it, but what is yoga?
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So yoga is a Hindu philosophy
that includes spiritual, mental,
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and physical practices.
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I thought yoga was stretching.
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No. Yoga is a philosophy. It's
actually one of the six schools
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of Hinduism, orthodox Hinduism.
(Yoga?) Yoga. So you cannot
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separate yoga from Hinduism.
That's the thing. And so you're
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going to do a practice you need
to know what is its foundation.
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What is Hinduism really about?
And so I dug into it to see what
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it's about. Can a Christian be a
Christian Hindu? Right? But yoga
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is not just a physical practice.
It is a spiritual, mental and
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physical practice and it's
designed to yoke, which is what
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the word means, yoking or union.
Yoke the self with the Hindu
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highest god who is Brahman.
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Now the Hindus have several
gods or...(millions) millions.
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Millions, I've read 300 million,
I've read 3.3 million but
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millions of gods and in fact
Hinduism teaches that we are all
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gods. So there's
pantheism (and panentheism) and
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panentheism. And we're all...
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And what's the difference
between the two, pantheism and
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panentheism. Someone might be
saying I don't really understand
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Yeah. Pantheism is god is
everything and panentheism is
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god is in everything. (Oh
wow) So a rock is god, a monkey,
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(this table) this table
has elements of Brahman who is
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their god. It is the Hindu god.
And so the goal of yoga is to
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unite or yolk the self with
Brahman who is their absolute
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almighty, their absolute reality
their supreme consciousness.
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So when you go into a yoga class
or when you leave the teacher
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might say Namaste and do that.
What does that mean? It means
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the divine in me or the god
in me honors the god in you.
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(Seriously?) So now you are
acknowledging as a Christian
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you're being pantheistic because
you're saying we are all gods.
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(Wow!) And then many times
there's a mantra at the end of
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the class and that's a
recitation of many of the Hindu
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gods back to back, just their
names back to back to back to
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back and so Christians are
breaking the first commandment
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without even knowing it by
calling on other gods. When God
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said Thou shalt have no other
gods before me. So all of these
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things with Hinduism looking at
the foundation of yoga, looking
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at where it came from and how
it's connected it's critical.
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The other thing is yoga is
henotheistic. That means that
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there's one supreme being who is
the supreme god and then there
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are multiple deities. So
there are a lot of other gods
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underneath that supreme Brahman
and those are really worshipped
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even more than Brahman,
like Vishnu and Shiva. These are
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other Hindu gods but you cannot
separate Hinduism from yoga.
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Yoga is one of the foundational
philosophies underpinning
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Hinduism.
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Wow! So I'm going to play
devil's advocate for just a
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moment. (Yeah sure) Well I'm not
going to go to a yoga class. I'm
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going to in my own home I really
need to stretch, I really need
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to exercise more and I've really
heard that yoga really seems to
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help that. So can I not do
the stretches and not become
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involved with the philosophy.
Does that make sense?
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Absolutely. Now there is
nothing wrong with stretching.
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Stretching is important for
flexibility, we need to stretch.
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It's the flow of these stretches
It's the mental and physical
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aspects of it that then
introduce you to the spiritual.
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So in other words, if you're
just stretching and you're not
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doing the for example the surya
namaskar flow, and we'll talk
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more about that later, but
if you're not doing the sun
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salutation flow...
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Like a certain sequence.
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It's a sequence. That sequence
is a worship service basically
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it's an invitation to the deity
that it's connected with. So
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stretching is great but if
you go into the mind stilling
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emptying your mind, the
meditation part, the breathing,
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because pranayama is the
breathing part of yoga where...
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So you have asanas, which are
the postures, pranayama which is
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the breathing. So all of those
things are connected in yoga but
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just stretching that's fine.
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So stretching is good but when
it's connected with that, with
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the practice of yoga that's what
brings it in with the Hinduism
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and with the underlying
philosophy that we don't always
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even see or we don't always even
know. (Exactly) This book is so
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insightful. I'm so grateful.
I know it takes time to write a
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booklet but thank you for taking
the time to research and to
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study. We want to let you know
at home that this booklet is
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available for you complimentary
that means you can call us or
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[(618) 627-4651] you can get
it online for free for one copy.
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You can call us at (618)627-4651
That number again here at 3ABN
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is (618) 627-4651 or you
can go online at 3ABN's website
00:18:31.21\00:18:37.91
3abn.tv and you can get your
own copy. We're making those
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copies available one copy per
household available that way.
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It's so important to understand
and to see the danger in this
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practice and then once you have
your copy, you can share that
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with your community or your
family or those in your church
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who might be involved in this
practice. And for that, you can
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order these by five, 10, 15,
20, even a case full and you can
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pass them out. And for that you
can either order them online at
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3abn.tv or you can go to
Dr. Yvonne's website which is
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MagnifyHimPub.com and you can
see the other books that she has
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available there as well on
her website. But thank you for
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taking the time to write this
booklet. We're going to put up
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this website several times
throughout the program because
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we want you at home to have
the opportunity to be informed.
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Because when we know something
then we have a decision to make
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do we not? What are
we going to do with this?
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Exactly. That is so true, Jill.
That's the whole point. If you
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don't know and in times of
ignorance God winks so when we
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don't know something we're not
responsible for what we don't
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know. But once we know we are
responsible for what we know and
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for what we could have known and
just chose not to. We have to
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love the truth. That's the key.
We have to love the truth and
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many times we kind of don't want
to hear it you know especially
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people who have been practicing
it for a long time. They really
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tend to feel like I'm getting so
much from this. This is so great
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for me and now you're trying to
take it away. No. It's that you
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have to know what's behind it
and then you make the decision
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as to whether or not you're
going to continue the practice.
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But if you do continue to
practice it you are practicing
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idolatry.
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Wow! That's heavy. (That's
really heavy) That's heavy.
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Speaking of practicing yoga we
want to bring in now our other
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special guest who's joining us
from California via Skype. This
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is our sister in Jesus Blessings
Winn who practiced yoga and was
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a yoga instructor. She is
actually an ex-yoga instructor.
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Blessings we're so glad to have
you here with us today and tell
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us how did yoga or practicing
yoga, how did that affect you?
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Yeah so I, like you said, grew
up Christian and believed in God
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and I was always athletic.
I practiced dance and was very
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limber growing up so I didn't
see a harm in then going into
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yoga. You know I attended my
first yoga class and I succeeded
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and I caught the attention
of the instructors and they said
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Hey you know you are really good
at this. You're such a natural.
00:21:46.57\00:21:49.20
Why don't you get certified?
And I thought hey why not, let
00:21:49.24\00:21:51.94
me get certified, right? Through
the certification process and I
00:21:51.97\00:21:55.91
don't necessarily plug the
company but it's not a school of
00:21:55.94\00:22:01.55
say Hinduism or yoga. It's one
of these American certified yoga
00:22:01.58\00:22:07.32
companies that basically teach
you the formula of how to become
00:22:07.36\00:22:10.66
an instructor. So that's how
I ended up being an instructor.
00:22:10.69\00:22:13.60
What I didn't know was that and
of course, because they didn't
00:22:13.63\00:22:18.30
teach me these things is that
I was actually fornicating on my
00:22:18.33\00:22:23.54
own God. That I had basically
started practicing another
00:22:23.57\00:22:28.41
religion with my body and this
was a moving liturgy where I was
00:22:28.44\00:22:33.55
literally taking the...you can
call it the yoga bible but the
00:22:33.58\00:22:36.45
yoga Vedic text and I was
reenacting it through every
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single posture and every posture
is dedicated to a particular
00:22:42.09\00:22:46.66
deity and that deity when you
invoke that posture you invite
00:22:46.70\00:22:51.23
them to come into you and no one
told me this. So imagine...It's
00:22:51.27\00:22:59.17
actually kind of similar to what
happened with cigarettes. You
00:22:59.21\00:23:01.54
know when a cigarettes
were first unleashed in American
00:23:01.58\00:23:04.78
society they were actually
prescribed to women who had
00:23:04.81\00:23:06.78
anxiety, who were pregnant, to
people across the board and they
00:23:06.82\00:23:10.55
were never told of the
consequences of what could
00:23:10.59\00:23:13.66
happen if they were to smoke the
cigarette. So likewise, this is
00:23:13.69\00:23:18.06
what's happening across
the world and especially in the
00:23:18.09\00:23:19.96
United States. You're being
given a medical practice, a
00:23:20.00\00:23:23.43
religious medical practice that
can alter your being, alter your
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psychology, your mental
stability, it can mentor your
00:23:28.40\00:23:33.41
spirituality and have some
really irreversible harmful
00:23:33.44\00:23:37.88
effects on your body. But no one
tells you these things. And it's
00:23:37.91\00:23:43.25
something that has to be spoken
out against and if I had known
00:23:43.28\00:23:46.39
that I would never
have participated in it.
00:23:46.42\00:23:48.72
You know Blessings it's so
interesting you know just a few
00:23:48.76\00:23:53.56
minutes ago you said all of
these postures are linked to
00:23:53.60\00:23:57.17
heathen gods and I have a
graphic that I'd like to put up
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that shows various postures
these asana, these poses and
00:24:01.30\00:24:08.98
they are poses, worship poses
whether it's receiving or bowing
00:24:09.01\00:24:12.15
or worshipping. These are
connected, they're all connected
00:24:12.18\00:24:16.92
to heathen deities so when
you practice these poses you are
00:24:16.95\00:24:22.29
actually cooperating with
a system of idolatry, with a
00:24:22.32\00:24:26.93
system of bringing in false gods
00:24:26.96\00:24:30.47
You're inviting demons. (You're
inviting) A demonic presence
00:24:30.50\00:24:33.54
you're inviting a
demonic presence by doing that.
00:24:33.57\00:24:36.40
Exactly.
00:24:36.44\00:24:38.01
And unfortunately in
America is being used as a
00:24:38.04\00:24:40.28
marketing tool you know.
00:24:40.31\00:24:41.64
The yoga industry had just
really blossomed. It's over a
00:24:41.68\00:24:45.58
billion-dollar industry. But if
you actually listen to you know
00:24:45.61\00:24:49.65
the gurus and the professors,
let me quote for you this. It's
00:24:49.68\00:24:53.96
from Subhas Tiwari and he had
wrote a book, he's a professor
00:24:53.99\00:24:58.93
at the University of Hinduism of
America in Orlando, Florida and
00:24:58.96\00:25:04.07
his book is titled Yoga Renamed
Is Still Hindu. He says, "The
00:25:04.10\00:25:10.57
simple, immutable fact that yoga
originated from the Vedic or
00:25:10.61\00:25:15.64
Hindu culture it's techniques
were not adopted by Hinduism
00:25:15.68\00:25:19.85
but originated from it. Efforts
to separate yoga from it's
00:25:19.88\00:25:26.25
spiritual center reveal
ignorance of the goal of yoga.
00:25:26.29\00:25:30.43
It was intended by the Vetic
seers as an instrument which can
00:25:30.46\00:25:36.06
lead one to apprehend the
absolute, ultimate reality
00:25:36.10\00:25:39.37
called the Brahman reality which
is the Hindu god." So if you can
00:25:39.40\00:25:45.51
think about this, take a step
back and you think about what
00:25:45.54\00:25:48.24
this really means what he's
saying is that for instance we
00:25:48.28\00:25:53.42
have the Bible. Imagine if
we were to indoctrinate our
00:25:53.45\00:25:57.75
children with every scripture
and we would say you know say
00:25:57.79\00:26:01.76
we had movement and the
movements were train up a child
00:26:01.79\00:26:08.50
in the way he should go and when
he is old he will never depart
00:26:08.53\00:26:14.14
from it. And that was just the
moving liturgy of the scripture.
00:26:14.17\00:26:18.41
What he is telling us is that
in yoga the Vetic text you use
00:26:18.44\00:26:23.21
your body to indoctrinate
yourself and also to become one
00:26:23.24\00:26:28.88
with the god that you serve. So
there's no way to separate it at
00:26:28.92\00:26:32.35
all. This is powerful.
00:26:32.39\00:26:35.96
It is, it is. And the god that
you're serving is Brahman with
00:26:35.99\00:26:42.90
to goal of yoking
yourself to their highest deity.
00:26:42.93\00:26:49.47
What was interesting to me was
the word you used, Blessings,
00:26:49.50\00:26:52.51
liturgy. (Mm-hmm) I mean liturgy
is worship is it not? (That's
00:26:52.54\00:26:57.18
right) and we have not at least
I have not classified yoga as
00:26:57.21\00:27:02.22
worship. You know it's like
you're entering into a worship
00:27:02.25\00:27:05.32
service through these poses and
the system of that. What about
00:27:05.35\00:27:12.83
Christian yoga? So is there such
a thing and can there be such a
00:27:12.86\00:27:17.40
thing? Because people say oh
there's Christian yoga. So talk
00:27:17.43\00:27:19.43
to us about that.
00:27:19.47\00:27:21.84
It is such an oxymoron. It's
just like saying a Christian
00:27:21.87\00:27:26.51
Hindu. You cannot be a Christian
and Hindu. They're antithetical.
00:27:26.54\00:27:33.82
So you can't make linguistic
substitutions and for example
00:27:33.85\00:27:42.09
sun salutation in yoga, s-u-n,
is son in Christian yoga. But
00:27:42.12\00:27:51.60
what they're doing is...you know
how these different companies
00:27:51.63\00:27:57.54
have packaging and they might
repackage something. The content
00:27:57.57\00:28:05.05
is the same but the package is
different. That's what Christian
00:28:05.08\00:28:09.88
yoga is. The content is
still idolatry. You can call it
00:28:09.92\00:28:15.32
something else, you can relabel
it, you can call it criss-cross
00:28:15.36\00:28:20.26
applesauce when you get in
the lotus position but the real
00:28:20.30\00:28:25.97
thing is...Criss-cross
applesauce was part of a
00:28:26.00\00:28:30.81
whole Chandra yoga movement
but with Christian yoga taking
00:28:30.84\00:28:38.01
Christian nomenclature and
applying it to Hindu philosophy
00:28:38.05\00:28:43.75
is what's going on and so it is
an oxymoron. You cannot practice
00:28:43.79\00:28:50.03
it. And I know that there
are people who are going to rear
00:28:50.06\00:28:54.56
back and say we teach Christian
yoga. What do you think,
00:28:54.60\00:28:59.20
Yeah I agree and again there is
an awareness for the Hindus as
00:28:59.23\00:29:07.91
well. They're actually fans of
Jesus and so they see Jesus as
00:29:07.94\00:29:11.91
just another great guru. They
don't see him rightfully as God
00:29:11.95\00:29:16.89
as Savior, as the Creator of
this whole universe. So there's
00:29:16.92\00:29:22.06
also an indoctrination right now
among the gurus to talk about
00:29:22.09\00:29:27.03
Jesus in its way and it
makes yoga seem nonthreatening
00:29:27.06\00:29:30.07
because they use some of the
same vernacular that we're used
00:29:30.10\00:29:33.03
to and so we think to ourselves
oh this is inviting, this is
00:29:33.07\00:29:37.11
enlightening and you have actual
Christians who know better and
00:29:37.14\00:29:40.64
they are coming up with ways to
incorporate this physical form
00:29:40.68\00:29:45.51
of worship so that it's approved
and okay by Christians. And
00:29:45.55\00:29:52.19
honestly, there's no way to do
it because the
ramifications...and
00:29:52.22\00:29:55.59
in fact, if you bring up that
diagram again of those poses
00:29:55.62\00:30:00.33
Yvonne that you mentioned
earlier, you know a Chandra yoga
00:30:00.36\00:30:05.20
any of these yoga's, if you
actually study these positions
00:30:05.23\00:30:09.40
you know you will see that these
are idols. You're forming your
00:30:09.44\00:30:14.98
body like a snake, a mermaid,
a crane, a dog, you know cobra
00:30:15.01\00:30:23.39
all sorts of deities that you're
worshipping and doing these
00:30:23.42\00:30:27.86
forms with your body. And the
other goal of yoga is actually
00:30:27.89\00:30:31.66
used to relax the body so that
the mind opens up and you can
00:30:31.69\00:30:38.43
experience a whole other level
of consciousness. And what they
00:30:38.47\00:30:41.90
believe that by killing the body
you can find the enlightenment
00:30:41.94\00:30:47.24
and their whole goal is death
you know. And if you die then
00:30:47.28\00:30:53.78
you can achieve this new reality
and so a lot of these postures
00:30:53.82\00:30:59.65
they tell you they're good
for you but in actuality they're
00:30:59.69\00:31:04.49
actually very dangerous because
they cut off blood flow, they
00:31:04.53\00:31:06.43
cut off hormone function.
You know there's no good that
00:31:06.46\00:31:10.97
can come of you
cutting off blood flow.
00:31:11.03\00:31:14.14
There's one pose
called plow pose where
00:31:14.17\00:31:17.21
you lie on your back and you
bring your legs over your head
00:31:17.24\00:31:19.47
and you touch the floor with
your knees and your toes and
00:31:19.51\00:31:23.45
your shins if possible and
at this you're cutting off your
00:31:23.48\00:31:29.72
thyroid and their belief is that
if you cut off the thyroid that
00:31:29.75\00:31:34.42
you are stopping any bad blood
flow to the thyroid and then
00:31:34.46\00:31:39.09
once you resume your normal
position then all this gushing
00:31:39.13\00:31:42.23
of new blood will regenerate the
thyroid Well that's the American
00:31:42.26\00:31:51.71
kind of candy that they're
feeding you to do this position
00:31:51.74\00:31:54.34
but in actuality what you're
doing is harm to that region
00:31:54.38\00:31:59.91
that is vital to your hormone
production, to your sanity, to
00:31:59.95\00:32:04.62
just your functioning in general
and beyond the physical is the
00:32:04.65\00:32:10.89
spiritual, when you start doing
these chants and the mantras
00:32:10.93\00:32:15.76
you're opening yourself up to
a deity coming into you and the
00:32:15.80\00:32:20.04
Bible talks about it. You
know it's not something that I'm
00:32:20.07\00:32:23.41
making up. The Bible talks about
demonic possession and here this
00:32:23.44\00:32:27.21
practice it welcomes it. It's
saying bring it on in and if we
00:32:27.24\00:32:31.25
do go to scripture, if we go
to Romans 6:13 it reminds us: Do
00:32:31.28\00:32:35.35
not present your members...When
you talk about members this
00:32:35.38\00:32:39.55
actually means your limbs. Do
not present your members to sin
00:32:39.59\00:32:45.16
as instruments for
unrighteousness but
00:32:45.19\00:32:48.23
present yourself to God as those
who have been brought from death
00:32:48.26\00:32:52.80
to life and your members, again
your body parts, to God, as
00:32:52.83\00:32:57.84
instruments of righteousness.
Again you're being brought from
00:32:57.87\00:33:02.41
death right? From sin you're
being saved from sin and you're
00:33:02.44\00:33:05.81
being brought to life. The yoga
practice does the exact opposite
00:33:05.85\00:33:10.15
It takes from a quasi-life,
right? You might not be saved
00:33:10.19\00:33:16.62
yet or maybe you are saved and
then what ends up happening you
00:33:16.66\00:33:21.26
find a way to kill that new life
in Christ so that you can yoke
00:33:21.30\00:33:25.53
with Brahman, Vishiva
and 300 other million gods.
00:33:25.57\00:33:29.87
Yes, yes. I'd like to read a
scripture. The word of God is
00:33:29.90\00:33:34.51
specific about following pagan
styles of worship. Deuteronomy
00:33:34.54\00:33:38.81
12 verses 30 and 31 from the ESV
reads: Take care that you be not
00:33:38.85\00:33:45.39
ensnared to follow them after
they've been destroyed before
00:33:45.42\00:33:48.66
you and that you do not inquire
about their gods saying how did
00:33:48.69\00:33:53.50
these nations serve their gods
that I also may do the same.
00:33:53.53\00:33:57.70
You shall not worship the Lord
your God in that way for every
00:33:57.73\00:34:02.30
abominable thing that the Lord
hates they have done for their
00:34:02.34\00:34:06.11
god. So the Lord tells us don't
follow after these pagan ways of
00:34:06.14\00:34:12.58
worship. We have a graphic of
the surya namaskar. It's the sun
00:34:12.61\00:34:22.72
salutation and each of
those poses is supposed to do
00:34:22.76\00:34:28.43
something for the body. You know
you were just talking about the
00:34:28.46\00:34:34.14
supposed benefits from these
but those poses have supposed
00:34:34.17\00:34:39.34
benefits except each one is a
moving liturgy. That sequence is
00:34:39.37\00:34:45.71
a moving worship service for
the sun god. And the sun god is
00:34:45.75\00:34:51.39
ancient. Worship of the sun goes
back to biblical times. In Egypt
00:34:51.42\00:34:58.26
it was Aman Ra and the
Canaanites worshipped the sun,
00:34:58.29\00:35:02.66
the Babylonians, the Assyrians,
and God told his people do not
00:35:02.70\00:35:06.87
worship like they do. Do not
and yet we're caught up in this
00:35:06.90\00:35:12.37
whole thing thinking that it's
just stretching. It is not just
00:35:12.41\00:35:17.55
stretching.
00:35:17.58\00:35:21.12
I want to mention the book one
more time and then we'll jump
00:35:21.15\00:35:22.65
right back into this. But if
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00:35:39.47\00:35:45.11
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00:36:17.17\00:36:19.31
Oh, thank you. So the book
is available for download and
00:36:19.34\00:36:21.81
people can read it that way.
I love that, that's perfect.
00:36:21.84\00:36:26.55
I'm sorry Blessings. I think
you were going to jump in on
00:36:26.58\00:36:28.78
something and I interrupted with
the book here. But go ahead, I'm
00:36:28.82\00:36:32.42
sorry, I think I interrupted you
00:36:32.45\00:36:34.06
So the therapeutic benefits that
they've outlined, you have to
00:36:34.09\00:36:37.76
realize that most of it is
pseudo-science and most of it is
00:36:37.79\00:36:42.93
superstition. None of
these things have actually been
00:36:42.96\00:36:46.84
surveyed by a medical body and
in fact, people end up in the
00:36:46.87\00:36:51.57
hospital all the time. More of
the people who practice yoga end
00:36:51.61\00:36:56.18
up having some kind of physical
injury. Many people also report
00:36:56.21\00:36:59.45
psychological side effects. It's
just no good especially when
00:36:59.48\00:37:05.02
you're confused and you don't
know exactly what it is that
00:37:05.05\00:37:07.96
you're doing. You're all the
more a sitting duck. So I just
00:37:07.99\00:37:13.80
say stay away from it. It's
not what God intended. Again He
00:37:13.83\00:37:19.33
reminds us in Romans 12:1 He
says to present your bodies a
00:37:19.37\00:37:24.04
living sacrifice holy and
acceptable to God which is your
00:37:24.07\00:37:28.14
spiritual worship. Our worship
is supposed to be unique, it is
00:37:28.18\00:37:32.95
supposed to be you know to be
a very special people and if we
00:37:32.98\00:37:38.89
keep adulterating what it means
to worship God and we do other
00:37:38.92\00:37:43.22
people's forms of worship then
we're not serving God. We're
00:37:43.26\00:37:46.83
not keeping our temples, our
bodies holy as a sacrifice to
00:37:46.86\00:37:51.63
our God and Lord and Savior.
00:37:51.67\00:37:53.37
Very true. I'd like to add
something too about the holy
00:37:53.40\00:37:58.67
yoga and the praise moves and
the Christian yoga. There is a
00:37:58.71\00:38:02.58
Hindu researcher Wajib Mahotra
who said, I'm going to quote him
00:38:02.61\00:38:08.92
He said While Yoga is not a
religion in the sense that the
00:38:08.95\00:38:13.52
Abrahamic religions are, it is a
well-established spiritual path
00:38:13.56\00:38:17.56
Its physical postures are only
the tip of an iceberg beneath
00:38:17.59\00:38:24.40
which is a distinct metaphysics
with profound depth and breadth.
00:38:24.43\00:38:27.04
Its spiritual benefits are
undoubtedly available to anyone
00:38:27.07\00:38:30.44
regardless of religion, however,
the assumptions and consequences
00:38:30.47\00:38:35.61
of yoga do run counter to much
of Christianity as understood
00:38:35.64\00:38:39.85
today. That is why every Hindu,
Yoga practitioner and scholar
00:38:39.88\00:38:43.45
I agree with the Southern
Baptist seminary president when
00:38:43.49\00:38:47.89
he speaks of the incompatibility
between Christianity and yoga.
00:38:47.92\00:38:50.79
arguing that idea that the
body is a vehicle for reaching
00:38:50.83\00:38:56.10
consciousness with the divine
is fundamentally at odds with
00:38:56.13\00:38:59.40
Christian teaching. So we
have yoga practitioners like
00:39:00.27\00:39:05.07
Blessings like this man here...
(ex-yoga) Oh, my word EX...
00:39:05.11\00:39:12.95
Such were some of
you, praise the Lord.
00:39:12.98\00:39:16.82
We are washed and sanctified
and cleansed (Yes, yes)
00:39:16.85\00:39:21.62
The word of God is specific
on how we are to practice or not
00:39:21.66\00:39:29.00
practice different things and
1 Corinthians 10:21 says: You
00:39:29.03\00:39:34.30
cannot drink the cup of the
Lord and the cup of demons. You
00:39:34.34\00:39:37.77
cannot partake of the Lord's
table and of the table of demons
00:39:37.81\00:39:41.98
So we cannot blend the two.
I think one of the things that
00:39:42.01\00:39:46.31
happens in the New Age movement
is something called syncretism
00:39:46.35\00:39:49.82
where you take a little bit
of this and a little bit of that
00:39:49.85\00:39:52.22
and a little bit of that and try
to mix it all together. The Lord
00:39:52.25\00:39:56.86
has not called us to do that.
We are not to mix evil with good
00:39:56.89\00:40:00.30
We are to stand for him and we
cannot drink the cup of demons.
00:40:00.33\00:40:06.84
We have to focus on what the
Lord would have us to do and how
00:40:06.87\00:40:10.74
He would have us to act and so
I think the scripture is really
00:40:10.77\00:40:14.61
powerful.
00:40:14.64\00:40:16.04
It is really powerful. You know
it just reminds me of that other
00:40:16.08\00:40:18.15
scripture: What fellowship has
Christ with Belial, you know.
00:40:18.18\00:40:21.62
Can two walk together unless
they are agreed and we always
00:40:21.65\00:40:25.15
say that refers to marriage
which, of course, it does. But
00:40:25.19\00:40:27.39
it refers to anything in life
where we're thinking okay I'll
00:40:27.42\00:40:33.19
mix some good but some evil
practice comes in at the same
00:40:33.23\00:40:36.53
time and the danger of that.
00:40:36.56\00:40:38.97
That's right, that's right. They
have done scientific studies
00:40:39.00\00:40:43.84
that show that practices alter
values. So your beliefs, whether
00:40:43.87\00:40:50.55
you intend to have it happen
or not the long-term practice of
00:40:50.58\00:40:56.18
yoga changes your values. And
that's biblical too. Proverbs
00:40:56.22\00:41:01.92
16:3 Commit your works to the
Lord and your thoughts will be
00:41:01.96\00:41:06.03
established. So whatever you
commit your works to there your
00:41:06.06\00:41:09.96
thoughts are going be. So
that is scriptural as well. But
00:41:10.00\00:41:14.04
science is corroborating this
that your practice can alter
00:41:14.07\00:41:18.91
your values whether you intend
for it to happen or not. You
00:41:18.94\00:41:23.81
begin to embrace the philosophy
underlying these practices.
00:41:23.85\00:41:28.22
Yes and I think that's a
powerful point and I just love
00:41:28.25\00:41:31.22
the booklet because you have
outlined so many things. You can
00:41:31.25\00:41:34.72
see me with all kind of sticky
notes but it's a beautiful
00:41:34.76\00:41:43.37
outline of exactly all the
pitfalls and the things you know
00:41:43.40\00:41:45.83
that you guys are doing without
realizing it in yoga. And so I
00:41:45.87\00:41:50.47
love how you outlined here you
know the eight different limbs
00:41:50.51\00:41:56.48
of yoga. You know the restraints
the disciplines, the postures,
00:41:56.51\00:41:58.78
the control of breath,
turning the attention within,
00:41:58.81\00:42:02.68
concentration, meditation and
ultimately holy trance. That's
00:42:02.72\00:42:07.02
exactly what you're being
subjected to in these classes.
00:42:07.06\00:42:09.96
You have to understand they've
been studying this for as long
00:42:09.99\00:42:13.63
as we've been alive almost.
They have figured out how to
00:42:13.66\00:42:19.00
incarcerate your soul along
with theirs in worshipping this
00:42:19.03\00:42:25.37
demonic force and none of this
is by accident. You're doing all
00:42:25.41\00:42:30.91
of these asanas, you know
you think these are beautiful
00:42:30.95\00:42:32.51
movements and they're actually
going to bring you the benefit
00:42:32.55\00:42:34.12
that they're claiming. But again
this is pseudo-science. Have you
00:42:34.15\00:42:37.92
actually seen the people that
made this up. I mean none of
00:42:37.95\00:42:43.59
them are doctors, none of them.
These are ancient cultures and
00:42:43.63\00:42:49.63
civilizations that go back
all the way to Egypt. This is
00:42:49.66\00:42:51.70
specific deity worship. The
people are not intentionally
00:42:51.73\00:42:56.47
trying to observe Christ.
And Yvonne what you said about
00:42:56.50\00:43:01.54
you know beholding and what
you bring your body to do it
00:43:01.58\00:43:06.88
actually will start to transform
you. That's very true because
00:43:06.92\00:43:10.12
the person that I was when I
walked into a yoga class for the
00:43:10.15\00:43:14.56
first time versus the person
that left after going and living
00:43:14.59\00:43:17.79
in an ashram, you know in India
and going to the Mecca of Yoga
00:43:17.83\00:43:22.13
in a state called Kerola, India
I was not the same person. I
00:43:22.16\00:43:28.80
still thought I was Christian
but I had given myself unto
00:43:28.84\00:43:33.27
these people to study more in
depth and to come away "wiser"
00:43:33.31\00:43:37.81
with more knowledge and more
enlightenment and before I knew
00:43:37.85\00:43:40.82
It, I was speaking their
vernacular. I was using their
00:43:40.85\00:43:45.25
colloquialisms. I was talking
about God and calling Him
00:43:45.29\00:43:48.39
Universe but Universe is
actually, Shiva which is another
00:43:48.42\00:43:53.56
god in the pantheon that
is celebrated in Hinduism. And
00:43:53.60\00:43:57.67
Shiva is known as the destroyer
and the creator and he literally
00:43:57.70\00:44:01.07
is pictured as having a serpent
all the way around his neck...
00:44:01.10\00:44:04.67
We have a picture of that
too. We have a graphic of that.
00:44:04.71\00:44:10.45
Yeah this is Shiva (this is
Shiva) and you see him in lotus
00:44:10.48\00:44:13.88
pose and you see that he
is trying to connect and unify
00:44:13.92\00:44:17.75
himself with Brahman. The
serpent on his neck is not
00:44:17.79\00:44:22.36
unintentional. People actually
believe that when Adam and Eve
00:44:22.39\00:44:25.79
were betrayed by the snake and
beguiled by the snake and ate
00:44:25.83\00:44:31.10
the forbidden fruit that they
actually, after the serpent was
00:44:31.13\00:44:34.74
successful in stealing you know
the dominion of earth away from
00:44:34.77\00:44:39.07
them by them deceiving
themselves and betraying God
00:44:39.11\00:44:42.81
they actually believe Shiva
taught Eve Yoga then and there.
00:44:42.84\00:44:50.89
So this is how far back this
practice goes. And these things
00:44:50.92\00:44:55.86
I didn't know about until I left
yoga because I started having
00:44:55.89\00:45:01.13
spiritual attacks because of
yoga. And you get introduced to
00:45:01.16\00:45:06.37
so many things that you are
clueless about like this new
00:45:06.40\00:45:08.54
craze on Kundalini yoga. Well
this is the most powerful form
00:45:08.57\00:45:13.07
of yoga...(and
the most dangerous)
00:45:13.11\00:45:16.34
What type of yoga is that?
00:45:16.38\00:45:17.71
Kundalini is actually where it
means coiled snake (seriously?)
00:45:17.75\00:45:24.49
and the belief is that
the serpent is a divine female
00:45:24.52\00:45:31.39
energy of Shakti that's at
the base of the spine but it's
00:45:31.43\00:45:36.13
coiled and it has to uncoil and
travels up, we have a graphic of
00:45:36.16\00:45:40.84
that as well, traveling
up through the shakras to the
00:45:40.87\00:45:44.77
crown shakra and kundalini,
let's talk about that Blessings
00:45:44.81\00:45:51.38
because it is said to be
the most potent but the most
00:45:51.41\00:45:55.98
dangerous form of yoga. It's a
amalgamation of all the forms of
00:45:56.02\00:46:00.32
yoga together.
00:46:00.36\00:46:02.16
Thinking about that beginning
scripture I started in Isaiah 5
00:46:02.19\00:46:05.66
about those who call evil good
and good evil and that's exactly
00:46:05.69\00:46:09.60
what's happening because the
serpent is evil, right? and here
00:46:09.63\00:46:13.37
they're bringing the
serpent in as something good.
00:46:13.40\00:46:15.74
Yes. There's some pictures where
the serpent is spewing venom
00:46:15.77\00:46:22.28
from his mouth and that venom
is actually, avidia which is the
00:46:22.31\00:46:27.65
veil of allusion and the idea is
that and we have the cobra pose
00:46:27.68\00:46:34.32
you know which is one of
the poses of yoga (two voices)
00:46:34.36\00:46:39.49
right and so it's like they make
the serpent the purveyor of good
00:46:39.53\00:46:46.37
It's supposed to overcome fear.
So that whole veil of illusion
00:46:46.40\00:46:52.97
is there because you don't
realize that you are divine and
00:46:53.01\00:46:59.25
that snake, that serpent, is
supposed to overturn the whole
00:46:59.28\00:47:02.95
idea of fear, the fear of
anything because you are divine
00:47:02.98\00:47:08.76
You don't need to be afraid.
You are God. So they make...the
00:47:08.79\00:47:14.06
Bible teaches in Genesis
three that the serpent is cursed
00:47:14.10\00:47:16.97
(that's right) but with Hinduism
that the serpent is around their
00:47:17.00\00:47:22.80
God's neck.
00:47:22.84\00:47:24.17
And that was Satan's first lie
one of his first lies, you shall
00:47:24.21\00:47:27.64
be as gods. (as gods)
00:47:27.68\00:47:29.54
In the Bible, it also says that
he was the most cunning of all
00:47:29.58\00:47:32.55
the beasts and it's no different
right here in the practice of
00:47:32.58\00:47:37.19
yoga. He is extremely cunning
and deceptive. And you may start
00:47:37.22\00:47:41.72
it thinking oh this is so good.
You know it helps me calm down.
00:47:41.76\00:47:46.33
But that's why even
just spending time alone and
00:47:46.36\00:47:51.27
stretching without any kind of
yoga or sitting and talking to
00:47:51.30\00:47:53.00
God or reading the Bible or
relaxing would give you the same
00:47:53.03\00:47:56.50
benefit without any of the side
effects of delusion or demonic
00:47:56.54\00:48:01.48
possession or injury to yourself
You know ultimately harming your
00:48:01.51\00:48:06.28
salvation.
00:48:06.31\00:48:08.55
I think people don't realize the
metaphysical aspects of yoga.
00:48:08.58\00:48:13.69
You know for them it's just a
physical thing but the physical
00:48:13.72\00:48:16.73
part is just the tip of the
iceberg and in the booklet I
00:48:16.76\00:48:21.00
have different people who are
yoga practitioners who say that
00:48:21.03\00:48:26.70
this is a spiritual practice.
This is a spiritual path and you
00:48:26.74\00:48:32.07
will be visited by spiritual
beings. Now there is no
00:48:32.11\00:48:36.04
spiritual encounter that
is neutral. There's no neutral
00:48:36.08\00:48:40.65
spiritual encounter so when they
talk about you will receive some
00:48:40.68\00:48:44.95
kind of guide or spiritual guide
or all this stuff happens this
00:48:44.99\00:48:50.96
demonic. It comes
straight from the devil.
00:48:50.99\00:48:53.19
That's really heavy. You were
so right. There is no neutral
00:48:53.23\00:48:57.97
spiritual encounter and what
responsibility we have once we
00:48:58.00\00:49:03.51
are armed with the truth, once
we know what the word of God
00:49:03.54\00:49:06.14
says and the deception that
Satan has placed really with the
00:49:06.17\00:49:10.55
yoga is unmasked then we have
a decision to make. Joshua 24:15
00:49:10.58\00:49:15.95
says, Choose you this day whom
you will serve, whether the gods
00:49:15.98\00:49:22.92
that your fathers served which
were on the other side of the
00:49:22.96\00:49:24.53
river or the gods of the
Amorites in whose land you dwell
00:49:24.56\00:49:28.40
So we don't serve things because
or tradition or what our parents
00:49:28.43\00:49:32.33
did, neither do we do it because
of peer pressure, and everybody
00:49:32.37\00:49:36.04
else is doing it therefore I
need to do it too. No we need to
00:49:36.07\00:49:39.47
make a choice. As for me and
my house we will serve the Lord.
00:49:39.51\00:49:43.04
I want to give you another
opportunity to get this booklet
00:49:43.08\00:49:46.25
for yourself because
what it contains is life
00:49:46.28\00:49:51.59
transformational. If you walk
down the path of yoga it will
00:49:51.62\00:49:55.02
lead to spiritualism. So the
danger of that you can call us
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at 3ABN and we will send
you one copy complementary per
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00:50:04.97\00:50:11.07
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00:50:11.11\00:50:17.55
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00:50:17.58\00:50:21.98
Sabbath hours you can always
go online at 3abn.tv or to Dr.
00:50:22.02\00:50:26.99
Yvonne's website
MagnifyHimPub.com
00:50:27.02\00:50:30.89
We're coming down to the end of
this program. We're going to go
00:50:30.93\00:50:33.29
to a news break and then we'll
come back with some closing
00:50:33.33\00:50:36.67
thoughts. But before we do
that I want each of you to maybe
00:50:36.70\00:50:40.67
speak to someone who's currently
involved in yoga, currently
00:50:40.70\00:50:44.31
practicing. What would you
tell them right now? Dr. Yvonne,
00:50:44.34\00:50:46.17
we'll start with you.
00:50:46.21\00:50:48.04
I would say that now that you
know the dangers of it you have
00:50:48.08\00:50:54.72
a decision to make. And I know
it's not easy because I had a
00:50:54.75\00:50:57.95
similar decision to make with
acupuncture. So I know it's not
00:50:57.99\00:51:01.99
easy but when the Lord is
calling you out the come out of
00:51:02.02\00:51:05.69
her my people and touch not
the unclean thing. This is that.
00:51:05.73\00:51:11.20
He's calling you out so you do
have a decision to make and it's
00:51:11.23\00:51:15.27
our prayer is that you will make
the decision to follow Jesus no
00:51:15.30\00:51:19.67
matter what.
00:51:19.71\00:51:21.84
Amen, and Blessings what would
you tell our family watching
00:51:21.88\00:51:23.21
right now and listening.
00:51:23.24\00:51:24.58
I agree a thousand percent with
Dr. Yvonne. Honestly, you know
00:51:24.61\00:51:31.79
as I said before I walked in
ignorant and I didn't know that
00:51:31.82\00:51:38.39
it ended up opening up a gateway
to things that I would have
00:51:38.43\00:51:43.93
never entertained. But somehow
because I had been basically
00:51:43.97\00:51:48.00
disarmed by yoga I felt like hey
if God is everywhere then I can
00:51:48.04\00:51:54.28
go and dabble in this, I can go
and dabble in that. I can open
00:51:54.31\00:51:58.31
this door and see what's behind
that curtain and what it ended
00:51:58.35\00:52:01.55
up doing is causing a lot
of spiritual discord, a lot of
00:52:01.58\00:52:06.19
disharmony. I couldn't really
think clearly during the most
00:52:06.22\00:52:11.06
stressful times in my life so if
you're finding yourself having
00:52:11.09\00:52:14.43
dabbled in these arts and then
opening the door to other arts
00:52:14.46\00:52:17.67
know that there is a way out
and his name is Jesus. Come out
00:52:17.70\00:52:21.50
please. Don't mess with it.
00:52:21.54\00:52:22.87
I love that; come out, please.
Absolutely. We're going to go to
00:52:22.90\00:52:26.98
our news break right now
and then when we come back we'll
00:52:27.01\00:52:29.78
come back with some thoughts
from these beautiful ladies
00:52:29.81\00:52:32.81
right here.
00:52:32.85\00:52:34.18