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Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye person goes through an altered state of experiences and beliefs are coming into the
touch it, lest ye die. consciousness to re-experience his initial Church through some prominent teachers.
And the serpenJsaid unto the woman, birth. This is done in order to overcome the Although some who are involved in occult
Ye shall nol surely die:
trauma of that birth and to become more philosophy and false teachings may not be
For God dolh know Ihat in the day ye
enlightened and more perfected in his path recognized as brothers in Christ by
eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing of evolution toward godhood: knowledgeable Christians, the fact
good and evil. ...breathing is not only the focal point remains that they exert considerable 'in-
And when the woman saw that the tree of birth, but is the primary vehicle of fluence among the weak in faith and among
was goodfor food, and that it was pleasonJ restoring divine energy into the hwnan new Christians as well as others-teachers,
to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to mak mind and body. So rebirthing primarily pastors, and so-called "lay persons"-
one wi.se,she look of thefruit thereof, and means the rehabilitation of breathing. having itching ears, blown about by every
did eat, and gave also WIIo her husband Rebirthing is male descriptively called
wind of doctrine.
with her; and he did eat. conscious brealhing or energy breath.
ing...the pUlpOse of the breathing is to Whether those who propagate these er-
Satan told Eve that she and Adam would rors are deliberate deceivers or naive vic-
bleathe life energy as well as air. Breath-
become like gods. Fallen man has gone tims of deception themselves is not mine to
ing life energy cannot be done with a
even further, succumbing to the ultimate mechanical breathing technique. Enelgy judge. But to demonstrate the degree to
deception-that he is God. This is why is the sOUlceof the physical body and the which occultism is entering the Church I
David Manning and Shirley MacLaine universe. (Emphasis authors.) quote Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. Notice
could boldly proclaim in unison on nation- the similarity between Peale's testimony
The concept behind eastern religious
wide television, "I am God!" and that of Sondra Ray:
breathing techniques (including yoga) is
David: Do you want to know a good that energy is God. And if energy is really Marilyn Helleberg [author of Beyond
exercise that helps you to get in touch matter in a different form, then matter is T.M.:A Praclical Guide to the Lost
with the realization that we each have God. It follows, then, that we are aU God. Tradition of Chri.slian Meditation, pub-
God inside of us?" lished by the Paulist Press] suggests a
Meditation coupled with breathing exer-
Shirley: Exercise? meditation in which you visualize a
cises is believed to lead people to full self-
David: Here's what you do. Just
realization, or realization of Self as God. white mist filled with myriads of little
stand up, hold YOUlarms out like this and
Ray also tells of an out-of-body ex- points of energy that gleam like
say, 'The kingdom of heaven is within. I
perience similar to MacLaine' s, while diamonds. Scientists say this is the life
love myself." No, wait! Better than that.
say, "I and God are one." No, wait, waitl engaged in a group therapy session: substance. the life force-this creative
energy beyond that which we conscious-
Better than that, I've got the best one; this And then they carried me to the Rolf-
is the best one. Just say, "I am God." ly experience I Visualize this mist high
ing table in the middle of the sunny above you, around you, and at your feet,
Shirley: David, 1 can't say that.
meadow. I still hadnot opened my eyes. cascading down like a waterfall of scin-
David: See how little you think of
John pressed on my body gently and the tillating light.
yourself. You can't even say the words.
ecstasy was so great, I floated. I was Then deeply breathe in the white
Shirley (aner much hesitation): 1
above the trees. I suddenly realized I was mist. and visualize it as proceeding up-
am God. (pause) 1 am God.
David: A little louder please, with
having an out-of-body experience. I ward into your throat, into yom nasal
maybe a little more conviction. wondered if he could tell. And then he passages, into your brain, vitalizing,
Shirley: 1 am God! (pausing) Well if said, "Well, Sandra, there is no point in shatpening and quickening YOUl mind,
I am God. what does that make you? working on your body if you are not in making it alive with a new power, filled
David: We always see in others what it." How did he know? What was all this with light and wondennent. Then expel
we see in ourselves. I am God. telepathy going on? When I got back in the white mist; draw it in again until it
my body it was just as good. so I stayed permeates every element of your physi-
MacLaine's testimony was not a fIrst in. It seemed like the first time I had ever cal being again and again and again. The
among Hollywood's elite. In 1977, John entered my body totally. It was a new creative energy of Almighty God is all
Denver, appearing with George Bums to experience to be in it totally like that. around us all the time.
plug their movie, Oh, God! on The Dinah And I loved my body more than I ever ..1 have been practicing this type of
Shore Show, told the audience that George thought possible. meditation for several days and I can
report that after using it only a half dozen
Bums really is God. And so is Denver, So 1 told Jolm, "I am going to open
times one begins to feel different. It in-
Shore, and everyone else. To this the studio my eyes now," as if I knew it was going
duces a sense of vital energy; an aware-
audience gave resounding applause. Many to be something special. 1 didn't feel
ness of God's presence.
celebrities (possessive of inflated egos) funny about announcing it like that.
Who is God? Some theological
have succumbed to this philosophy. What I saw was areal spectacle. I actual-
being? He is so much gleater than theol-
ly "saw" all the electrons in the universe
The idea of the inherent godhood of aU ogy. God is vitality. God is life. God is
at once, all the particles in the air, and all
persons stems from the eastern mystical energy. As you breathe God in. as you
of it was sparkling. And then 1 began to
and western esoteric belief that the visualize His energy, you will be reener-
see the trees. They were vibrating many
universe is really one giant organism. gized! You will live longer, you will live
colors of green that I had never seen
There is but one intelligence that per- better, you will have greater health, you
before.
meates the cosmos and manifests itself in will have dynamic energy.
the form of energy. This is what they call THE CHURCH DECEIVED Peale has the unique ability to be aU
, things to all people. His affeciion for
"God." Therefore, God is everything, and Many Christians expressed shock at the
everything is God. idea that MacLaine and Manning could religious tradition of all sorts is apparent by
In their book, Rebirthing in the New equate themselves with deity. But if aU this reading his works. To Christians he speaks
Age, Leonard Orr and Sondra Ray relate sounds far-fetched and alien to our Chris- of Jesus, but he will lend credibilitY to any
the process called "rebirthing," whereby a tian faith, the reader should know that these religious system as long as it produces