Lynn Stuter -- "The Secret" - Christianity or New Age?

"THE SECRET" - CHRISTIANITY OR NEW AGE?
PART 2 of 2

By Lynn Stuter

February 20, 2007

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For one very simple reason: the New Age religious world view is the �spiritual dimension� that is inextricably engrained in the transformation of America from a constitutional republic to a participatory democracy. In short, it is the intent, the agenda of these people that they will usher in a one-world religion based solely on the New Age world view! You see, while you might be willing to allow them their religious beliefs, they are not willing to allow you yours. In fact, in the unpublished papers of one world futurist (fancy name for New Age theosophist), she states emphatically (sic) we are all atoms in a molecule (representing the one-world system concept); radical atoms (dissenters) must be exterminated in the greater good of the collective whole. Do I need to paint a picture?

The New Age world view, along with its near cousin, humanism, permeates government-run public schools, the work place in the name of Total Quality Management, and is rapidly infiltrating churches in the name of �the church growth movement� while pastors are being emasculated by the promise of overflowing pews.

Has Rick Warren and his �Purpose Driven� agenda been brought in and accepted by your church? Is your pastor aware of the connection between Rick Warren and such New Age gurus as Neale Donald Walsch, Robert Schuller, Bernie Siegel and Marianne Williamson? Why would a church, supposedly Christian in foundation, agree to teach New Age principles and precepts to its congregation?

In the words of Marilyn Ferguson in The Aquarian Conspiracy,

�You can only have a new society, the visionaries have said, if you change the education of the younger generation.� (1987; page 280)

Is your pastor telling you that contemplative prayer is okay or sanctioning it by saying nothing? Are you aware that contemplative prayer is nothing more than transcendental meditation (TM) or yoga; that it is grounded in Eastern mysticism and is totally antithetical to the teachings of the true Bible? Transcendental meditation and yoga both utilize altered states of consciousness, the state in which children in public schools, taken on guided fantasies and guided visualizations to meet spirit guides (demons) are being placed by teachers who are being taught the methodology by the likes of Jack Canfield, New Age guru.

In an article published in New Age magazine in 1978, Canfield instructs ?

�If you're teaching in a public school, don't call it meditation, call it �centering.� Every school wants children to be relaxed, attentive, and creative, and that's what they will get.�

In a sidebar to this article, it is acknowledged that?

�Many of the new methods and approaches we have written about in this article are beginning to be adopted by more and more teachers in pilot programs.�

The Bible does not teach that we need to be in an altered state of consciousness to pray. But children, subjected to this in the government-run public schools are being introduced to New Age practices from an early age. When ministers fail, from the pulpit, to expose contemplative prayer for what it truly is, young people are given the message that contemplative prayer is just okay, and in so doing, ministers are encouraging children to participate in self-destructive behavior in defiance of God�s word.

Ever wondered why

teachers in your local government-run public school cannot speak of God, Jesus, our Lord, our Savior, and even having a Bible on school grounds could be cause for disciplinary action, but the same prohibition on �religion� does not exist for Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism?
children study the spirituality of the Native American Indians, their spiritual wheels and animal spirits, shamans, dream catchers and the like are okay topics and art projects for the classroom but speaking of God or coloring a picture of Christ is taboo?
children cannot wear clothing proclaiming their belief in God to school, but clothing depicting Satan, the peace symbol, the yin/yang do not receive the same censorship?
children cannot pray to God in the classroom, but they can go on guided fantasies and guided visualizations to meet spirit guides (demons) in the classroom?

Do you get the impression that the only discrimination going on, in the realm of religion in the government-run public schools is against Christianity? If you do, you are absolutely correct.

Why is that? Very simple, systems theory�that which provides the foundation upon which the transformation of America from a constitutional republic to a participatory democracy is built�cannot tolerate the individual and true Christianity teaches that we are all individuals.

Enter the New Age movement, one of the precepts of which is that we are one with one another: one with God: in communion with God 24/7: as above so below.

Enter Karl Marx who was not shy in proclaiming that Christianity, because of its teaching that we are all individuals, should be stamped out in pursuit of �Oneness of Mind��the Hegelian Dialectic of thesis, antithesis and synthesis with synthesis becoming the new thesis, ever evolving to a higher plane of reality. If you think that sounds like something right out of the New Age Movement, remember that the religions of New Age and humanism are close cousins, the difference between the two being nothing more than the spiritual dimension of the New Age world view.

New Age Religion
One with another and with God
Believe and receive; my will be done
Gaia Hypothesis
Human potential
Create the Future

Humanist Religion
Oneness of Mind
No deity will save us; we must save ourselves
General Systems Theory
Self-actualization
Create the Future

And lest we forget, Karl Marx is considered the �father of communism.�

The Hegelian Dialectic is familiar to most under the name of �consensus building� and �facilitation.� The teacher will become the �facilitator of learning�; not the �sage on the stage� but the �guide on the side� �all terms that those familiar with education transformation, better known as performance-based education, outcome-based education, standards-based education, competency-based education. The Hegelian Dialectic is also the basis of such concepts as higher order thinking skills, critical thinking, peer mediation, conflict resolution, peer tutoring, team building�the purpose of each and all is to move the child away from individuality and to the concept that they are but one atom in a molecule; Oneness of Mind.

The government-run public schools are preparing children to be willing participants in the new world of tomorrow; a world in which true Christianity has no place, but the false teachings of the New Age religion are considered to be Christianity. In short, Christianity is being hijacked and too many churches are willing participants in what is becoming known as the emerging church or church growth movement.

In the workplace, people are coming face to face with the transformation of the work environment to the �total quality� environment, sometimes known as continuous quality improvement, the high performance work organization, or the learning organization.

No better evidence exists of what the total quality environment is about then The Fifth Discipline; the art and practice of the learning organization by Peter Senge. In his book, Peter Senge states that he came up with the idea for the book during his morning meditation�our first clue that what Senge espouses has nothing to do with the true teachings of God.

Senge further states that people committed to one of the key precepts of the learning organization�personal mastery�practice some form of meditation which he defines as including contemplative prayer. (1990, page 164) Senge identifies systems thinking as the fifth discipline�the focus of the book�as it is the �conceptual cornerstone� of not only itself but the other four disciplines: personal mastery (New Age world view), mental models, building shared vision and team learning (1990, p 69, pps 6-10) tying his New Age world view to systems thinking, making it very apparent the two are inextricably connected. Senge makes the case for teaching these precepts early, ��experiments with young children show that they learn systems thinking very quickly.� (1990, page 7)

Senge also makes it very apparent in his book that those committed to the learning organization are also committed to truth, further claiming,

�The power of truth was no less central to early Christian thinking, although it has lost its place in Christian practice over the last two thousand years.� (1990, page 161)

In other words, if the Christian refuses to participate in �personal mastery� ie, meditation, viewing such (as many Christians do) as against the teachings of God, it is because the Christian denies truth as, according to Senge, Christianity has denied truth for the last two thousand years.

This, of course, then becomes a matter of job performance with the ability to apply coercion in the name of continuing to receive a paycheck. The Christian will either conform to the new �Christianity� or be forced out of the workplace.

If you, the reader, are not beginning to feel uneasy, you should. It is not my purpose here to put anyone�s mind at ease; what I write here is a dire warning to every American who does not understand what is happening as we watch the transformation of our nation into something we no longer recognize. New Age thought and practice, principles, precepts, are being inculcated in children in the government-run public schools; in the churches where pastors are being courted and deceived by the prospect of overflowing pews; in the workplace in the name of total quality. I will return you to the words of Dr Shirley McCune, raving New Ager, author is The Light Shall Set You Free; made in 1989 at the Governor�s Conference on Education held in Wichita, Kansas:

"It seems to me that far too much of our efforts have been focused on the issue of let's find a short term fix... rather than... understanding that what we are about is total restructuring of our society. What's happening in America today... is not simply a chance situation in the usual winds of change. What it amounts to is a total transformation of our society. We have moved into a new era... But what I'm not sure we have really begun to comprehend and act on sufficiently is the incredible amount of organizational restructuring and human resource development restructuring.�

As a Christian you may tolerate New Agers, but New Agers have no intention of tolerating you. And what is at stake here is not of this earth, but our obedience to the true word of God,

Jesus said��I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?� (John 11:25-26)

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�You shall have no other gods before Me.� (Exodus 20:3; 1st Commandment of God to Moses)

God also commands us ...

Occupy until I come (Luke 19:13) ... of which you shall know neither the day nor the hour (Matthew 25:13).

With thanks to Berit Kjos, Sarah Leslie, and Warren Smith for their invaluable assistance; with thanks to Barb Witt for her vigilance and assistance. For part 1 click below.

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Sources:
1, Ferguson, Marilyn; The Aquarian Conspiracy; Personal and Social Transformation in Our Time; 1987; J.P. Putnam�s Sons; New York.
2, Senge, Peter M; The Fifth Discipline; the Art & Practice of the Learning Organization; 1990; Currency Doubleday; New York.
3, Flynn, Brian; Running Against the Wind; 2005; Lighthouse Trails Publishing; Oregon.
4, Smith, Warren; Deceived on Purpose; 2004; Mountain Stream Press; California.

All biblical references come from the King James Version or New King James Version.

Recommended reading:
1, Eidsmoe, John; Basic Principles of New Age Thought.
2, Kjos, Berit; Your Child & the New Age.
3, Kjos, Berit; Brave New Schools
4, Kjos, Berit; Under the Spell of Mother Earth.
5, Michaelsen, Johanna; The Beautiful Side of Evil.
6, Smith, Warren; Reinventing Jesus Christ. This can be purchased in book form with updates or can be accessed on line
7, Smith, Warren; The Light that Was Dark; A Spiritual Journey.

Recommended websites:
1, Kjos Ministries
2, LEARN-USA
3, Reinventing Jesus Christ
4, Discernment Ministries

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Mother and wife, Stuter has spent the past ten years researching systems theory with a particular emphasis on education. She home schooled two daughters, now grown and on their own. She has worked with legislators, both state and federal, on issues pertaining to systems governance and education reform. She networks nationwide with other researchers and citizens concerned with the transformation of our nation. She has traveled the United States and lived overseas.

Web site: www.learn-usa.com

E-Mail: lmstuter@learn-usa.com�

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As a Christian you may tolerate New Agers, but New Agers have no intention of tolerating you. And what is at stake here is not of this earth, but our obedience to the true word of God