jaybird said:
why are some things missing from the bible such as chakras, energy fields, sound, frequencies,pineal gland and things of this nature? and if not missing where are they.
i think there are many truths in the eastern beliefs. these people know all about these things in their belief system yet in the west our bible says nothing of these things. when i mention these things to other Christians they think i am crazy and call this devils work. Tibetan Buddhist devote majority of their lives to spirituality and yet most western main stream Christians spend less than one day a week, with most of our focus on our job, our money, shopping and television. this makes no sense to me.
Jesus told his disciples: "If you remain in my word, you are really my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free".(John 8:31, 32) He is the one who set forth and clarified what "the truth" is in many areas, such as concerning the Kingdom, using it over 100 times during his ministry and with illustrations to explain it.(Matt 13)
Beliefs such as chakras or different yoga paths, of energy fields or bioenergentic fields, sound, frequencies, pineal glands and things of this nature are missing from the Bible for a very specific reason, for they serve not only to distract but to draw people away from what is really "the truth" and into the world of false religion. Eastern beliefs are an invitation to spiritistic practices that are detestable to God.(see Deut 18:10-12), as well teaching of the immortality of the soul, transmigration of the soul, etc., beliefs that are falsehoods.
They are not "truths" about the "source of life" (Ps 36:9), Jehovah God, who is called "the God of truth"(Ps 31:5) and of his purpose of the earth becoming a paradise for "meek" ones eternally.(Ps 37:11, 29; Isa 45:18; Matt 5:5) Jesus said concerning pleasing God and gaining life without end: "This means everlasting life, their (Jesus genuine disciples) coming to know you, the only true God and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ".(John 17:3)
The different paths of yoga originated in India as part of Hinduism, one of the multitude of false religions of the false religious empire called Babylon the Great.(Rev 17:5) Yoga teaches "the suppression through progressive discipline of individual will". This allows the mind to be emptied of all "things".
How does this stack up with what Jesus taught at Matt 12:43-45, in which the mind is emptied and allows for an "unclean spirit" or demon to take possession of a person and "the final circumstance of that man becomes worse than the first" ?
Did Jesus ever empty his mind ? Jesus told Satan: "It is written (at Deut 8:3): ' Man must live, not on bread alone, but on every word that comes from Jehovah's mouth".(Matt 4:4) Jesus constantly kept Jehovah before him at all times, so that true Christians will likewise do the same, tying them as a reminder on their hands and like a headband on their forehead to always see them.(See Deut 6:4-9)
Psalms 119:105 says of the Bible: "Your word is a lamp to my foot, and a light for my path". True Christians carefully adhere to this admonition. The apostle Paul gave Timothy this warning: "Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, turning away from the empty speeches (worthless talk, literally "fruitless discussion") that violate what is holy (or clean from God's standpoint) and from the contradictions of the falsely called "knowledge". By making a show of such knowledge, some have deviated from the faith".(1 Tim 6:20, 21)
Gnostics in the 1st century contended that salvation is dependent upon a special mystical knowledge, teaching a "Christianity" that is "falsely called knowledge", perhaps being disciples of the noted Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and considering themselves as intellectually superior to most genuine Christians.
Those from ancient Babylon attributed hidden meaning to Bible numbers, which supposedly revealed mystical truths while others taught that whereas the spirit is good, all matter is inherently evil, in which this chain of reasoning is also found in Persian dualism and in the Far East in China's ' yin' and ' yang'.
Jesus taught his genuine disciples to "keep your eyes open and watch out for the leaven (twisted and false teachings) of the Pharisees and Sadducees".(Matt 16:6, 12) The Bible is the only guide to knowing Jehovah God and "the truth", while a false religious world empire called Babylon the Great tells lies about him, distorting "the truth" and fooling the broad majority of mankind.(Matt 7:13) True Christians are thus warned to "get out of her.....if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues".(Rev 18:4)
The apostle Paul wrote: "Look out that no one takes you captive by means of the philosophy (such as eastern religions as well as the twisted teachings of Christendom) and empty deception , according to human tradition (beliefs created by people to satisfy their thoughts), according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ".(Col 2:8)
The apostle Paul, quoting from Joel 2:32, wrote that "everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved".(Rom 10:13) And Proverbs 18:10 says: "The name of Jehovah is a strong tower. Into it the righteous runs and receives protection". True Christians realize that what they accept must be "pure" (see James 1:27), not "adulterating the word of God".(2 Cor 4:2)