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THE SPIRITUALITY OF SYSTEMS THINKING
by Lynn Stuter
 
 
 

Ken Blanchard Endorses New Agers

The Secret

 

 
JACK CANFIELD, CREATOR OF NICE STORIES OR NEW AGE GURU 

"Every religion I've looked at has some technology--- ... I've studied all of them and found what works for me and I've tried to make it available to others. What works for me is a combination of disciplines: I do yoga, tai chi which is a Chinese martial art and three kinds of meditation-vipasana, transcendental and mantra (sound) meditation. If you have to pick a yoga for me, I lean towards bhakii in the sense of devotion, adoration, singing, feeling love and joy exist in my heart." Jack Canfield, (from Choosing To Be Happy)

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen Writing Books Together

A Time of Departing by Ray Yungen"Although these books [Chicken Soup for the Soul] are filled with charming and uplifting stories, Canfield's spirituality is quite disturbing ... (cont. below)



"A New Age magazine article from 1981 revealed Canfield was no less than a teacher of the highly occultic "psychosynthesis" method developed by a direct disciple of Alice Bailey. From some of his most recent writings, Canfield openly reveals he had his "spiritual awakening" in a yoga class in college where he felt God "flowing" through all things. (A Time of Departing - pg. 87)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common terms used for this movement are "spiritual formation," "the silence," "the stillness," "ancient-wisdom," "spiritual disciplines," and many others.

Spiritual Formation: A movement that has provided a platform and a channel through which contemplative prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation being used, and in nearly every case you will find contemplative spirituality. In fact, contemplative spirituality is the heartbeat of the spiritual formation movement.