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)
"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)
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.
"Nor
is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name [Jesus
Christ] under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4: 12
