A
Form of Contemplative Prayer
"Soaking
prayer is a modern form of contemplative prayer ... People put
themselves in an attitude of stillness, focusing on Jesus and
open to the Holy Spirit but with no requests or agenda. The aim
is to be still in God’s presence, "waste time with Jesus.".
The Toronto church sees soaking prayer as one of the main ways
in which they encourage people to be open to the Holy Spirit." "SOAKING PRAYER" by Roger Harper
Kundalini
Energy & Christian Spirituality
(the
same as contemplative or soaking prayer)
Ray
Yungen
Kundalini
is a Hindu term for the mystical power or force that underlies
their spirituality. In Hinduism it is commonly referred to as
the serpent power. Philip St. Romain, a substance abuse counselor
and devout Catholic lay minister, began his journey while practicing
contemplative prayer or resting in the still point, as he called
it. What happened to him following this practice should bear
the utmost scrutiny from the evangelical community-especially
from our leadership. Having rejected mental prayer as "unproductive"
he embraced the prayer form that switches off the mind, creating
what he described as a mental passivity. What he encountered
next underscores my concern with sobering clarity. Read
more .... Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality
Physical
Symptoms and a Demonic Realm
Physical
symptoms, which can include things like a tingling sensation,
that occur during Soaking Prayer are similar to those experienced
during the Kundalini experience, and both are dangerous and can
take the practitioner into a demonic realm.
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"Some
of these phenomena are obvious: weeping, cries, exuberant and
prolonged expressions of praise, shaking, trembling, calmness,
bodily writhing and distortions, falling over (sometimes referred
to as 'being slain in the Spirit'), laughter and jumping. Other
phenomena are more subtle: slight trembling, fluttering of the
eyelids, faint perspiring, a sheen on the face, ripples on the
skin, deep breathing..." Wimber also said that people sometimes
experience a sense of heaviness or tiredness, weeping or drunkenness." "SOAKING PRAYER" by Roger Harper
BODILY
SENSATIONS AND "SOAKING PRAYER"
Kent Philpott
"Some leaders get tingling in their hands, some have their
hands get warm when healing is about to occur, some feel "power
surges" going through their bodies. Some claim that they see a
person's "aura" when soaking a person in prayer. Soaking means
pouring out lots of prayer over a person, often with laying on
of hands and/or passing the hands over a person. It is reminiscent
of what is called "Therapeutic Touch" [Reiki]
practiced by new age and alternative medicine enthusiasts. People
who believe in soaking prayer get the sense that power is passing
through their bodies and actually helping to bring healing, comfort
and love. And those who are soaking someone testify that they
feel waves coming from the person or going toward the person being
prayed for. Certainly something may be felt or experienced, however,
is it the Holy Spirit?" TORONTO
BLESSING: CHRISTIAN-BASED MAGIC? by Kent Philpott
To
fully understand soaking prayer, it is necessary to understand
contemplative prayer and its relation to the occult and Hinduism.
Read A
Time of Departing
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