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Richard Rohr says:

In complex consciousness we know too much to go back to the wonder and peace of the childhood garden, symbolized by the cherubim with flaming swords that guard the return to the tree of life. (see Genesis 3:24)

For many, however, the fascinations of complex consciousness keep them inside it (childhood garden) forever. It is the angst and the burden of modern man. They keep trying to figure it out with their small mind and heart. Somehow its logic and parameters must eventually fail them. Most Western people are trapped in complex consciousness and keep returning to the same wells for water: the wells of reason, order, control and power. It is good, necessary and predictable. We have to go through it. I know I did. There is no nonstop flight, unfortunately, to enlightenment or salvation. This is the illusion of fundamentalism, in all its forms. We never have to leave a kind of garden. But the trouble is that this is not yet true transformation or salvation! You can't be saved until you have fallen, and they will not allow themselves to experience the fall. It is the classic mistake of the so-called "Pharisee," who always remains "right."

page 34 From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality. Richard Rohr with Joseph Martos

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Primrose Lane

Rocmike3 sent a message to all New Agers Directly from Hell via Archangel Michael

Rockmike3 “I learned the hard way that my countless New Age prayers to The "Is-ness", The "Oneness", The "I AM that I AM", "HE", "IT", The "Awareness", etc etc were really satan showing himself as an Angle of light to be God, and it really irritated God, who was apparently serious about those prohibitions on changing His word and name in the Old Testament. And Jesus, who testified at my brief trial at the Pearly Gates, was obviously not happy that the false New Age "Christ Consciousness." got so much more attention than He did.

So adhere to the Lord’s word, the gospel of Jesus Christ no matter how inexplicable, and avoid Hell. It’s really . . . hot down here,Plus, I have been sodomized by demons here on an hourly basis, gotta go now.

Message From Rockmike3 Directly from Hell via Archangel Michael.

That is the truth Jameslee. Sensible people should stop responding to imbeciles.

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New Agers make contact with the kingdom of darkness. Calling a medium a “channeler” and a demon a “spirit guide” has not changed the reality of what they are.

This is the kingdom of darkness of which Satan is the head, who asked Eve, “Has God said?” Those involved in this kind of activity are in contact with a world that is totally opposed to the biblical God revealed to us in Jesus Christ who defeated Satan in His life (Matthew 4:1-11) and then through His death and bodily resurrection (Colossians 2:15; Hebrews 2:14-18).

The New Age movement is a counterfeit that appeals to the minds of individuals leading them to think that that they are God and can enhance their lives through their own person. If this is thought through, it becomes quickly apparent that this is impossible.We are born, grow up, live a while on Planet Earth and die. Humans are finite. We can never be God. We need someone greater than us yet like us who can provide us forgiveness and life eternal.Only One has filled this description, the God-man, Jesus Christ.

Through His death and bodily resurrection, He has won for us what we desperately need—forgiveness before God and the guarantee of purpose and meaning in this life with life beyond the grave. Don’t miss out on who Jesus Christ is and what He has done for you. Read John 3 in the Bible. Ask Christ to be your Savior. Your life will be transformed, and you will know who you are, why you are here, and where you are going.