The word yoga comes from Sanskrit. It may be the linguistic root of the Greek iogé, which means protection or umbrella, and the Latin jugum, which means yoke. According to these linguistic roots, to practise yoga is to place oneself under a yoke, to seek protection under a protecting force.<\/p>\n
In Mishra’s comprehensive work on Patanjali Yoga, you can read some key sentences that show you the spiritual atmosphere of yoga: He writes:<\/p>\n
These four sentences alone show that yoga and the Bible cannot be brought together. The Far Eastern systems and the Christian faith are irreconcilable opposites. There are many forms of Indian and Tibetan yoga. A cross-section of the best-known forms of yoga reveals roughly four stages:<\/p>\n
Yoga is not just about relaxation. Dr. Kurt E. Koch experienced in his pastoral care that the relaxation technique and the so-called “emptying exercises” lead to other spirits flowing in. Yoga practitioners are often unaware of this.<\/p>\n
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Dr. Kurt E. Koch met several yogis in South East Asia who were able to reduce breathing, heart activity and blood circulation to a minimum. They fell into a trance-like sleep that could last for ten weeks. During this time they consumed neither food nor drink.<\/p>\n
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A young woman from California told Dr. Kurt E. Koch in a pastoral conversation that she was a master of the second level of yoga. She had chosen Jesus as her guru for yoga practice. During her training, however, she developed occult abilities. As this seemed uncanny to her, she tried to free herself from it. Only through intense prayers from friends and terrible struggles was she able to free herself from the occult bonds. She wrote a report entitled “From Yoga to Christ” and gave Kurt Koch the right to publish it.<\/p>\n
Having presented the first three stages of yoga, we can see that occult processes develop from yoga and that yoga thus leads to the powers of the abyss. Maurice Ray writes in his book “Yoga, yes or no?”: “Those who practise Hatha Yoga seriously acquire new abilities such as telepathy, clairvoyance<\/a>, second sight and all the powers of a psychic state that are indispensable for occult activities.”<\/p>\n Yoga does not liberate, it enslaves. Yoga does not deliver, it binds. Yoga does not enlighten, it obscures. Yoga does not prepare the ground for Christ, but makes one unreceptive to Christ’s salvation. Yoga does not open the door for the Holy Spirit, but opens the doors for spiritistic spirits.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n