In her autobiography, The Shattering (2015), Smith recounts her decade-long detour into the occult and eastern mysticism and its unexpected and abrupt culmination in a Christian exorcism. To bring this subject home where it hurts, consider the experience of Jessica Ahner Smith, who completed a traditional yoga teacher training program at an ashram in India and who taught yoga, including gym yoga, in the United States. There is no redeeming the work of other spirit beings. Redemption only applies to what God made, not to what man made in partnership with other spirit beings. That is like trying to take half a baby back (the half belonging to the mother or father) or half a temple back (the half belonging to humans or gods) or part of a process back (the objectionable part). ![]() That is why humans cannot unilaterally redeem a practice such as the Sun Salute that has been designed for spirit beings and devoted to spirit beings and that operates, functions or proceeds by some definitive spiritual process. Once done, human will is not the only will operative in the work or practice: the will of spirit beings is also operative. There is a finality to actions where the interest of others is involved. Consecration is also irrevocable: you cannot take back what you have given once the dedication is made and ownership right is transferred or shared. (Or do we imagine that a spiritual work is void of spirit? Do we imagine that inspiration, consecration, and spiritual reasons for engaging in the practice are meaningless, empty, and vain?)Ĭo-creation is irrevocable: you cannot unmake something made and you cannot selectively remove the part your partner (or spirit partner) made. In cases like the Sun Salute where human beings are inspired by spirit beings to create a work or to dedicate the work to spirit beings or to undertake the work for a religious purpose or to explain it by a religious paradigm, spirit beings partner in the work and thereby obtain mutual rights of possession and control. Any human work that is conceived or created in conjunction with spirit beings is a collaborative work co-authored by human beings and spirit beings. Human actions that can transform a secular activity such as exercise into a sacred one include:ġ) conception and creation of a work or practice in conjunction with the spirit world Ģ) dedication of a work or practice to a deity or other spirit agent ģ) religious rationale or spiritual explanation for a work or practice.Īny of these actions on the part of human beings invites third party involvement, that is, engages spirit beings in the work or practice. Second, our actions attract the interest and response of spirit beings, including the aforementioned rebel powers of darkness. ![]() ![]() These beings factor into human experience, whether we know it or not. The Bible assumes the existence not only of angels, but of fallen angels, including Satan and one-third of the heavenly host (an angelic military force), as well as demons. Before examining the origin of the Sun Salute, a brief explanation of why origin matters may help.
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