Energy Enhancement The Shiva Lingam Meditation And The Trinity the Antahkarana, and Connection
The Shiva Lingham and Yoni come from the India and the Ancient, 5000 years old Hindu religion. It is a meditation, inscribed in Stone which is at the heart of every Hindu temple. It is a meditation inscribed in stone whose meaning has been lost in history but which is now taught in Energy Enhancement.
The Shiva Lingham and Yoni is a 5000 year old sculpture, a diagram, a key which describes the natural flow of energy between man and the energies of the universe. How energy comes from heaven, the Spring at the top of the mountain, the Center of the Universe, through a human being, a purified human being with no energy blockages, illuminated, enlightened, and down into the Kundalini chakra in the center of the earth.
There, in the chakra in the center of the earth, the negative energies are transmuted and healed and importantly, the direction of the energy is changed, rectified, and then travels up through the human being again from the center of the earth and up into heaven. This is the Macrocosmic orbit of Alchemical Taoism and also the Kundalini Kriyas.
The base of the Shiva Lingam, the Yoni, looks like the Sufi Alhambra Fountain fountain in Granada, Andalusia, Spain where the center represents the center of the earth. These two sculptures from two completely different countries and cultures separated by thousands of years and miles show how these universal principles are again and again brought into the cultural mix of humanity for their evolution.
The Shiva Lingam (Male Genitals) takes the part of the upwelling water of the fountain and represents the Antahkarana. In ritual worship, milk is poured over the Shiva Lingam representing the descent of energy from the Center of the universe into the center of the Earth. It comes out of the Yoni (Female Genitals) which symbolise the earth and the antahkarana through the yoni spout shooting spiritual energy out of the center of the earth like the water of the fountain comes out of the Alhambra fountain into the pool through the Antahkarana channel and up into heaven, the pool, the ocean of bliss
This represents the change in direction of the energy which occurs in the center of the earth and shoots the energy back from earth to heaven. This is the Taoist Macrocosmic orbit, a guided meditation which has so many benefits and which is taught in Energy Enhancement.
The secrets of Energy Enhancement on the nature of the energy flows of the universe and humanity come from deep and ancient sources.
The parallel processor model of a human being. Super Computers gain speed through the number of processors connected. Each Chakra is a processor gaining more intelligence the higher they go. As more processors are connected, so a human being gains more wisdom. The communication bus connecting the chakras together in a man, and with the energies of the earth and the universe itself is the Antahkarana.
As my Master Roshi Hogen says “The spring at the top of the Mountain.” is heaven. All energy comes from this. It is the chakra in the center of the universe whose energy powers everything.
Illness is caused by a lack of energy. We can only heal ourselves when we learn to fill ourselves with energy by these methods of getting rid of the blockages to this energy flow, the energy blockages in you!
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This Initiation is the most important Initiation of Energy Enhancement. Other Initiations teach us about the Negativities and attitudes which stop this highly Energetic Soul Connection. Other Initiations teach us how to use this Higher energy in the correct way.
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Put Everything In Its Proper Place.
Feeling the orgasmic Higher Energies from the Connection to chakras above our heads makes us understand that everything else in our lives is good… but not that good!!
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Octopussy
The graven image exclusion as told in the Bible certainly wasn’t followed by the Popery people. Never has there been a system with so many icons and such a multitude of a Heavenly Host. Yet they call it monotheism. There are well over 1500 saints, archangels, and the other godly cretins including Laddio, Daddio and Spook. Soon there will be many more as the current regime of Luciferians is having many more canonized, including the Pope who did not ex-communicate Hitler (even as they shortly thereafter did so to Ivan Illich). There is only one God if there is any at all.
I see the borders and Manifest Destiny doctrines were useful to these Divine Kings, but those borders are not merely physical or drawn on maps. The borders that separate man and woman, or made races and ‘chosen ones’ are the borders that promote war and genocidal rages of all sorts. The Scale of Nature or Chain of Ascended Beings which saw the European at the top of the chart and promoted ideas like the North American Indian being just up from the orangutan still echo in the halls of justice. The laws we follow are laws and morays established with foul intent to diminish our souls.
The Mormon Melchizedek Society of Salt Lake City is situated where Frater Albertus Magnus and the International Society of Alchemists is located. Melchizedek is the advisor to Abraham in the cults of these peoples who devised a very invasive control that set man against man and made women chattel. He is a father of the House of Judah/David and Jesus. Years ago another Frater Albertus Magnus mentored Aquinas (The Dumb Ox) and thus a later Alumbrados group or Illuminati created the Jesuits in another purely Luciferian intrigue.
Marriage once was flexible and protected the rights of children first and foremost, as valued assets or members of the tribe and clans: and women - it has been a virtual War on our dual energy or psycho-spiritual makeup! Arranged marriages as economic or political intrigue are not more than prostitution and slavery. Who benefits from the polygamy that saw Abraham and his baby-factories re-energized under the 33rd degree Masons like Smith and Young? The Ur-stories or Judaeo/Christian/ Islamic cult complex has wrought more pain and abortion of soul than any other structure devised by man. The people behind religion are people who may have tried to improve mankind and manage the future in some decent way at one point of another. Sure there are some today that you could say are nave enough to make a good case for them being great and loving people. It is not just amusing to see the incessant bitch-slapping of interdenominational fighting over the souls of sheeple. It sickens me deep in my soul.
It gets worse as you research more deeply into the creation of these constructs that separate us from each other and the collective or oversoul that might be what we call God. Scientology or the Mormons, surely have people who act without the usual hypocrisy; and you can say they have become totally under a near hypnotic control. In fact the Scientologists have created a slave robot culture. But when compared to so many other cultures that have war at the top of the actual agenda - who knows - maybe we should all join these new religions which were started by the Masonic ‘Octopussy’.
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Columnist for The ES Press Magazine
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The Big Bang Theory - Evidence Start of Cosmos and Human Evolution
What is The Big Bang Theory! What do we mean when we talk of The Big Bang Theory? In Concept The Big Bang Theory would mean something related to the start of the Cosmos… the beginning of the Evolution itself.
The Big Bang Theory came to be accepted by scientists only about three decades ago as an irrefutable fact of Creationism. Does it mean that it is only The Big Bang Theory which gave birth to the existing Cosmos? Yes! The Concept “The Big Bang Theory” explains to us how the Cosmos was created in the first stage.
The concept… The Big Bang Theory can be best understood by the spiritualists of the highest order. It is not merely a Concept or a Theory (The Big Bang Theory) which can be easily understood by the use of the senses alone (as the senses have their own limitations in the physical manifested world).
The Big Bang Theory has its origination in a domain which is much beyond the comprehension of the senses and the mind. It is for the Enlightened beings to be able to understand in absolute order the concept of The Big Bang Theory.
Before we elaborate further… we need to dive deep into the realms of Spirituality. Starting from the basics we need to understand that The Big Bang Theory is deeply related to God the Almighty. For the atheist it may be almost impossible to correctly interpret and understand The Concept of The Big Bang Theory. Why?
Why does The Big Bang occur at all… in the realms of Spirituality the only existence which has any base in the whole of Cosmos is God the Almighty, the Creator himself. Nothing beyond the existence of God the Almighty exists. Whatever exists from the point of view of the senses is ephemeral in nature. Nothing has any permanent significance in the realms of Spirituality. Truthfully speaking it is God and only God which exists and manifests in the whole of Cosmos.
Why so? Understanding the Concept of the basic building block of the whole Cosmos… the Concept and Theory of atoms and molecules… we shall realize that the whole Cosmos is only built up of clusters of atoms and molecules. The total structure of the Cosmos is just a gaseous formation… in which only clusters of atoms and molecules exist. There is nothing solid in the whole of Cosmos.
It is only when perceived from the point of view of the senses and the mind that the solidification of the gaseous formation seems to exist. And beyond the realms of the senses and the mind exists… the World of God, the Almighty! Does it mean that God the Almighty is a cluster of atoms and molecules? In a way yes! Let me explain further…
Assuming that only God the Almighty exists in the whole of Cosmos… then as explained in the Bhagavad Gita… the most sacred document existing on Mother Earth… the size of God in its primordial state before The Big Bang occurs in Theory is of the size of half a thumb. And what is this half the size of a thumb we call as God the Almighty?
The definition of God the Almighty as given in the Bhagavad Gita is the sum total of all purified Souls (Atmans) existing in the whole of Cosmos at a given point of time and these purified Souls combine together to form the size of half a thumb. Imagine the vast cluster of energy this small size of God the Almighty may withhold! And unable to sustain this massive energy for long… this half the size of a thumb what we call as God the Almighty explodes. And it explodes with a Big Bang giving birth to The Big Bang Theory!
This Big Bang… the explosion which is defined by scientists as The Big Bang Theory results in the creation of the Cosmos… a Cosmos consisting of many universes and each universe consisting of many galaxies and Milky Ways… and one galaxy consisting of billions of stars and solar systems… and one star like the sun having a few planets revolving around it. And out of the many planets… Our planet Mother Earth… the moment it has conducive environment worthy of living… the Souls manifest one after another and starts the journey of life on Mother Earth!
The Big Bang Theory… the Concept in itself is irrefutable and undeniable for the basic reason that no other Theory or Concept holds good. The Enlightened masters like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed knew of this irrefutable Concept and Theory (The Big Bang Theory) the moment they became enlightened. For an Enlightened Soul to be able to understand the Concept of Spirituality from the beginning to the end of Cosmos becomes a reality.
The Big Bang Theory has its roots in the Concept that the entire purified Souls combine together to form something we know as God the Almighty. And this God the Almighty unable to contain itself for long because of the inherent massive energy within explodes with a Big Bang and this results in the start of a new Cosmos… a new journey!
Proceeding further we need to understand that these purified Souls (Atmans) which have now scattered all over the Cosmos start gaining impurities on their cosmic journey. And it is only after the dross within is removed from the Souls that they shall become free forever from manifesting further bodies.
As the whole Cosmos cools down gradually… the system gives birth to many planets and out of these planets some of them become conducive for beginning of life with passage of time. And what is this life we are talking of? Are we talking of the insect life, the plant life, the animal life or the world of human beings themselves?
Every Soul (Atman) like the metal embedded in any metal ore cannot separate itself from the impurities contained therein. And to cleanse itself of the impurities… every Soul (Atman) requires a body. And thus starts the cosmic journey of a Soul (an Atman)!
The journey of this Soul (Atman) starts as an amoeba (single cell formation)… The first manifestation in the cosmic journey of 8.4 million manifestations… ending with the form of a human being (the last stage in the series of various manifestations) finally to gain Salvation and come back to its original pristine form. The moment cosmic journey of all Jiva (life forms) end with the Dissolution of the Cosmos… starts a new Cosmos confirming The Big Bang Theory.
The journey from first manifestation to the 8.4 millionth manifestation explains the Concept of Evolution as detailed by Charles Darwin. A long cosmic journey of 8.4 million manifestations and a total period of 96.4 million earthly years is necessitated before the Soul can come back to its original pristine form and it is in the last stages as a human being that the Soul shall gain Salvation… liberation from the cycle of various manifestations for ever and finally become free until the start of a new Cosmos with a new Big Bang (The Big Bang Theory).
We need to understand here that once having come back to its original pristine pure form… this purified Soul remains in its purified state until the collapse of the Cosmos occurs. It is at the time of the collapse (Dissolution) of the Cosmos (Pralaya as we call it in Hinduism) that all purified Souls combine together again resulting in The Big Bang (confirming again the existence of The Big Bang Theory).
Vijay Kumar… The Man who Realized God in 1993 explains The Big Bang Theory - Evidence Start of Cosmos and Human Evolution. For more details on Evolution Spirituality and Creation visit - Big Bang Theory
How to Study the Bible, 5 Keys to Learning
This article was inspired by a book by E. W. Bullinger called
How to Enjoy the Bible, it was written in the early 1900’s and
has inspired me to devote a lifetime of research to the Word of
God, I hope this will inspire you too.
There are a few basic elements we must state before we get
in-depth on how to study God’s wonderful Word. First we must
know that there is only one requirement that is written in the
Word pertaining to studying the Word. We must rightly divide it.
II Tim. 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth.
It matters little what people have thought or said the Bible
says. There have been volumes that have listed the names and
views of what people have said the Bible says and we would learn
very little if we were to study it all we would only become
confused. We need only to stay in the Word and leave not the
pages of the Bible to understand the great truth that God has
revealed.
Secondly we must know the object of the Word of God and that is
to reveal the Father and the Son. Third we must know what the
subject of the Bible is; Jesus Christ the promised seed of
Genesis 3:15
Gen. 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and
thou shalt bruise his heel.
The Bible must therefore be seen and arranged with reference to
Christ. The words, commandments and purposes of God are all
centered in Christ. The thread from Gen 3:15 through Revelation
is Christ and we must keep this first in our minds to truly know
God’s Word.
The literary form of the Bible: “THE WORD OF GOD” as a whole
comes to us in two separate parts: one written, originally, in
Hebrew; the other in Greek. Only in the Versions are these two
combined, and bound together in one Book. This division, of
course, is not human, though the names by which they are
commonly known are. Up to the second century the term “Old
Covenant” was used by the Greeks to describe the Hebrew Bible.
This passed into the Latin Vulgate as “Vetus Testamentum,” from
which our English term “Old Testament” was derived. The name New
Testament is a one off of that.
Fourth we must adhere to whom the scripture is written. This is
the subject matter of the Bible. We have said that Jesus Christ
is the subject of the Bible but the subject matter of the Bible
is the people to whom the scripture is written. For example,
there are the Jew, the Gentile and the Church of God.
Fifth we must know what God is saying in reference to the
subject, subject matter and the times that the scripture is
referring to. These are sometimes called dispensations in the
Bible. The Greek word for Dispensation is oikonomia and refers
to the act of administering by the Figure Metonymy, the act of
administering is transferred to the time during which that
administering is carried on.
The present dispensation called Grace; is not in Law, Judgment,
or Glory. It belongs to the time which is called “the
Administration of the Mystery” that Secret (as the word Mystery
means in the Greek) “which in other ages was not made known to
the sons of men” (Eph 3:5). It was “hid in God from the
beginning of the world” (Eph 3:9). It “was kept secret since the
world began” (Rom 16:25). But Paul was made the special
administrator of all the truth connected with it. It was
committed to him by God: and the Word of God could not be “fully
preached” without it (Col 1:25, margin). The Word of truth can
be preached today, but it cannot be “fully preached” without the
truth connected with this Mystery.
We have seen five principles which are required for Biblical
study to “rightly divide” the Word of God. One, the requirement,
we must rightly divide the Word. Two, we must know the object of
the Word; to reveal God and His will to us who believe. Three,
we must know what the subject of the Bible is; Jesus Christ.
Four, we must adhere to the subject matter of the Bible; to whom
it is written. Five, we must know what is written in reference
to one through four which is time. When were the scriptures
written and what times are the scriptures referring to?
When we apply these five basic steps to studying the Bible, the
eyes of our understanding will be enlightened that we may know
what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints is
to us.
The Armorbearer Coach & The Character of Christ In You
And even though Jesus was God’s Son, He had to learn from experience what it was like to obey, when obeying meant problems and difficulties. -Hebrews 5:8 TLB paraphrased by author
Recently, an actor with a career spanning over half a century told of his humble beginnings and one of his character choices that changed his life forever, “I was newly married and a new father. We were barely making it; living off my waiting tables and doing a few acting jobs here and there.
A man called one day offering an assignment paying a lot of money (back then) to play a young rebellious man spewing out obscenities to his father. After thinking of the disrespect it would bring to my father, a good man, I turned it down and declared I would only play roles in which my family could be proud.
Almost a month later, the man called back with a respectable role and an offer to represent me as my agent. He said he could not stop thinking about me. He said, ‘If a man feeding his family off pennies could turn down an assignment offering this much money, there had to be something to him.’ He represented me as my agent for 30 years until his death.
The role he offered me was Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” That actor was Sidney Poitier, who went on to win for his work in the movie, Lilies of the Field, 1963; the only Oscar for Best Actor awarded to an African-American in a 40 year span of U.S. history. Mr. Poitier’s choice during that difficult time changed the course of his life.
Have you noticed that much of how we respond to life’s circumstances has to do with our character? God desires to build character within us. He desires to train (discipline) us as His children.1 Training and disciplining does not always feel good. In fact, it can be downright painful.
Ask any private in a military boot camp or any professional athlete during his training season. The Apostle Paul encouraged us about God’s training, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” 2
Many times, throughout Scripture we find God saying to man…I wanted to know what was in your heart. I tested you to know if you would keep My commands. After Abraham’s character test, God said, “Now I know that you love Me.” To the Israelites He said, “I tested you in the wilderness so that I would know what you would do.” 3
As with any test, the day or season of the test is not the time to develop and prepare. Therefore, I believe the time to cooperate with God to build character is the noweveryday. In the everyday processes of life, we have opportunity to develop character (moral strength). Choices create character.
Problems and adversity give us opportunity to develop character. The Apostle Paul (as incredible as it may sound) in one of his letters to the Roman church, encouraged them to rejoice when facing difficulties, “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials for we know that they are good for usthey help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally, our hope and faith are strong and steady.” 4
We develop character every time we make a right choice. John C. Maxwell, America’s expert on leadership and successful executive says, “We create it (character) every time we make choicesto cop out or dig out of a hard situation, to bend the truth or stand under the weight of it, to take the easy money or pay the price.” 5 By daily recognizing, developing, and refining the moral strength in us, we are co-laborers in building the character God desires to see in His children.
We desire people of character in our churches, our cities, our countries, and our world. Most if not all of the success stories turned failures in recent years, have been partially due to lack of character. No one can rise above the limitations of his character. Billy Graham was asked to comment on how he was able to maintain character in the face of so many ministry leaders showing a lack of character.
He responded with, “People have put me on too high a pedestal. We do the same with other leaders. I know, however, I am not as good as some people think I am. I have seen men in the depths of wickedness and have thought to myself, ‘There I go, except by the grace of God.’ I have to depend on God every day to help me live as I should.” We also must depend on the grace of God to help us live, as we should. To develop character in your life on a daily basis:
•Make right choices. Remember character is a choice. Invite God in on your choices. You will find it makes a lifetime of difference.
•Recognize your character will preach the gospel. Determine to set a good example for those watching your witness.
•Remember bad company corrupts good character. Watch the company you keep. Are they a good influence upon your life or a bad one?
•Depend on the grace of God. When you make a mistake, repent, and begin again. My pastor, Mike Hayes says, “God is a God of new beginnings. Look at how He provides us an opportunity for a fresh start each new season, New Year, new month, new week, and every fresh morning.”
We have determined that choices create character. If you have been unfortunate to make quite a few wrong choices in life as I have, then this will be good news to you. Pastor Amy Hossler encouraged me saying, “Even a wrong or bad choice repented of can eventually build good character.” Our Father God has promised (if we ask for it) to forgive us and cleanse us of all unrighteousness. Additionally, He promised to work all things to our good.9
It seems our Father God is painstakingly involved in working character in us. However, it is up to us to work together with him so that we may reap the harvest of righteousness he longs to give us. Join me as I cooperate with God in creating good character in me with one good choice at a time.
(c) Earma Brown
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Competency in Counseling
Competency in Counseling
There is no shortage of advice-givers in today’s society.
Actually, it seems no matter where you turn, you hear someone
giving advice or counsel on one issue or another. Frequently
it’s hard to try and avoid those wanting to give advice. To
prove my point, simply express to others a dilemma you have, and
watch folks stumble over themselves to give their opinion. Some
counsel you hear is good, little is from a biblical worldview,
and much counsel is simply bad and ungodly. With that in mind,
who are capable to provide counsel or give advice? Are
Christians competent to counsel people with problems? What
actually constitutes competency? What are the qualifications for
a counselor?
Biblical counselors frequently quote Romans 15:14 to support the
position that Christians possess adequate ability (competency)
to counsel: “I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you
yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and
competent to instruct one another.” Colossians 3:16 is
considered the comparable verse to Romans 15:14, “Let the word
of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one
another with all wisdom,….” Continuing in Romans, Paul makes
the case for boldness: Romans 15:15, “I have written you quite
boldly on some points, as if to remind you of them again,
because of the grace God gave me.” Each of these verses contains
the necessary characteristics or prerequisites required of a
competent counselor. Counselors are to be, “full of goodness,”
“complete in knowledge,” the word of Christ should dwell in them
richly, they should be full of wisdom, and they should speak
boldly.
First, counselors should be full of goodness. This is not
goodness that is natural within us, but is from the Spirit of
God whose fruit is goodness, Galatians 5:22. Being full of
goodness denotes an abundance of grace consisting of
benevolence, humaneness, and an understanding to fellow
Christians in the spirit of Galatians 6:1, “Brothers, if someone
is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him
gently.” Second, counselors should be complete in knowledge.
This is spiritual knowledge relating to: 1. God, His nature and
perfections, His mind and will, 2. Christ and the work of
redemption, 3. The Holy Spirit and how He operates, 4. The
Gospel knowledge necessary to salvation. If a counselor is to
have an understanding of the biblical issues relating to human
nature and behavior, the study of the scriptures will be
fundamental to his or her qualifications and effectiveness. It
would be paradoxical for someone to say they counsel biblically,
yet lack the wherewithal or inclination to provide biblical
explanations to issues and problems. 2 Timothy 2:15, “Do your
best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who
does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word
of truth.”
Third, the word of Christ should dwell richly in the counselor.
The counselor should understand the scriptures, especially those
which speak of Christ and testify of Him, teach pardon by His
blood, justification by faith, and salvation. He must know the
Bible thoroughly and how to use it practically. I would
seriously question the motives and presuppositions of a biblical
counselor who lacked the willingness or desire to study and
learn the doctrines central to the work of a true biblical
counselor. If a counselor believes “Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet, and a light unto my path,” Psalm 119:105, how can that
truth be applied without having more than a Sunday school
knowledge and understanding of God’s word? How can the counselor
provide the lamp and light if he doesn’t know its whereabouts?
Richly implies he should not only possess the word, but it
should have a significant place in the counselor’s life. The
counselor should be engaged in frequent reading, hearing, and
meditation on the word.
Next, the counselor should possess wisdom. James Strong defines
wisdom as “devout and proper prudence in relations with men
including the skill and discretion in imparting Christian
truth.” The counselor must learn how to discover the facts about
the problems to which he must find biblical solutions. Psalm
111:10 states where one should start in obtaining wisdom, “The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his
precepts have good understanding.” Finally, the counselor should
speak with boldness. He should reprove, advise, and exhort
without dread or fear. 2 Timothy 4:2, “Preach the Word; be
prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and
encourage–with great patience and careful instruction.”
Having stated the biblical prerequisites for what constitutes a
competent counselor, what then constitutes an incompetent
counselor? One might assume it would be just the antithesis of
what I just stated. However, since all Christians possess the
key competent attributes in some degree (albeit many in
extremely small amounts), there is more to what constitutes
incompetency. The strength of biblical counseling begins with
its presuppositions. In other words, it accepts on faith that
God exists and the Bible is true, and understands the
implications of adhering to it.
What are some of the key presuppositions in biblical counseling?
To start, counseling issues are theological issues because our
life is lived before God. That is the exact opposite of
psychology’s main presupposition of there is no God. If there is
one single difference that makes the two counseling models stand
out, it’s the fact that one acknowledges God and the other does
not. Also, the heart drives behavior and all counseling issues
are heart issues. This establishes that all behavior is
righteous or unrighteous, not healthy or unhealthy; and
certainly not the psychological heresy “feelings are neither
good nor bad, they just exist.”
Furthermore, one’s view on the nature of man is critical in
understanding behavior and offering biblical solutions. If man
is depraved and his behavior is the result of sin, the biblical
counselor can offer solutions, hope, and a cure. If there is no
sin, reductionism becomes the presupposition and all behavior is
reduced to chemical imbalances, diseases or other ambiguous
impulses. Doctors David Tyler and Kurt Grady explore this
further in their book, “Deceptive Diagnosis: When Sin is Called
Sickness.” Dr. Dr. Ed Bulkley comments from the forward of the
book are most appropriate: “The church has a growing tendency to
pathologize every form of spiritual discomfort…, instead of
seeking God’s definitions and explanations of human behavior,
more and more pastors, elders, and congregations are accepting a
secular world-view which is based on humanistic psychology
rather than the Bible. The result is an increasingly weakened
Church, no longer certain of its message, mission and calling.”