I find this conflicting. They say it leads us to seek out God inside of us, which becomes of deification of self. Does not God come to live inside us when we accept Him into our hearts through salvation? Is not the Holy Spirit within us when we accept the baptism of it?
hey j
thanks for the online church entry.
i quoted this person above because it points to a fundamental confusion about God and the self.
in the yoga i study, God does indeed come to live inside us "when we accept Him into our hearts". Without one's heart, one isn't getting anywhere near the divine. Not in my yoga.
as for "is not the Holy Spirit within us when we accept the baptism of it"? this points to that good old key element in theology: the freedom of choice. in the yoga i do, freedom is key. we may not be able to control the universe, but when can choose how we respond. how we choose is what defines our relationship to God.
so basically this person thinks there is a contradiction with his belief and another, while in fact this other is the same.
i think this distinction is lost on a lot of yogi's. they look for God through some ritual like meditation. but before true meditation is possible, you have to already have chosen to embrace the Divine; it does no
t come to you through simply shutting off your internal dialogue.
there's my lecture for the day.
brad
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