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Buddha, Jesus and the BrainAn Exploration of Eastern vs. Biblical Meditation
Timothy R. Jennings, M.D. FAPA
President-Elect, Tennessee Psychiatric Association
Vice President, Southern Psychiatric Association
Author of:
Could It Be This Simple? A Biblical Model for Healing the Mind – 2007
The God Shaped Brain: How Changing Your View of God Transforms Your Life - 2013
comeandreason.com
Slide2SESSION 3Buddha, Jesus and the Brain
An
Exploration of
Eastern vs. Biblical Meditation
Slide3OBJECTIVES
Identify the physical health outcomes of
meditation.
Slide4OBJECTIVES
Identify the physical health outcomes of
meditation.
Contrast the differences in philosophical underpinnings between the teachings of Buddha and
Jesus.
Slide5OBJECTIVES
Identify the physical health outcomes of
meditation.
Contrast the differences in philosophical underpinnings between the teachings of Buddha and
Jesus.
Examine the impact meditation has upon the
brain.
Slide6OVERVIEW
Describe
Eastern Meditation (EM), what it is, its health benefits, recent trends in the west and opposition from Christian
groups.
Slide7OVERVIEW
Describe
Eastern Meditation (EM), what it is, its health benefits, recent trends in the west and opposition from Christian
groups.
Historical contrast of Buddha and
Jesus.
Slide8OVERVIEW
Describe
Eastern Meditation (EM), what it is, its health benefits, recent trends in the west and opposition from Christian
groups.
Historical contrast of Buddha and
Jesus.
Common teaches of Buddha and
Jesus.
Slide9OVERVIEW
Describe
Eastern Meditation (EM), what it is, its health benefits, recent trends in the west and opposition from Christian
groups.
Historical contrast of Buddha and
Jesus.
Common teaches of Buddha and
Jesus.
Divergent philosophical landscape between Buddha and Jesus.
Slide10OVERVIEW
Describe
Eastern Meditation (EM), what it is, its health benefits, recent trends in the west and opposition from Christian
groups.
Historical contrast of Buddha and
Jesus.
Common teaches of Buddha and
Jesus.
Divergent philosophical landscape between Buddha and Jesus.
The brain changes associated with EM vs. Christian meditation.
Slide11OVERVIEW
Describe
Eastern Meditation (EM), what it is, its health benefits, recent trends in the west and opposition from Christian
groups.
Historical contrast of Buddha and
Jesus.
Common teaches of Buddha and
Jesus.
Divergent philosophical landscape between Buddha and Jesus.
The brain changes associated with EM vs. Christian meditation.
How Buddha and Jesus confronted the fear of death.
Slide12EASTERN MEDITATION CORE FEATURES
Eastern Meditation
involves:
Relaxed posture
Emptying focus
Repetitive mantra, chant
Rhythmic breathing
Gentle pushing away of intrusive thoughts and return to the mantra
Slide13EASTERN MEDITATION IN THE U.S.
Slide14EASTERN MEDITATION IN THE U.S.
NIH
2007 survey Eastern Meditation
is steadily
increasing.
Slide15EASTERN MEDITATION IN THE U.S.
NIH
2007 survey Eastern Meditation is steadily
increasing.
Increasingly common in medical practices and promoted in mental health
treatment.
Slide16EASTERN MEDITATION IN THE U.S.
NIH
2007 survey Eastern Meditation is steadily
increasing.
Increasingly common in medical practices and promoted in mental health
treatment.
Major Influx into
Christianity.
Slide17HEALTH BENEFITS OF EASTERN MEDITATION
Slide18HEALTH BENEFITS OF EASTERN MEDITATION
Lower
heart
rate.
Slide19HEALTH BENEFITS OF EASTERN MEDITATION
Lower
heart
rate.
Lower blood
pressure.
Slide20HEALTH BENEFITS OF EASTERN MEDITATION
Lower
heart
rate.
Lower blood
pressure.
Lower rates of anxiety and
depression.
Slide21HEALTH BENEFITS OF EASTERN MEDITATION
Lower
heart
rate.
Lower blood
pressure.
Lower rates of anxiety and
depression.
More rapid recovery after
illness.
Slide22HEALTH BENEFITS OF EASTERN MEDITATION
Lower
heart
rate.
Lower blood
pressure.
Lower rates of anxiety and
depression.
More rapid recovery after
illness.
Less pain and need for pain meds after surgery.
Slide23HEALTH BENEFITS OF EASTERN MEDITATION
Lower
heart
rate.
Lower blood
pressure.
Lower rates of anxiety and
depression.
More rapid recovery after
illness.
Less pain and need for pain meds after surgery.
Better attention, concentration and focus.
Slide24HEALTH BENEFITS OF EASTERN MEDITATION
Lower
heart
rate.
Lower blood
pressure.
Lower rates of anxiety and
depression.
More rapid recovery after
illness.
Less pain and need for pain meds after surgery.
Better attention, concentration and focus.
Better performance in school.
Slide25HEALTH BENEFITS OF EASTERN MEDITATION
Lower
heart
rate.
Lower blood
pressure.
Lower rates of anxiety and
depression.
More rapid recovery after
illness.
Less pain and need for pain meds after surgery.
Better attention, concentration and focus.
Better performance in school.
Decreased activation of inflammatory cascades in body.
Slide26WHY THE HEALTH BENEFITFROM EASTERN MEDITATION?
Slide27WHY THE HEALTH BENEFITFROM EASTERN MEDITATION?
Calms the amygdala – which results in better concentration and focus which
…
Slide28WHY THE HEALTH BENEFITFROM EASTERN MEDITATION?
Calms the amygdala – which results in better concentration and focus which…
Reduces the activation of the sympathetic nervous system which
…
Slide29WHY THE HEALTH BENEFITFROM EASTERN MEDITATION?
Calms the amygdala – which results in better concentration and focus which…
Reduces the activation of the sympathetic nervous system which…
Results in decrease activation of the immune system, and less stress hormone release thus reduced heart rate, blood pressure which
…
Slide30WHY THE HEALTH BENEFITFROM EASTERN MEDITATION?
Calms the amygdala – which results in better concentration and focus which…
Reduces the activation of the sympathetic nervous system which…
Results in decrease activation of the immune system, and less stress hormone release thus reduced heart rate, blood pressure which…
Results in less release of inflammatory cytokines which
…
Slide31WHY THE HEALTH BENEFITFROM EASTERN MEDITATION?
Calms the amygdala – which results in better concentration and focus which…
Reduces the activation of the sympathetic nervous system which…
Results in decrease activation of the immune system, and less stress hormone release thus reduced heart rate, blood pressure which…
Results in less release of inflammatory cytokines which…
Results in less damage to brain and body and thus better wound healing and less
pain.
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Slide33CHRISTIAN LEADERS OPPOSEEASTERN MEDITATION
Slide34CHRISTIAN LEADERS OPPOSEEASTERN MEDITATION
Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert
Mohler
says yoga & EM are not Christian practices
.
1
CBNNews.com October 09, 2010
, online at http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2010/October/Southern-Baptist-Leader-Yoga-Not-a-Part-of-Christianity-
/
Slide35CHRISTIAN LEADERS OPPOSEEASTERN MEDITATION
Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert
Mohler
says yoga & EM are not Christian practices
.
1
Ted Wilson, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, warns
:
CBNNews.com October 09, 2010
, online at http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2010/October/Southern-Baptist-Leader-Yoga-Not-a-Part-of-Christianity-
/
Slide36CHRISTIAN LEADERS OPPOSEEASTERN MEDITATION
Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert
Mohler
says yoga & EM are not Christian practices
.
1
Ted Wilson, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, warns:
"
Stay away from non-biblical spiritual disciplines or methods of spiritual formation that are rooted in mysticism such as contemplative prayer, centering prayer, and the emerging church movement in which they are promoted
.”
2
CBNNews.com
October 09, 2010
, online at http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2010/October/Southern-Baptist-Leader-Yoga-Not-a-Part-of-Christianity-
/
Klin
, F., online report at http://www.scribd.com/doc/49912205/Ancient-Thought-In-Modern-Dress-Spiritual-Formation-the-Seventh-Day-Adventist-Church
Slide37OPPOSITION TO EASTERN MEDITATION
Slide38OPPOSITION TO EASTERN MEDITATION
Christian
leaders in many denominations warn against the influx of this meditative
practice.
Slide39OPPOSITION TO EASTERN MEDITATION
Christian
leaders in many denominations warn against the influx of this meditative
practice.
Why the opposition if it shows so much health benefit?
Slide40HERB BENSON, HARVARD M.D.
Describes the “relaxation response” which
occurs from meditation that includes:
Herb Benson, M.D.,
Timeless Healing
,
Scribner,
1st Fireside
Edition, 1997.
Slide41HERB BENSON, HARVARD M.D.
Describes the “relaxation response” which occurs from meditation that includes:
Repetitive focus on a single word or
phrase.
Herb Benson, M.D.,
Timeless Healing
,
Scribner,
1st Fireside
Edition, 1997.
Slide42HERB BENSON, HARVARD M.D.
Describes the “relaxation response” which occurs from meditation that includes:
Repetitive focus on a single word or
phrase.
Rhythmic breathing and relaxed posture, usually eyes
close.
Herb Benson, M.D.,
Timeless Healing
,
Scribner,
1st Fireside
Edition, 1997.
Slide43HERB BENSON, HARVARD M.D.
Describes the “relaxation response” which occurs from meditation that includes:
Repetitive focus on a single word or
phrase.
Rhythmic breathing and relaxed posture, usually eyes
close.
Gentle pushing away of other
thoughts.
Herb Benson, M.D.,
Timeless Healing
,
Scribner,
1st Fireside
Edition, 1997.
Slide44HERB BENSON, HARVARD M.D.
Describes the “relaxation response” which occurs from meditation that includes:
Repetitive focus on a single word or
phrase.
Rhythmic breathing and relaxed posture, usually eyes
close.
Gentle pushing away of other
thoughts.
Dr. Benson documents that today
every religion
in the world has this method of
meditation.
Herb Benson, M.D.,
Timeless Healing
,
Scribner,
1st Fireside
Edition, 1997.
Slide45HARVARD CONFERENCE RELAXATION RESPONSE
I attended a seminar at Harvard conducted by Dr. Benson: He had as presenters, Catholic Priest, Protestant minister, Buddhist Monk, Islam cleric, Jewish Rabbi – others
…
Slide46HARVARD CONFERENCE RELAXATION RESPONSE
I attended a seminar at Harvard conducted by Dr. Benson: He had as presenters, Catholic Priest, Protestant minister, Buddhist Monk, Islam cleric, Jewish Rabbi – others
…
I asked the representatives of Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism –
Slide47HARVARD CONFERENCE RELAXATION RESPONSE
I attended a seminar at Harvard conducted by Dr. Benson: He had as presenters, Catholic Priest, Protestant minister, Buddhist Monk, Islam cleric, Jewish Rabbi – others
…
I asked the representatives of Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism –
“While you have documented that we find this form of meditation practiced in every religion of the world today, do we find this form of meditation in the Bible?”
Slide48HARVARD CONFERENCE RELAXATION RESPONSE
The answer?
Slide49HARVARD CONFERENCE RELAXATION RESPONSE
The answer?
NO
!
Slide50HARVARD CONFERENCE RELAXATION RESPONSE
The answer?
NO!
Does that concern anyone?
Slide51HARVARD CONFERENCE RELAXATION RESPONSE
The answer?
NO!
Does that concern anyone?
Does anyone find it strange that EM is found in every religion, but the one place it is NOT found is in the Bible
?
Slide52DR. ANDREW NEWBERG
Excellent
neuroscience.
Newberg, A. How God Changes Your Brain Random House, 2009 p. 34.
Slide53DR. ANDREW NEWBERG
Excellent
neuroscience.
Evolutionist who teaches that our brains evolved to create the idea of
God.
Newberg, A. How God Changes Your Brain Random House, 2009 p. 34.
Slide54DR. ANDREW NEWBERG
Excellent
neuroscience.
Evolutionist who teaches that our brains evolved to create the idea of
God.
States Buddha and Jesus both reached enlightenment through practicing Eastern
Meditation.
Newberg, A. How God Changes Your Brain Random House, 2009 p. 34.
Slide55QUESTIONS
Did
Jesus and Buddha both practice the same meditation
?
Slide56QUESTIONS
Did
Jesus and Buddha both practice the same meditation?
Is there a difference between Eastern Meditation and Biblical Mediation?
Slide57QUESTIONS
Did
Jesus and Buddha both practice the same meditation?
Is there a difference between
Eastern Meditation
and Biblical
Mediation
?
What impact do each have on the brain and person
?
Slide58QUESTIONS
Did
Jesus and Buddha both practice the same meditation?
Is there a difference between Eastern Meditation and Biblical Mediation?
What impact do each have on the brain and person?
If EM is not found in the Bible, why is it making such inroads into Christianity
?
Slide59QUESTIONS
Did
Jesus and Buddha both practice the same meditation?
Is there a difference between Eastern Meditation and Biblical Mediation?
What impact do each have on the brain and person?
If EM is not found in the Bible, why is it making such inroads into Christianity?
How can we ensure our meditations are Bible based?
Slide60GAUTAMA BUDDHA
Different
traditions:
Born of human mother and father via normal
conception
Supernatural origin, conceived without
intercourse
Lived - 563 BCE to 483
BCE.
Lived in Himalayan foothills of northeast
India.
Faced existential
anxiety.
Discovered
Transcendental Meditation Nirvana.
painting courtesy: Roxana
Santorelli
,
used with permission.
Slide61JESUS CHRIST
Different Traditions:
Born of human mother and father (Judaism
)
Supernatural origin, virgin birth, Incarnate Son of God (Christianity
)
Different Traditions:
Lived 3BCE – 29 CE (Judaism & Islam
)
Lived 3BCE – 29
CE, then resurrected (
Christianity
)
Lived
in Palestine.
Faced Existential
anxiety.
Overcame with self-sacrificial
love.
image courtesy: Louis Johnson,
used with permission.
Slide62COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Slide63COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught moderation & to avoid
extremism:
Slide64COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught moderation & to avoid
extremism:
Buddha taught the “middle way” to avoid sensual indulgence and also to avoid extreme
asceticism.
Slide65COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught moderation & to avoid
extremism:
Buddha taught the “middle way” to avoid sensual indulgence and also to avoid extreme
asceticism.
Jesus
taught to avoid sensual indulgence and
Pharisaism
.
Slide66COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught moderation & to avoid
extremism:
Buddha taught the “middle way” to avoid sensual indulgence and also to avoid extreme asceticism.
Jesus taught to avoid sensual indulgence and Pharisaism.
Slide67COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught moderation & to avoid
extremism:
Both
troubled by suffering and injustice in the
world.
Slide68COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught moderation & to avoid
extremism:
Both
troubled by suffering and injustice in the
world.
Both taught
altruism.
Slide69COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught moderation & to avoid
extremism:
Both
troubled by suffering and injustice in the
world.
Both taught
altruism.
Both sought to relieve
suffering.
Slide70COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught that there is something wrong with the current condition of the human mind that results in
suffering:
Slide71COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught that there is something wrong with the current condition of the human mind that results in
suffering:
Buddha – Dependent Origination - the mind creates suffering as a natural product of a complex
process.
Slide72COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught that there is something wrong with the current condition of the human mind that results in
suffering:
Buddha – Dependent Origination - the mind creates suffering as a natural product of a complex
process.
Jesus – That our condition is not natural, but deviant from God’s design and must be healed, “Must be born again…” and this deviant condition causes
suffering.
Slide73COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught that there is something wrong with the current condition of the human mind that results in
suffering:
Buddha – Dependent Origination - the mind creates suffering as a natural product of a complex
process.
Jesus – That our condition is not natural, but deviant from God’s design and must be healed, “Must be born again…” and this deviant condition causes
suffering.
Both sought a solution for the problems of the human condition
.
Slide74COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Both
taught that Scripture should not be used
alone:
Slide75COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Buddha
taught Scripture should not be accepted unless born out by experience and endorsed by the
wise.
Slide76COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Buddha
taught Scripture should not be accepted unless born out by experience and endorsed by the
wise.
Jesus taught that God provided three threads to be harmonized – Scripture, Science/Nature, and Experience
(with enlightenment from the Holy Spirit)
:
Slide77COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Buddha
taught Scripture should not be accepted unless born out by experience and endorsed by the
wise.
Jesus taught that God provided three threads to be
harmonized –
Scripture, Science/Nature,
and Experience
(with
enlightenment from the Holy
Spirit)
:
Quoted Scripture
(in
Synagogue, to
Disciples, and on road
to Emmaus
)
Slide78COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Buddha
taught Scripture should not be accepted unless born out by experience and endorsed by the
wise.
Jesus taught that God provided three threads to be
harmonized –
Scripture, Science/Nature,
and Experience
(with
enlightenment from the Holy
Spirit)
:
Quoted Scripture
(in
Synagogue, to
Disciples, and on road
to Emmaus
)
Taught God’s truths with examples in nature, wheat falls to ground dies to bring live, parable of sower, provisions for sparrows and the lilies of the fields, healing ministry acting out plan of
salvation.
Slide79COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Buddha
taught Scripture should not be accepted unless born out by experience and endorsed by the
wise.
Jesus taught that God provided three threads to be
harmonized –
Scripture, Science/Nature,
and Experience
(with
enlightenment from the Holy
Spirit)
:
Quoted Scripture
(in
Synagogue, to
Disciples, and on road
to Emmaus
)
Taught God’s truths with examples in nature, wheat falls to ground dies to bring live, parable of sower, provisions for sparrows and the lilies of the fields, healing ministry acting out plan of
salvation.
“Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.’”
(
John
20:27
)
Slide80COMMONALITY BETWEEN BUDDHA & JESUS
Buddha
taught Scripture should not be accepted unless born out by experience and endorsed by the
wise.
Jesus taught that God provided three threads to be
harmonized –
Scripture, Science/Nature,
and Experience
(with
enlightenment from the Holy
Spirit)
:
Quoted Scripture
(in
Synagogue, to
Disciples, and on road
to Emmaus
)
Taught God’s truths with examples in nature, wheat falls to ground dies to bring live, parable of sower, provisions for sparrows and the lilies of the fields, healing ministry acting out plan of
salvation.
“Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.’”
(
John
20:27)
The Holy Spirit will lead into all truth
(
John
15:26; 16:13)
Slide81INTEGRATIVE EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
Scripture:
All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
righteousness.
(2 Timothy
3:16)
Slide82INTEGRATIVE EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
Scripture
:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
(2 Timothy 3:16
)
Science:
For
since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen,
being understood from what has been made
, so that men are without excuse
.
(
Romans 1:20 - emphasis
mine)
Slide83INTEGRATIVE EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
Scripture
:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
(2 Timothy 3:16
)
Science:
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen,
being understood from what has been made
, so that men are without excuse.
(Romans 1:20 - emphasis mine
)
Experience:
Taste
and see that the Lord is
good.
(Ps 34:8)
;
Then
he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe
.’
(
John
20:27)
Slide84THE PROBLEM IF WE SEPARATE THE 3 THREADS
Slide85THE PROBLEM IF WE SEPARATE THE 3 THREADS
Slide86THE PROBLEM IF WE SEPARATE THE 3 THREADS
Slide87INTEGRATIVE EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
Slide88DIFFERENCES IN PHILOSOPHICAL LANDSCAPE
Buddha
Jesus
Slide89DIFFERENCES IN PHILOSOPHICAL LANDSCAPE
Buddha
Jesus
No specific higher intelligent
being.
Slide90DIFFERENCES IN PHILOSOPHICAL LANDSCAPE
Buddha
Creator God with unique
individuality.
Jesus
No specific higher intelligent
being.
Slide91DIFFERENCES IN PHILOSOPHICAL LANDSCAPE
Buddha
Creator God with unique
individuality.
Jesus
No specific higher intelligent
being.
Life energy/individuality transcends time and space reemerges in new forms through time on its
own.
Slide92DIFFERENCES IN PHILOSOPHICAL LANDSCAPE
Buddha
Creator God with unique
individuality.
Life energy originates in God and is distinct from individuality, thus individuality is resurrected by God (hardware, software and electricity
).
Jesus
No specific higher intelligent
being.
Life energy/individuality transcends time and space reemerges in new forms through time on its
own.
Slide93DIFFERENCES IN PHILOSOPHICAL LANDSCAPE
Buddha
Creator God with unique
individuality.
Life energy originates in God and is distinct from individuality, thus individuality is resurrected by God (hardware, software and electricity
).
Jesus
No specific higher intelligent
being.
Life energy/individuality transcends time and space reemerges in new forms through time on its
own.
Eternal dualism.
Slide94DIFFERENCES IN PHILOSOPHICAL LANDSCAPE
Buddha
Creator God with unique
individuality.
Life energy originates in God and is distinct from individuality, thus individuality is resurrected by God (hardware, software and electricity
).
Earth currently an artificial bubble of reality in which dualism occurs
temporarily.
Jesus
No specific higher intelligent
being.
Life energy/individuality transcends time and space reemerges in new forms through time on its
own.
Eternal dualism.
Slide95DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the
whole
Slide96DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the whole
Classic examples
:
Slide97DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the whole
Classic examples:
male and
female
Slide98DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the whole
Classic examples:
male and female
light and
dark
Slide99DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the whole
Classic examples:
male and female
light and dark
high and
low
Slide100DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the whole
Classic examples:
male and female
light and dark
high and low
hot and
cold
Slide101DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the whole
Classic examples:
male and female
light and dark
high and low
hot and cold
water and
fire
Slide102DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the whole
Classic examples:
male and female
light and dark
high and low
hot and cold
water and fire
But Eastern Philosophies also
include
Slide103DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the whole
Classic examples:
male and female
light and dark
high and low
hot and cold
water and fire
But Eastern Philosophies also include
Good and
Evil
Slide104DUALISM
Two
opposite, but complementary components, which are
required
together to make up the whole
Classic examples:
male and female
light and dark
high and low
hot and cold
water and fire
But Eastern Philosophies also include
Good and Evil
Life and Death
Slide105ETERNAL DUALISM
“Thus
, good and bad, the sacred and the profane, the sensual and the spiritual, the worldly and the transcendental, ignorance and enlightenment, samsara and nirvana, etc., are not absolute opposites, or concepts of entirely different categories, but two sides of the same reality
.”
Lama
Anagarika
Govinda
Slide106DUALISM IN THE WORLD
Rain refreshes and brings life – storms
destroy.
Slide107DUALISM IN THE WORLD
Rain refreshes and brings life – storms
destroy.
Plants produce fruits and food – yet also toxins, thorns and
poisons.
Slide108DUALISM IN THE WORLD
Rain refreshes and brings life – storms
destroy.
Plants produce fruits and food – yet also toxins, thorns and
poisons.
Despots abuse and murder others, yet love and protect their
families.
Slide109DUALISM IN THE WORLD
Rain refreshes and brings life – storms
destroy.
Plants produce fruits and food – yet also toxins, thorns and
poisons.
Despots abuse and murder others, yet love and protect their
families.
The Bible teaches the conflict between the “spiritual” and “carnal”
natures.
Slide110DUALISM IN THE WORLD
Rain refreshes and brings life – storms
destroy.
Plants produce fruits and food – yet also toxins, thorns and
poisons.
Despots abuse and murder others, yet love and protect their
families.
The Bible teaches the conflict between the “spiritual” and “carnal”
natures.
In the world we see
dualism.
Slide111TWO ANTAGONISTIC PRINCIPLES - DUALISM
Slide112TWO ANTAGONISTIC PRINCIPLES - DUALISM
Altruistic
Love.
Slide113TWO ANTAGONISTIC PRINCIPLES - DUALISM
Altruistic
Love.
Survival-of-the-fittest.
Slide114TWO ANTAGONISTIC PRINCIPLES - DUALISM
Altruistic
Love.
Survival-of-the-fittest.
Eastern Meditation
– dualism is natural, eternal, and provides healthy
balance.
Slide115TWO ANTAGONISTIC PRINCIPLES - DUALISM
Altruistic
Love.
Survival-of-the-fittest.
Eastern Meditation
– dualism is natural, eternal, and provides healthy
balance.
Christianity
– dualism is artificial, the result of an infection to God’s design, and will be
eliminated.
Slide116DUALISM CAUSES FEAR OF DEATHAND EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY
Slide117DUALISM CAUSES FEAR OF DEATHAND EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY
Adam/Eve
ran and hid because they were
afraid.
(
Genesis
3:10
)
Slide118DUALISM CAUSES FEAR OF DEATHAND EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY
Adam/Eve
ran and hid because they were
afraid.
(
Genesis
3:10)
Prior to sin – no fear – after sin fear infected
humanity.
Slide119DUALISM CAUSES FEAR OF DEATHAND EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY
Adam/Eve
ran and hid because they were
afraid.
(
Genesis
3:10)
Prior to sin – no fear – after sin fear infected
humanity.
Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of
death — that
is, the
devil — and
free those who all their lives were held in
slavery by their fear of death
.
(
Hebrews
2:14
, 15
)
Slide120BUDDHA AND JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Slide121BUDDHA AND JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha left the confines of his luxurious apartments, and encounters for the first time in his
life:
Slide122BUDDHA AND JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha left the confines of his luxurious apartments, and encounters for the first time in his
life:
A decrepit
old
man.
Slide123BUDDHA AND JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha left the confines of his luxurious apartments, and encounters for the first time in his
life:
A decrepit
old
man.
A severely ill
man.
Slide124BUDDHA AND JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha left the confines of his luxurious apartments, and encounters for the first time in his
life:
A decrepit
old
man.
A severely ill
man.
A corpse being carried to the funeral pyre by mourners
.
Slide125BUDDHA AND JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha left the confines of his luxurious apartments, and encounters for the first time in his
life:
A decrepit
old
man.
A severely ill
man.
A corpse being carried to the funeral pyre by mourners.
Buddha realizes his mortality and experiences fear of
death.
Slide126BUDDHA AND JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha left the confines of his luxurious apartments, and encounters for the first time in his
life:
A decrepit
old
man.
A severely ill
man.
A corpse being carried to the funeral pyre by mourners.
Buddha realizes his mortality and experiences fear of
death.
Buddha dealt with this fear of death by
EM.
Slide127BUDDHA AND JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha left the confines of his luxurious apartments, and encounters for the first time in his
life:
A decrepit
old
man.
A severely ill
man.
A corpse being carried to the funeral pyre by mourners.
Buddha realizes his mortality and experiences fear of
death.
Buddha dealt with this fear of death by
EM.
What
are the effects of EM upon the brain?
Slide128CORPUS CALLOSUM
Super communication highway connecting left and right
hemisphere.
Slide129CORPUS CALLOSUM
Super communication highway connecting left and right
hemisphere.
Left – reason, strategize, plan, logic, sense of
self.
Slide130CORPUS CALLOSUM
Super communication highway connecting left and right
hemisphere.
Left – reason, strategize, plan, logic, sense of
self.
Right – creativity, sense of connection with others, geometric orientation in
space.
Slide131ALIEN HAND SYNDROME
Slide132ALIEN HAND SYNDROME
Results from brain
injury/stroke/surgery.
Slide133ALIEN HAND SYNDROME
Results from brain
injury/stroke/surgery.
Dominant side loses communication with non-dominant
side.
Can happen due to stoke on one side, or lesion in corpus
callosum.
Slide134ALIEN HAND SYNDROME
Results from brain
injury/stroke/surgery.
Dominant side loses communication with non-dominant
side.
Can happen due to stoke on one side, or lesion in corpus
callosum.
Dominant side where we have language, sense of self, sense of consciousness, individuality. For most people left cortex
.
Slide135ALIEN HAND SYNDROME
When communication lost – the non dominant side directs hand movements without the conscious input of the person – thus the hand acts as alien
.
Slide136ALIEN HAND SYNDROME
When communication lost – the non dominant side directs hand movements without the conscious input of the person – thus the hand acts as alien.
In other words, the person doesn’t experience the hand as belonging to them i.e. the sense of self is lost from the hand when right cortex doesn’t communicate with the left.
Slide137JILL BOLTE TAYLORHARVARD RESEARCHER NEUROANATOMIST
Author
:
”My
Stroke of
Insight”
photo courtesy of
: http://
drjilltaylor.com,
used with permission.
Slide138JILL BOLTE TAYLORHARVARD RESEARCHER NEUROANATOMIST
Golf
ball size blood clot in left
hemisphere.
Author
:
”My
Stroke of
Insight”
photo courtesy of
: http://
drjilltaylor.com,
used with permission.
Slide139JILL BOLTE TAYLORHARVARD RESEARCHER NEUROANATOMIST
Golf
ball size blood clot in left
hemisphere.
Left brain impaired until clot
removed.
Author
:
”My
Stroke of
Insight”
photo courtesy of
: http://
drjilltaylor.com,
used with permission.
Slide140JILL BOLTE TAYLORHARVARD RESEARCHER NEUROANATOMIST
Golf
ball size blood clot in left
hemisphere.
Left brain impaired until clot
removed.
Right side dominated during this
time.
Author
:
”My
Stroke of
Insight”
photo courtesy of
: http://
drjilltaylor.com,
used with permission.
Slide141JILL BOLTE TAYLORHARVARD RESEARCHER NEUROANATOMIST
Golf
ball size blood clot in left
hemisphere.
Left brain impaired until clot
removed.
Right side dominated during this
time.
She experienced loss of self, loss of individuality and “
Nirvana.”
Author
:
”My
Stroke of
Insight”
photo courtesy of
: http://
drjilltaylor.com,
used with permission.
Slide142JILL BOLTE TAYLORHARVARD RESEARCHER NEUROANATOMIST
“Right here, right now, I can step into the consciousness of my right hemisphere, where we are. I am the life-force power of the universe. I am the life-force power of the 50 trillion beautiful molecular geniuses that make up my form, at one with all that is. Or, I can choose to step into the consciousness of my left hemisphere, where I become a single individual, a solid, separate from the flow, separate from you. I am Dr. Jill
Bolte
Talyor
: intellectual
neuroanatomist
.
These
are the ‘we’ inside of me. Which
would
you choose? Which do you choose? And when?”
Slide143BRAIN WAVES - EEG
Beta
15 - 30 Hz
Awake
, normal alert
consciousness
Slide144BRAIN WAVES - EEG
Beta
15 - 30 Hz
Awake
, normal alert
consciousness
Alpha
9 - 14 Hz
Resting
and REM
sleep
Slide145BRAIN WAVES - EEG
Beta
15 - 30 Hz
Awake
, normal alert
consciousness
Alpha
9 - 14 Hz
Resting
and REM
sleep
Theta
4 - 8 Hz
Zone
out, day dream, allow mind to wander
freely
Slide146BRAIN WAVES - EEG
Beta
15 - 30 Hz
Awake
, normal alert
consciousness
Alpha
9 - 14 Hz
Resting
and REM
sleep
Theta
4 - 8 Hz
Zone
out, day dream, allow mind to wander
freely
Delta
1 - 3 Hz
Deep
dreamless sleep
Slide147BRAIN WAVES - EASTERN MEDITATION
Decreases Beta
Slide148BRAIN WAVES - EASTERN MEDITATION
Decreases Beta
Increases Alpha
Slide149BRAIN WAVES - EASTERN MEDITATION
Decreases Beta
Increases Alpha
Increases Theta
Slide150DOPAMINE CIRCUITS
Slide151EASTERN MEDITATION
Decreases Beta
Waves.
Slide152EASTERN MEDITATION
Decreases Beta
Waves.
Increases Alpha and Theta
Waves.
Slide153EASTERN MEDITATION
Decreases Beta
Waves.
Increases Alpha and Theta
Waves.
Increases dopamine
secretion.
Slide154EASTERN MEDITATION
Decreases Beta
Waves.
Increases Alpha and Theta
Waves.
Increases dopamine
secretion.
Increases activity in right cortex and decreases it in left
cortex.
Slide155EASTERN MEDITATION
Decreases Beta
Waves.
Increases Alpha and Theta
Waves.
Increases dopamine
secretion.
Increases activity in right cortex and decreases it in left
cortex.
Resulting in an altered state of consciousness – in which one “feels” disconnected from reality, disconnected from the passage of time, loss of sense of individuality, and an emotional high, but no objective reality actually changes.
Slide156EASTERN MEDITATION
Decreases Beta
Waves.
Increases Alpha and Theta
Waves.
Increases dopamine
secretion.
Increases activity in right cortex and decreases it in left
cortex.
Resulting in an altered state of consciousness – in which one “feels” disconnected from reality, disconnected from the passage of time, loss of sense of individuality, and an emotional high, but no objective reality actually changes.
No actual new enlightenment even though it is referred to as an enlightened
state.
Slide157How is Eastern Meditation different from Christian Meditationand prayer?
Slide158BRAIN FUNCTION AND CHRISTIAN PRAYER
Spontaneous
prayer resulted in activation of same brain regions as when talking to another person (theory of mind
)
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
, DOI:
10.1093/scan/nsn050
Slide159BRAIN FUNCTION AND CHRISTIAN PRAYER
Spontaneous
prayer resulted in activation of same brain regions as when talking to another person (theory of mind)
Regions associated with anticipation, consideration of another’s response, attitudes, feelings, reaction (right & left cortex)
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
, DOI:
10.1093/scan/nsn050
Slide160BRAIN FUNCTION AND CHRISTIAN PRAYER
Spontaneous
prayer resulted in activation of same brain regions as when talking to another person (theory of mind)
Regions associated with anticipation, consideration of another’s response, attitudes, feelings, reaction (right & left cortex)
When reciting memorized prayers or repetitive mantras the same brain regions lit up as when reciting nursery rhymes –
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
, DOI:
10.1093/scan/nsn050
Slide161BRAIN FUNCTION AND CHRISTIAN PRAYER
Spontaneous
prayer resulted in activation of same brain regions as when talking to another person (theory of mind)
Regions associated with anticipation, consideration of another’s response, attitudes, feelings, reaction (right & left cortex)
When reciting memorized prayers or repetitive mantras the same brain regions lit up as when reciting nursery rhymes –
regions of recall, rote learning and repetition – but not higher cortical function – no prefrontal cortex
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
, DOI:
10.1093/scan/nsn050
Slide162BRAIN FUNCTION AND CHRISTIAN PRAYER
When making a list for Santa the Prefrontal cortex didn’t activate as in spontaneous prayer
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
, DOI:
10.1093/scan/nsn050
Slide163BRAIN FUNCTION AND CHRISTIAN PRAYER
When making a list for Santa the Prefrontal cortex didn’t activate as in spontaneous prayer
Brain doesn’t activate in the same way when interacting with computer or inanimate objects
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
, DOI:
10.1093/scan/nsn050
Slide164BRAIN FUNCTION AND CHRISTIAN PRAYER
When making a list for Santa the Prefrontal cortex didn’t activate as in spontaneous prayer
Brain doesn’t activate in the same way when interacting with computer or inanimate objects
Brain doesn’t expect reciprocity or think about the wants/desires/need of the computer, no empathy, connection, relational interaction
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
, DOI:
10.1093/scan/nsn050
Slide165BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Do
not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.
(
Joshua
1:8)
Slide166BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Do
not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.
(
Joshua
1:8)
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
(
Psalms
1:2)
Slide167BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Do
not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.
(
Joshua
1:8)
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
(
Psalms
1:2)
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
(
Psalms
48:9)
Slide168BIBLICAL MEDITATION
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
(Psalms 119:15
)
Slide169BIBLICAL MEDITATION
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
(Psalms 119:15)
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders.
(Psalms 119:27)
Slide170BIBLICAL MEDITATION
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
(Psalms 119:15)
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders.
(Psalms 119:27)
I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees.
(
Psalms
119:48
)
Slide171BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Never
an empty nothing focus nor a repetitive
mantra.
Slide172BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Never
an empty nothing focus nor a repetitive
mantra.
Focus on some aspect of God’s character, creation, design protocols for life, methods, principles – intelligent awareness and admiration of something objectively grander and higher than
self.
Slide173BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Never
an empty nothing focus nor a repetitive
mantra.
Focus on some aspect of God’s character, creation, design protocols for life, methods, principles – intelligent awareness and admiration of something objectively grander and higher than
self.
This is Beta brainwave
activity.
Slide174BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Further
, the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of both truth and
love. (John
14:17,
Galatians
5:22,
1 John
4:8
)
Slide175BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Further
, the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of both truth and
love. (John
14:17,
Galatians
5:22,
1 John
4:8
)
Truth is processed in the left
hemisphere.
Slide176BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Further
, the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of both truth and
love. (John
14:17,
Galatians
5:22,
1 John
4:8
)
Truth is processed in the left
hemisphere.
Unity with others in the right
hemisphere.
Slide177BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Further
, the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of both truth and
love. (John
14:17,
Galatians
5:22,
1 John
4:8
)
Truth is processed in the left
hemisphere.
Unity with others in the right
hemisphere.
Thus Biblical meditation leads to a balance in brain activity, with true enlightenment as one grows in objective awareness and knowledge of God and His
design.
Slide178BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Educates
(enlightens) us with the reality of God’s design for
life.
Slide179BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Educates
(enlightens) us with the reality of God’s design for
life.
Diagnosis what is wrong with
us.
Slide180BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Educates
(enlightens) us with the reality of God’s design for
life.
Diagnosis what is wrong with
us.
Leads us to trust our Designer/Creator to heal and
restore.
Slide181BIBLICAL MEDITATION
Educates
(enlightens) us with the reality of God’s design for
life.
Diagnosis what is wrong with
us.
Leads us to trust our Designer/Creator to heal and
restore.
In trust we follow our Shepherd into the “valley of the shadow of death.”
Slide182BIBLICAL MEDITATION
We
die to self, we confront, resist, and overcome, in relationship with our Creator, the infection of fear and selfishness that causes
death.
Slide183BIBLICAL MEDITATION
We
die to self, we confront, resist, and overcome, in relationship with our Creator, the infection of fear and selfishness that causes
death.
Then we live with new character of altruistic love, no longer controlled by
fear.
Slide184If Biblical Meditation and Eastern Meditation are not the same, then why isEastern Meditation
making such inroads into Christianity?
Slide185DUALISM
Eastern Mysticism
Christianity
Slide186DUALISM
Eastern Mysticism
Christianity
Natural
and Eternal
Slide187DUALISM
Eastern Mysticism
Unnatural
and
temporary
Christianity
Natural
and Eternal
Slide188DUALISM
Eastern Mysticism
Unnatural
and
temporary
Christianity
Natural
and Eternal
Provides
balance
Slide189DUALISM
Eastern Mysticism
Unnatural
and
temporary
Destructive
and causes
imbalance.
(Rom 8:22
)
Christianity
Natural
and Eternal
Provides
balance
Slide190DUALISM
Eastern Mysticism
Unnatural
and
temporary
Destructive
and causes
imbalance.
(Rom 8:22)
Satan’s wish for good and evil to exist together for all eternity, thus he co-rules the
universe.
Christianity
Natural
and Eternal
Provides balance
Slide191DUALISM INFECTS CHRISTIANITY
Satan’s
coveted co-
rulership
of the universe infects Christianity in the guise of doctrines that teach the eternal existence of good and evil
:
Slide192DUALISM INFECTS CHRISTIANITY
Satan’s
coveted co-
rulership
of the universe infects Christianity in the guise of doctrines that teach the eternal existence of good and evil:
God’s law is imposed and thus God is a cosmic dictator who is the source of inflicted pain, suffering and
death.
Slide193DUALISM INFECTS CHRISTIANITY
Satan’s
coveted co-
rulership
of the universe infects Christianity in the guise of doctrines that teach the eternal existence of good and evil:
God’s law is imposed and thus God is a cosmic dictator who is the source of inflicted pain, suffering and
death.
Eternal burning
hell.
Slide194DUALISM INFECTS CHRISTIANITY
Both
ideas are false thus undermine trust, disrupt salience network, activate amygdala, incite fear and anxiety.
Slide195DUALISM INFECTS CHRISTIANITY
Both
ideas are false thus undermine trust, disrupt salience network, activate amygdala, incite fear and anxiety.
Thus eternal dualism opens the way for EM practices as traditional penal models of atonement incite fear of God rather than promote healing love, thus they fail to calm and bring internal peace.
Slide196BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Slide197BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha
:
Slide198BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha:
No
higher
power.
Slide199BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha:
No
higher
power.
Dualism
is
eternal.
Slide200BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha:
No
higher
power.
Dualism
is
eternal.
Turn to self for solution - Transcendental Meditation enter Nirvana “non-dual” state, occurring within the experience of the practitioner, self-directed, self-imposed, no objective change in external
reality.
Slide201BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Buddha:
No
higher
power.
Dualism
is
eternal.
Turn to self for solution - Transcendental Meditation enter Nirvana “non-dual” state, occurring within the experience of the practitioner, self-directed, self-imposed, no objective change in external
reality.
Dualism
continues for eternity in the universe but through meditation one “experiences” a sense of “non-dual” state
.
Slide202BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Jesus
:
God built life to operate upon protocol of
beneficence, giving, love
.
Slide203BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Jesus
:
God built life to operate upon protocol of
beneficence, giving, love
.
Life on earth is deviant from this design causing a transient state of dualism that needs a cure, and without cure results in death
.
Slide204BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Jesus
:
God built life to operate upon protocol of
beneficence, giving, love
.
Life on earth is deviant from this design causing a transient state of dualism that needs a cure, and without cure results in death.
Christ took this condition and eliminated the dual state in actuality, and thereby eradicated the infection that brings death, thus destroying death and the dual state – In the humanity He assumed
.
Slide205BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Jesus
:
Now
He works to eliminate the dual state in
us.
Slide206BUDDHA & JESUS BOTH CONFRONTED DEATH
Jesus
:
Now
He works to eliminate the dual state in
us.
The universe is ultimately healed and reality returns to a non-dual
state.
Slide207JESUS HEALS HUMANITY
In
the humanity of Jesus Christ the dual state
brought
about by sin was eradicated!
Slide208JESUS HEALS HUMANITY
In
the humanity of Jesus Christ the dual state
brought
about by sin was eradicated!
Jesus
became what God intended for Adam to be!
Slide209JESUS HEALS HUMANITY
In
the humanity of Jesus Christ the dual state
brought
about by sin was eradicated!
Jesus
became what God intended for Adam to be!
Thus
, He rose on the third day in a humanity that He purified and restored to God’s original design.
Slide210EARLY CHURCH FATHERS TAUGHT CHRIST CAME TO DESTROY SATAN, DEATH, SIN, AND HEAL MANKIND
Justin Martyr
(
103-165 AD)
“(
Christ) having been made flesh submitted to be born of the Virgin, in order that through this dispensation the
Serpent
, who at the first had done evil, and the angels assimilated to him
might be put down and death might be despised
.
”
Slide211EARLY CHURCH FATHERS TAUGHT CHRIST CAME TO DESTROY SATAN, DEATH, SIN, AND HEAL MANKIND
Robert
Franks
describes Justin’s
theology:
“In
fact we find in Justin clear indications of the presence to his mind of the recapitulation theory, afterwards more fully developed by
Irenaeus
, according to which
Christ becomes a new head of humanity, undoes the sin of Adam by reversing the acts and circumstances of his disobedience, and finally communicates to men immortal life
.”
Franks, Robert S
.,
A History of the Doctrine of the Work of Christ in its Ecclesiastical
Development,
vol
. 1, London:
Hodder
and Stoughton, 1918, p. 21,
22.
Slide212IRENAEUS (~125 – 202 AD)
“We
come here to the famous
Irenaean
docrtrine
of Recapitulation. The conception is that of
Christ as the Second Adam, or second head of humanity, who not only undoes the consequences of Adam’s fall, but also takes up the development of humanity broken off in him, and carries it to completion
, i.e. to union with God and consequent immortality
...
Franks, Robert S
.,
A History of the Doctrine of the Work of Christ in its Ecclesiastical
Development,
vol
. 1, London:
Hodder
and Stoughton, 1918, p.
37, 38.
Slide213IRENAEUS (~125 – 202 AD)
“
It was God recapitulating the ancient creation of man in Himself, that He might
slay sin, and annul death, and give life to man
.” Also III. 18, 1: “The Son of God, when He was incarnate and was made man, recapitulated in Himself the long line of men, giving us salvation compendiously (in
compendio
), so that what we had lost in Adam, viz. that we should be after in the image and similitude of God, this we should receive in Jesus Christ.”
Franks, Robert S
.,
A History of the Doctrine of the Work of Christ in its Ecclesiastical
Development,
vol
. 1, London:
Hodder
and Stoughton, 1918, p.
37, 38.
Slide214Now Christ Worksto Heal Us!
Slide215THE HOLY SPIRIT APPLIES CHRIST’S ACHIEVEMENTS TO OUR LIVES
“I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by
taking what is mine and making it known to you
. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit
will take what is mine and make it known to
you
.”
(
John 16:7
, 12-15
)
Slide216EXAMPLES
Moses
Slide217EXAMPLES
Moses
Paul
Slide218EXAMPLES
Moses
Paul
13
y/o Marian and 11 y/o Barbie
Fisher
October
2006
Slide219EXAMPLES
Moses
Paul
13 y/o Marian and 11 y/o Barbie
Fisher
October
2006
“These are they who do not love their loves so much as to shrink from
death.”
(Revelation 12:11)
Slide220EXAMPLES
Moses
Paul
13 y/o Marian and 11 y/o Barbie
Fisher
October
2006
“These are they who do not love their loves so much as to shrink from
death.”
(Revelation 12:11)
The dual state is eradicated and they live to love God and others more than
self.
Slide221TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Biblical Transformation
Slide222TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Biblical Transformation
Fear of
death.
Slide223TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Fear of
death.
Biblical Transformation
Fear of
death.
Slide224TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Fear of
death.
Biblical Transformation
Fear of
death.
Meditation inward focused, emptying, altered brain function & Internal
experience.
Slide225TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Fear of
death.
Meditation outward focused on God & His design (law
).
Biblical Transformation
Fear of
death.
Meditation inward focused, emptying, altered brain function & Internal
experience.
Slide226TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Fear of
death.
Meditation outward focused on God & His design (law
).
Biblical Transformation
Fear of
death.
Meditation inward focused, emptying, altered brain function & Internal
experience.
Sense of peace within, But no change in
reality.
Slide227TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Fear of
death.
Meditation outward focused on God & His design (law
).
Diagnosed
as sick, experience sense of conviction – trust the Designer to heal & experience internal transformation & peace with
God.
Biblical Transformation
Fear of
death.
Meditation inward focused, emptying, altered brain function & Internal
experience.
Sense of peace within, But no change in
reality.
Slide228TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Biblical Transformation
Dualism
exists
eternally.
Slide229TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Dualism temporary.
Biblical Transformation
Dualism
exists
eternally.
Slide230TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Dualism temporary.
Biblical Transformation
Dualism
exists
eternally.
Eternal recycling through dualistic
universe.
Slide231TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Dualism temporary.
Eternal life in non-dual
universe.
Biblical Transformation
Dualism
exists
eternally.
Eternal recycling through dualistic
universe.
Slide232TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Dualism temporary.
Eternal life in non-dual
universe.
Biblical Transformation
Dualism
exists
eternally.
Eternal recycling through dualistic
universe.
Treats the symptoms.
Slide233TWO PATHS
Eastern Meditation
Dualism temporary.
Eternal life in non-dual
universe.
Cures
the
problem!
Biblical Transformation
Dualism
exists
eternally.
Eternal recycling through dualistic
universe.
Treats the symptoms.
Slide234WHY IS EASTERN MAKINGINROADS INTO CHRISTIANITY?
Slide235WHY IS EASTERN MAKINGINROADS INTO CHRISTIANITY?
Christianity
has been infected with dualism in the guise of imposed law and eternal
punishment.
Slide236WHY IS EASTERN MAKINGINROADS INTO CHRISTIANITY?
Christianity
has been infected with dualism in the guise of imposed law and eternal
punishment.
Dualism incites
fear.
Slide237WHY IS EASTERN MAKINGINROADS INTO CHRISTIANITY?
Christianity
has been infected with dualism in the guise of imposed law and eternal
punishment.
Dualism incites
fear.
Fear is not resolved by penal/legal atonement
theories.
Slide238WHY IS EASTERN MAKINGINROADS INTO CHRISTIANITY?
Christianity
has been infected with dualism in the guise of imposed law and eternal
punishment.
Dualism incites
fear.
Fear is not resolved by penal/legal atonement
theories.
Fear is resolved by a genuine love relationship with
God.
Slide239WHY IS EASTERN MAKINGINROADS INTO CHRISTIANITY?
But
lies believed break the circle of love and
trust.
Slide240WHY IS EASTERN MAKINGINROADS INTO CHRISTIANITY?
But
lies believed break the circle of love and
trust.
Imperial Roman Imposed Law constructs misrepresent God, create dualism, incite fear, thus eastern philosophies enter to calm fear
.
Slide241WHY IS EASTERN MAKINGINROADS INTO CHRISTIANITY?
But
lies believed break the circle of love and
trust.
Imperial Roman Imposed Law constructs misrepresent God, create dualism, incite fear, thus eastern philosophies enter to calm fear
.
But when God is seen as love then fear is resolved and healing
results.
Slide242WHY HASN’T CHRIST RETURNED?
Slide243WHY HASN’T CHRIST RETURNED?
And this
gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
(Matthew 24:14)
Slide244WHY HASN’T CHRIST RETURNED?
And this
gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
(Matthew 24:14)
What kingdom?
Slide245WHY HASN’T CHRIST RETURNED?
And this
gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
(Matthew 24:14)
What kingdom?
The kingdom of
love.
Slide246WHY HASN’T CHRIST RETURNED?
And this
gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
(Matthew 24:14)
What kingdom?
The kingdom of
love.
Embrace the King of the Kingdom of Love and come back into
at – one -
ment
with
Him and His methods of love.
Slide247WHY HASN’T CHRIST RETURNED?
And this
gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
(Matthew 24:14)
What kingdom?
The kingdom of
love.
Embrace the King of the Kingdom of Love and come back into
at – one -
ment
with
Him and His methods of love.
Then, when we take this gospel to the world dualism will finally end and all will again be at-one.
Slide248QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS