Something made it to my awareness recently via something that was shared to me by my wife that appeared on her world's facebook feed.  It was just some random inspirational quote that took me aback because of a similarity to writings I've only shared with her about one of the ways I have reconciled faith in Him with science.  I consider it one of my pearls that I feel wise to follow Jesus as quoted in Matthew 7:6, in Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls to pigs; if you do, they may trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.  She recognized the similarity and felt compelled to see what I thought.  Honestly, I was a little freaked out.  

I will not give the quote here, for fear of someone using their deductive reasoning in pilfering out one of my pearls, but I can say that it came from a sub-feed on Facebook containing a whole bunch of "new-ageish" spirituality messaging.  I set it aside for further contemplation and by the time my imagination had worked on it in by background almost certainly with His divine help, I wanted to refind the quote and check myself what it said again against the intuition and perspective that only came later.  Of course, like a lot of social media feeds it was not rediscoverable and Lynn scrolled through a huge dosage of unrelated, but similar spiritual messaging in that feed before I implored her to stop and give up.

What I've begun to conclude is that I am not that clever and probably dangerously predictable.  Its apparent that some of these new-agey metaphysics are tapped into similar things that I feel I've become more sensitive to.   The quote's uncanny specificity at first seems like a profound truth but only after contemplation I realized it was one of the most dangerous misunderstandings of God's truth I've come across.   I really believe, the misunderstanding from the quote's author sets him/her up for nothing less dire than what many would liken to demonic posession.  Now having groked it more fully, I feel like God has given me new spiritual armor and even applied some divine shine one of those hidden pearls I keep for understanding Him.

As Lynn scrolled this feed full of metaphysics and new-age spiritualism, you either settle into an interpretation of them as uncovering hidden truths in the style we know from religion as synonymous to the Occult, or, like me, you realize its all pretty sad and almost comically obvious the naivity which these people sharing actually have.

You see, the modern spiritual guru is no match for the ancient ones.  Think what you may of ancient civilizations, but if you find yourself looking down on them realize you may be channeling vanity and pride of the current age of man you find yourself in.  Those people long ago did not have all the distractions and entertainment in the modern world designed by the devil to keep you numb, stupid, blind, and deaf to things spiritual.  Those ancestors are the fathers of your fathers spanning for hundreds of generations and even before Jesus came, the commandment to honor your mothers and fathers was already well understood. Respect for elders has been embedded in culture as common sense since time immemorial, so if only for a brief moment, consider they may have worked these things out way before the modern gurus.  I suggest its only necessary to go back to about 2026 years ago.

One of the ways these "feeds" make their motives clear is the complete lack of any concept of Jesus.   I can only imagine as soon as some new "guru" might be inspired to speak of Him or His Son, they will get persecuted and removed from the feed and told to leave and go instead to the Christian ones where they will be more welcome.  The message is clear, the "new age" spirituality is supposedly not compatible and not welcome.  Go back to the bubble where you are harmless to the world and only surround yourself with people who already understand you.  i.e. go back to your churches and stay inside.

The vibe I get from these metaphysics feeds now is similar to children telling ghost stories around a camp fire.  Everybody hears it, says "OOooooh!" and then they look around at each smiling and giggling and hiddenly wondering if what they speak of may be more than just entertainment.   Its not.  And it will push you further along lines that are not healthy for your spirit.  You see, the power that is awakened in humans by drawing nearer to Jesus and His Father are capable of creating a state of mind so powerful it can remove from your mind even the fear of death.   This is a power thats been there for centuries in Christianity and religious texts are full of examples that aren't just stories, but histories.  One of the apostles of Jesus was facing certain execution in the morning, yet he slept the night like a baby (sorry I don't recall the exact verses for this one).  Do you honestly think this is something modern spirituality could ever replicate?  I doubt it.  I know I wouldn't be able to, since I am weak and not close enough to Him in time and space, but aspiring to it I find noble and worthy of a lifetime of effort.

So, as I continue to find those lost and floating souls unaware of how perfectly they are rediscovering Him in their works, I can't help but feel compelled to evangelize Him in the hopes that the energy you are beginning to sense can be supercharged before it is instead bottled for the devil's purposes.  He hates Jesus more than any human is capable, so pay attention where ever His presence is missing or unwelcomed.   Your soul may depend on it.