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Biofeedback	Crystal	Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Question: Dear Brother, I have some ailments that I'm treating which are Fibromyalgia, Anxiety, Acid Reflux, IBS, and most recently diagnosed with a mild case of Osteoarthritis. These conditions began once I started going through menopause; however I am trying to treat and cope with them to the best of my ability and the majority of my ailments are stress related. My Primary Care Physician referred me to Physical Therapy whereas I went for a consulation, got X-rays and blood test done and received my results back; so the Therapist will determine what exercises will be the best for me. My Primary Care Physician also suggested Biofeedback, but I'm very reluctant to try this just because of some of the things I've heard about it; as I once tried Acupuncture which I felt very strange afterwards and never tried it or anything like it again. As Christians, is it dangerous for us to have these types of treatments even if a Physician suggest them? Also, for the Physical Therapy massage would be part of the therapy; however just standard massage. Could you please give me some advice about this and if you could pray for me, as these conditions are preventing me from working. Also are there any healing prayers I can pray to help me with my health concerns. Thank you, God Bless, Crystal
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r) Dear Crystal: Biofeedback is specifically mentioned by the Church in the document about the New Age, Jesus Christ: The Bearer of the Water of Life. Here is the pertinant excerpt: Yoga, zen, transcendental meditation and tantric exercises lead to an experience of self-fulfilment or enlightenment. Peak-experiences (reliving one's birth, travelling to the gates of death, biofeedback, dance and even drugs – anything which can provoke an altered state of consciousness) are believed to lead to unity and enlightenment. Since there is only one Mind, some people can be channels for higher beings. Every part of this single universal being has contact with every other part. The classic approach in New Age is transpersonal psychology, whose main concepts are the Universal Mind, the Higher Self, the collective and personal unconscious and the individual ego. The Higher Self is our real identity, a bridge between God as divine Mind and humanity. Spiritual development is contact with the Higher Self, which overcomes all forms of dualism between subject and object, life and death, psyche and soma, the self and the fragmentary aspects of the self. Our limited personality is like a shadow or a dream created by the real self. The Higher Self contains the memories of earlier (re-)incarnations. Christians should avoid all of these activities that produce this "peak" experiences and altered states of consciousness. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Crystal

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Question:

Dear Brother,

I have some ailments that I'm treating which are Fibromyalgia, Anxiety, Acid Reflux, IBS, and most recently diagnosed with a mild case of Osteoarthritis.

These conditions began once I started going through menopause; however I am trying to treat and cope with them to the best of my ability and the majority of my ailments are stress related.

My Primary Care Physician referred me to Physical Therapy whereas I went for a consulation, got X-rays and blood test done and received my results back; so the Therapist will determine what exercises will be the best for me.

My Primary Care Physician also suggested Biofeedback, but I'm very reluctant to try this just because of some of the things I've heard about it; as I once tried Acupuncture which I felt very strange afterwards and never tried it or anything like it again.

As Christians, is it dangerous for us to have these types of treatments even if a Physician suggest them? Also, for the Physical Therapy massage would be part of the therapy; however just standard massage.

Could you please give me some advice about this and if you could pray for me, as these conditions are preventing me from working. Also are there any healing prayers I can pray to help me with my health concerns.

Thank you,
God Bless,
Crystal

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r)

Dear Crystal:

Biofeedback is specifically mentioned by the Church in the document about the New Age, Jesus Christ: The Bearer of the Water of Life. Here is the pertinant excerpt:

Yoga, zen, transcendental meditation and tantric exercises lead to an experience of self-fulfilment or enlightenment. Peak-experiences (reliving one's birth, travelling to the gates of death, biofeedback, dance and even drugs – anything which can provoke an altered state of consciousness) are believed to lead to unity and enlightenment. Since there is only one Mind, some people can be channels for higher beings. Every part of this single universal being has contact with every other part. The classic approach in New Age is transpersonal psychology, whose main concepts are the Universal Mind, the Higher Self, the collective and personal unconscious and the individual ego. The Higher Self is our real identity, a bridge between God as divine Mind and humanity. Spiritual development is contact with the Higher Self, which overcomes all forms of dualism between subject and object, life and death, psyche and soma, the self and the fragmentary aspects of the self. Our limited personality is like a shadow or a dream created by the real self. The Higher Self contains the memories of earlier (re-)incarnations.

Christians should avoid all of these activities that produce this "peak" experiences and altered states of consciousness.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.