By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2012 We briefly the practices of meditation, visualization, and yogic breathing methods as they relate to the martial arts. Bodywork, Enlightenment and Meditation…
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2012 We briefly examine the premise of mind-body unity and the goal of spiritual transformation, or enlightenment as they relate to the martial…
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2012 The practice of visualization is a directed form of mental imagery and concentration, which is having broad and substantial impact in our…
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2012 Because the practice of visualization can be adapted to almost any philosophy and uniquely colored by it, there is no well-defined worldview…
By: Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr.John Weldon; ©2012 The godly angels never deny the teachings of Jesus Christ or the Bible. Yet the popular angels do this routinely. Some examples…
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2012 The argument is advanced that hypnosis itself is harmless and that potential complications arise only from the therapist who misuses the practice.…
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2012 The question of Christian participation in the martial arts is easy to resolve at one level and less easy at another. Christian…
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2012 A potential problem of hypnotherapy is age regression. This is where a person is taken back into childhood to re-experience an alleged…
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2012 The martial arts are traditionally tied to the regulation and manipulation of mystical energies such as chi (Chinese) and ki (Japanese). Martial…
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2012 Both mandalas and mantras are frequently used in occult meditation and visualization practice. For example, “Continuous repetition of mantras is practiced as…