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Originally Posted by joelr  I have seen that theory before. There has been some mysticism associated with ouija boards but they are a registered trademark toy from the 1800s. If I can use that to contact spirits then I can use my Rubiks Cube just as well.
There isn't any information from Seth that could be harmful. It all comes down to 1 sentence - You Create Your Reality. He says it in a way that's more helpful than most LOA material. |
From an article by Vincent McCann: New Age Channelling, 2001:
Another area of concern regarding channeling is that many New Age believers are quick to accept almost any message that is given. Every message, no matter how bizarre, or off the wall, is simply accepted as truth. It also seems that no concern is given regarding the actual 'source' of the message. For many, it just seems enough that the entity speaking through their chosen human vessels are actually giving messages.
These entities may claim to be either wise spirit guides, departed ascended masters, or alien entities, but it is rarely ever questioned as to whether they actually are or not. The bottom line is therefore, that those who pursue this practice are open to the very real possibility of falling prey to terrible deception.
Along these lines, Journalist, Joe Fisher, author of Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts spent five years of his life attending channelling sessions and speaking with spirit entities which claimed to be people who had lived prior existences. His research led him to believe that these spirits did indeed exist but that they hid their true identities with lies and deception. The more he realised this, he discovered that other researchers had also reached this same conclusion.
For example, psychic investigator, Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), who attended seances for several years, concluded:
"...I am satisfied that there exist invisible intelligent beings who profess to be spirits of deceased people." (Joe Fisher, Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts, p. 264,)
Likewise, Fisher also notes how Andrew Jackson Davis wrote in the book Spirit Mysteries, in 1869:
"It is no difficult thing for certain spirits to impersonate others, to talk and dress up their thoughts like others, which they will do if such resemblance adds anything important to their communications." (Joe Fisher, Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts, p. 265)
Douglas Groothius has observed that even some prominent spiritualists themselves have recognised the potential of being deceived by channeled spirits:
"Emanuel Swedenborg, the famous seer of the eighteenth century, was well acquainted with the spirit world, having experienced detailed visions recorded later in book form. Nevertheless, he cautioned those courting the spirits: "When spirits begin to speak with a man, he ought to beware that he believes nothing whatever from them; for they say almost anything. Things are fabricated by them, and they lie... they would tell so many lies and indeed with solemn affirmation that a man would be astonished...if a man listens and believes they press on, and deceive, and seduce." (Samuel M. Warren, A Compendium of the Theological Writings of Emmanuel Swedenborg (New York: Swedenborg Foundation, 1977, p. 618. As quoted in Douglas Groothuis, Revealing the New Age Jesus, Leicester: IVP, 1990, p. 210.)
Good luck with your Rubiks Cube, btw!
