Channeled New Age "Teachings" (from 1995)

... and counter thoughts.

• One rejoins one's Higher Self after death; one's Higher Self is one's true self, etc. (This same "Higher Self" was the cause of a disastrous "vision quest" that caused me, and is still causing me (over a year later) many problems.) I first read this in some New Age commercial publications, but this was later reiterated by the spirits. Counter-teaching: A friend has said that many so-called Higher Selves that he's met have either been imposters, or the most arrogant sub-personality of a person. It takes a mistake or a lot of careful digging to find this out beneath the shiny veneer, but it's there....
• This is not explicitly stated, but some people seem to imply that one is better off relying on one's Higher Self, rather than turning to the Light/God. Counter-teaching: Considering that it seems that many "Higher Selves" are imposters or are arrogant sub-personalities (see above), is this a good idea? Considering that God is the highest Source of good (wisdom, joy, caring, truth), is it good advice to seek solace from a less-than-holy entity? Is anything that seeks to turn one away from God really there for your benefit?
• The closer to the Light an angel is, the more the angel is bound by rules. Counter-teaching: God is an advocate of free will; as such, angels are creatures of free will, and all actions are voluntary. Coercion/binding is a sign of evil, not of good!
• There are multiple universes, each with a different Light and a different Dark (sort of in different colors). I later heard this reiterated by some New-Age influenced people I met --- much talk of "pink universe" and "yellow universe" etc. Possible conter: Some people have described the astral realm as covering a spectrum of colors, with those toward red being nastier, and those toward violet being much nicer. The Light is (some have said) above all the astral realms.
• Just as one is a part of one's Higher Self, one's own soul-fragments are part of yourself. The spirits used various trickeries to convince me that my soul was fragmented (they even used cartoony character-actors to play the part of each fragment). I later found channeled texts on the WWW that exactly mirror the "teachings" that I received on this. Counter-teaching: it is possible for souls to fragment, but not this ridiculously, and not for such trivial reasons as "That incident with the stolen toy traumatized your soul."
• Learn and study and improve all areas of your life (as evidenced by all the fragments wanting me to play the violin more often, paint more often, exercise more often, etc etc; also, evidenced by advice to brush up on foreign languages so as to please close relatives, etc). I have found similar sentiments echoed in New Age texts. Counter-teaching: While bettering one's talents is certainly not a bad thing, one's motives need to travel in the direction of caring for others. Self-centered self-improvement is not a path to giving freely to others.
• Destructive or selfish tendencies should be accepted and incorporated. Counter-thought: How the heck is this supposed to make anyone more selfless, caring, and a better person in general?? It does make sense to honestly acknowledge destructive tendencies, but then such things need to be cast off, especially if they are externally (psychically) caused....
• Dissenting voices or thoughts in one's mind are signs of a divided house or a fragmented soul. Such thoughts or voices represent subconscious desires and needs that need to be fulfilled or placated. Counter-teaching: Sometimes this may be true, but what's far more likely is that a spirit hitch-hiker/parasite is attached to the person for its own selfish reasons. Capitulating to those who advocate paths that lead to self-destruction seems hardly wise.
• This one was a subtle impression, not a direct teaching. The impression was that the Light (God) is a fairly passive entity. The angels are the active ones. Meanwhile, the Light is a place of stagnation (or so the implication went). Counter-teaching: I have since gotten the impression from various sources (such as books) that God allows us to screw up, but is hardly passive; it is the Light that sends angels, that offers advice, that extends light and healing to those in need.
• There are several supreme states of being. Each is a type of enlightenment. It is possible to reach such supreme states by taking the path of darkness, or of light, or remaining neutral or somewhere in between. At the moment of enlightenment, one can choose a different path, or one can graduate and move to a different universe and start over there. Counter-thought: How can a destructive path (such as darkness) ever lead to enlightenment or true understanding? Not one major religious teacher (such as Buddha) has ever encouraged such a thing. Buddha himself taught that one must release desires and travel the path of compassion ... which is very similar to what Jesus taught.
• Implied: All paths lead to the same place. Everyone will eventually get to the same place. (While the particular spirits I dealt with implied the universe-hopping route noted above, many others seem to say that all souls will reach the Light at the end.) ...But what if not all paths lead to the same place?
• Reincarnation is fun and exciting and is a fast way to learn. Reincarnate for fun and profit! Counter-thought: Gee, why have the most respected religious teachers all argued against the path of death or the path of reincarnation? Reincarnation is frought with perils, and many spirits seem to encourage reincarnation for the purpose of "riding" the incarnate (deriving pleasure from being able to experience physical life without the pain of actually living in it). This is not to say we don't have lessons to learn from life ... but it is to say that there are other ways out.
• Karma demands that one reincarnate and replay karmic debts. (I didn't hear this one, but I've heard it implied by other New-Age-influenced people.) Counter-thought: Since when has God become a loan-shark? I wonder how Jesus' words: "You are forgiven" apply? Some say that karma is our own attachment to our own desires; if we truly decide that we are free of something, we will be. As for reincarnation: even some New Age writers have acknowledged that there are other ways to work out karmic debts, such as by working for others' sakes after death, without reincarnating. There seems to be a very big lie floating around that one isn't allowed to enter the Light UNLESS (something). What one desires or fears ultimately decides whether one will reach the Light or not --- would God stop the prodigal son from returning?
• Contracts are binding. Well, OK, I've heard conflicting versions of this one: some imply this is true, some say this is not. Counter-thought: Ben Swett tells a great story of a spirit who insisted he couldn't go home, because he had sold his soul to the devil. But the angel's reply was: "God didn't recognize the sale; come on home!" When would God insist that one keep a contract made to a loan shark?
• Implied teaching: Don't pity the poor and the weak; they chose their destiny and are evolving. Counter-teaching: Whatever happened to compassion and humility? Looking down (as some do) on others because they're "not evolved" is not a humble act. ("You're suffering? Oh, it's just a stage, because you're not very evolved.") Leaving people to their pains because "they chose it" is not an act of compassion. Yeshua (Jesus) means "God saves," not "God sits back passively and nods in approval as people evolve."

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