Post by Cindy on Oct 30, 2018 11:08:48 GMT -5
Marcia Montenegro did a great job showing how what may at first glance appear to be just another tool to use to improve health or reduce pain, is actually New Age mumbo jumbo that goes against God's Word. Many doctors are pushing this New Age alternative healing on chronic pain patients due to the so called "war on drugs". What's worse is that some threaten to stop prescribing pain meds if their patients don't agree to use these methods. (Of course they stop prescribing them anyway once the patient starts the program - regardless of whether it works or not because the New Age belief is that we -not God - create our own reality) We need to understand what we're really being asked to do: To stand up for our faith and trust our Lord, or deny Him and His Word. That honestly is the bottom line.
Here is Marcia's post about mindfulness and how it's infiltrated the medical community:
THE BITTER FRUIT OF “WELLNESS”
By Marcia Montenegro
...Remember when I warned about the word “Wellness?” Well, the seeds planted by Wellness concepts are blooming into a poisonous plant.
The Swedish Hospital in Seattle promotes ways to manage pain such as Guided Visualization, Walking Meditation, Tai Chi, Mindfulness, and Hypnosis. Patients are offered this instead of medications for pain.
Insurance companies, due to the opioid crisis, are pressuring doctors to offer alternative methods to manage pains, and thanks to the infiltration of alternative modalities via “holistic” and “wellness,” some patients who truly need pain meds for pain are being forced off medications and told to accept what are essentially spiritual practices.
See this for yourself. Look through pages 19 to 41 of the PDF brochure on Pain Management at goo.gl/hSG6d2
*H/T Cynthia LaFreniere
Whether you agree or not, it is wrong to
1) Include spiritual techniques as part of treatment
2) Pressure patients to do this instead of getting medications
Related to this, I just heard from someone in Germany that overt Eastern spirituality is taught in some hospitals there for patients to "manage" their health and/or pain. They are told they are responsible for their health and illness. (this is part of Wellness philosophy). This is New Age idea "wellness" blossoming into its full hideous manifestation.
What is happening in Germany we can see taking form in this Seattle hospital and other health care centers in the U.S. (and probably elsewhere). The Swedish brochure even uses the word "spirituality."
Truly disturbing is what is found on the Resources page in the brochure: the first 5 books listed are overtly New Age books/authors:
The Wise Heart
by Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
byDon Miguel Ruiz
Anatomy of the Spirit
by Carolyn Myss, Ph.D.
A New Earth
by Eckhart Tolle
Vibrational Medicine
by Richard Gerber, M.D
***Comments***
I am familiar with all of these authors and have 2 articles on Tolle's book, A New Earth. Kornfield is a Buddhist author whom I read when I was in the New Age. I have warned about Carolyn Myss as a New Age “healer.” Vibrational medicine is New Age energy philosophy, including the "subtle body," which I have warned against.
"Vibrational medicine is also known as energetic medicine, energetics medicine, energy medicine, subtle-energy medicine, Vibrational healing, or Vibrational therapies. It is a healing philosophy whose main tenet is that humans are dynamic energy systems (body/mind/spirit complexes) and reflect evolutionary patterns of soul growth.
Vibrational Medicine is a "large tent" which, amongst others practices, embraces acupuncture, aromatherapy, Bach flower therapy, chakra rebalancing, channeling of occult spirits, color breathing, color therapy, crystal healing, absent healing, remote viewing, automatic writing, Electroacupuncture According to Voll (EAV), etheric touch, flower essence therapy, some aspects of homeopathy, Kirlian/aural photography, laserpuncture, the laying on of hands, meridian therapy, mesmerism, moxibustion, some variations of orthomolecular medicine, Past-life Regression, Polarity Therapy, psychic healing, psychic surgery, radionics, the Simonton method, sonopuncture, Toning, Transcendental Meditation, and Therapeutic Touch. Catch your breath...there are indeed more.
The expressions "energy healing", "energy work", and "energetic healing work" appear synonymous with Vibrational Medicine."==From goo.gl/qZahti
***Comments***
This is the New Age view of the body. For a hospital to promote this and the other New Age books is inexcusable.
In addition to the New Age books, several New Age websites are offered, including the Institute of Noetic Sciences (it is not science) and Wisdom at Work. These sites both are evidence of how the New Age can appear to be merely another psychological and/or scientific based approach.
Wisdom at Work includes the categories of Mindful Leadership and Wisdom and Wellness on their main page, along with this:
==We often partner with local wisdom keepers and these special gatherings in the Aloha Spirit have served both our local Island community as well as guests and groups from communities and organizations around the globe......Common themes for these gatherings include: immersion in the living wisdom of natural systems; living in balance, self-family-&-team renewal, meditation, integral medicine, change resilience, eco-tourism and lessons on sustainable living from Island cultures and the wonders of our natural world.==
***Comments***
The above paragraph is full of New Age buzz terms.
I suggest not accepting the advice to do spiritual activities being promoted by health care institutions and doctors. As time goes by, it will become more difficult to take a stand, so we might as well practice now.
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Resources
CANA Posts
Frequencies, Vibrations, and Energy
goo.gl/XQm7ZU
Energy Medicine: Is it Real Medicine?
goo.gl/uj0EkG
Radionics and Frequency Machines
What’s Your Frequency? The Truth About Rife Machines (Including Radionics, Zyto Scanners)
goo.gl/Y1cPTt
Radionic and Frequency Machines Can Kill
goo.gl/my49hO
Zyto Scanners
tinyurl.com/zfsgpno
CANA Articles
Out of Your Mind: Meditation and Visualization
goo.gl/TxPNzG
Energy Concept
goo.gl/bxbfph
Chi Therapies
bit.ly/1KpySiG
Hospitals: A New Dark Age?
bit.ly/1gB756d
Reiki
bit.ly/1KrFgoA
Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth"
goo.gl/wMhwKg
goo.gl/z97wqc
Acupuncture Links
bit.ly/1X0sPdf
bit.ly/1JtaHS6
Debunking Vibrational Medicine
goo.gl/edfBj3
~~~~~~~~~~
**Links below from Cynthia LaFreniere re the opioid crisis and pain
**Note: I am providing this information for those who may want it but this issue is not directly related to the New Age, so I would prefer not to have any discussion on this but rather on the New Age in health care. I am a steward of the time God gives me and have to make good use of my time.
Misconceptions on opioid crisis
Quote==Some claim a large percentage of opioid abuse in the US is due to drugs “diverted” from legal prescriptions. However, many reports show illegal drugs transported across the US southern border are responsible for most so-called “opioid deaths.” NIH graphs seem to show that about half of opioid overdose deaths are actually heroin related. According to CDC, fewer than half of opioid deaths involve prescription opioids.2
It is hard to sort out the facts because most media reports combine statistics for illegal heroin and fentanyl and legal opioid medications. Compare the images from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) page created with CDC statistics. And according to a CNN report, “Epidemiologists in several states blame the increasing number of drug-related deaths on greater use of heroin and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.”
In Florida, most illicit opioid use has been linked to illegal activities of “pill mill” doctors.==More at goo.gl/PHWxto
More on the fallout from the opioid restrictions
goo.gl/Gehu9m
(you'll have to click on her post to get the links to work though)
Here is Marcia's post about mindfulness and how it's infiltrated the medical community:
THE BITTER FRUIT OF “WELLNESS”
By Marcia Montenegro
...Remember when I warned about the word “Wellness?” Well, the seeds planted by Wellness concepts are blooming into a poisonous plant.
The Swedish Hospital in Seattle promotes ways to manage pain such as Guided Visualization, Walking Meditation, Tai Chi, Mindfulness, and Hypnosis. Patients are offered this instead of medications for pain.
Insurance companies, due to the opioid crisis, are pressuring doctors to offer alternative methods to manage pains, and thanks to the infiltration of alternative modalities via “holistic” and “wellness,” some patients who truly need pain meds for pain are being forced off medications and told to accept what are essentially spiritual practices.
See this for yourself. Look through pages 19 to 41 of the PDF brochure on Pain Management at goo.gl/hSG6d2
*H/T Cynthia LaFreniere
Whether you agree or not, it is wrong to
1) Include spiritual techniques as part of treatment
2) Pressure patients to do this instead of getting medications
Related to this, I just heard from someone in Germany that overt Eastern spirituality is taught in some hospitals there for patients to "manage" their health and/or pain. They are told they are responsible for their health and illness. (this is part of Wellness philosophy). This is New Age idea "wellness" blossoming into its full hideous manifestation.
What is happening in Germany we can see taking form in this Seattle hospital and other health care centers in the U.S. (and probably elsewhere). The Swedish brochure even uses the word "spirituality."
Truly disturbing is what is found on the Resources page in the brochure: the first 5 books listed are overtly New Age books/authors:
The Wise Heart
by Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
byDon Miguel Ruiz
Anatomy of the Spirit
by Carolyn Myss, Ph.D.
A New Earth
by Eckhart Tolle
Vibrational Medicine
by Richard Gerber, M.D
***Comments***
I am familiar with all of these authors and have 2 articles on Tolle's book, A New Earth. Kornfield is a Buddhist author whom I read when I was in the New Age. I have warned about Carolyn Myss as a New Age “healer.” Vibrational medicine is New Age energy philosophy, including the "subtle body," which I have warned against.
"Vibrational medicine is also known as energetic medicine, energetics medicine, energy medicine, subtle-energy medicine, Vibrational healing, or Vibrational therapies. It is a healing philosophy whose main tenet is that humans are dynamic energy systems (body/mind/spirit complexes) and reflect evolutionary patterns of soul growth.
Vibrational Medicine is a "large tent" which, amongst others practices, embraces acupuncture, aromatherapy, Bach flower therapy, chakra rebalancing, channeling of occult spirits, color breathing, color therapy, crystal healing, absent healing, remote viewing, automatic writing, Electroacupuncture According to Voll (EAV), etheric touch, flower essence therapy, some aspects of homeopathy, Kirlian/aural photography, laserpuncture, the laying on of hands, meridian therapy, mesmerism, moxibustion, some variations of orthomolecular medicine, Past-life Regression, Polarity Therapy, psychic healing, psychic surgery, radionics, the Simonton method, sonopuncture, Toning, Transcendental Meditation, and Therapeutic Touch. Catch your breath...there are indeed more.
The expressions "energy healing", "energy work", and "energetic healing work" appear synonymous with Vibrational Medicine."==From goo.gl/qZahti
***Comments***
This is the New Age view of the body. For a hospital to promote this and the other New Age books is inexcusable.
In addition to the New Age books, several New Age websites are offered, including the Institute of Noetic Sciences (it is not science) and Wisdom at Work. These sites both are evidence of how the New Age can appear to be merely another psychological and/or scientific based approach.
Wisdom at Work includes the categories of Mindful Leadership and Wisdom and Wellness on their main page, along with this:
==We often partner with local wisdom keepers and these special gatherings in the Aloha Spirit have served both our local Island community as well as guests and groups from communities and organizations around the globe......Common themes for these gatherings include: immersion in the living wisdom of natural systems; living in balance, self-family-&-team renewal, meditation, integral medicine, change resilience, eco-tourism and lessons on sustainable living from Island cultures and the wonders of our natural world.==
***Comments***
The above paragraph is full of New Age buzz terms.
I suggest not accepting the advice to do spiritual activities being promoted by health care institutions and doctors. As time goes by, it will become more difficult to take a stand, so we might as well practice now.
--------------------------------
Resources
CANA Posts
Frequencies, Vibrations, and Energy
goo.gl/XQm7ZU
Energy Medicine: Is it Real Medicine?
goo.gl/uj0EkG
Radionics and Frequency Machines
What’s Your Frequency? The Truth About Rife Machines (Including Radionics, Zyto Scanners)
goo.gl/Y1cPTt
Radionic and Frequency Machines Can Kill
goo.gl/my49hO
Zyto Scanners
tinyurl.com/zfsgpno
CANA Articles
Out of Your Mind: Meditation and Visualization
goo.gl/TxPNzG
Energy Concept
goo.gl/bxbfph
Chi Therapies
bit.ly/1KpySiG
Hospitals: A New Dark Age?
bit.ly/1gB756d
Reiki
bit.ly/1KrFgoA
Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth"
goo.gl/wMhwKg
goo.gl/z97wqc
Acupuncture Links
bit.ly/1X0sPdf
bit.ly/1JtaHS6
Debunking Vibrational Medicine
goo.gl/edfBj3
~~~~~~~~~~
**Links below from Cynthia LaFreniere re the opioid crisis and pain
**Note: I am providing this information for those who may want it but this issue is not directly related to the New Age, so I would prefer not to have any discussion on this but rather on the New Age in health care. I am a steward of the time God gives me and have to make good use of my time.
Misconceptions on opioid crisis
Quote==Some claim a large percentage of opioid abuse in the US is due to drugs “diverted” from legal prescriptions. However, many reports show illegal drugs transported across the US southern border are responsible for most so-called “opioid deaths.” NIH graphs seem to show that about half of opioid overdose deaths are actually heroin related. According to CDC, fewer than half of opioid deaths involve prescription opioids.2
It is hard to sort out the facts because most media reports combine statistics for illegal heroin and fentanyl and legal opioid medications. Compare the images from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) page created with CDC statistics. And according to a CNN report, “Epidemiologists in several states blame the increasing number of drug-related deaths on greater use of heroin and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.”
In Florida, most illicit opioid use has been linked to illegal activities of “pill mill” doctors.==More at goo.gl/PHWxto
More on the fallout from the opioid restrictions
goo.gl/Gehu9m
(you'll have to click on her post to get the links to work though)
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