From mushrooms, ayahuasca, DMT, buddhism to Jesus - My testimony (1/2)
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- This is my story of taking a few years off to seek spiritually which took me down the path of Burning Man, mushrooms, LSD, ayahuasca, DMT, energy healing schools, crystals, yoga retreats and weeks of silent Buddhist meditation retreats. I ultimately had an encounter with Jesus while in India at Sadhguru's yoga ashram and again after encountering a demon at a Vipassana meditation retreat. I now happily follow Christ and have found more peace and contentment than I ever had in these years.
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Part 2 here: • Part 2 - My encounter ...
If you are TRULY a truth seeker and never stop - you’ll always end up at Jesus !
Amen!
Amen!
Amen, I always say this!
This happened to me. I got into psychedelics which lead me to experience nirvana and after the come down I tried so hard to find the correct practices to lead me to the path. Meditating with crystals and trying to open chakras was my biggest mistake. I became an open vessel to bad entities and it lead me to developing psychosis. I am healing now thanks to returning to my faith in Jesus Christ. I hope this message helps others. Amen to you sister
@Rose Saunders-Esquer
[2 Timothy 3:7] Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Fellow truth-seeker! Love hearing these experiences. Oh, the humility it took when I finally realized that the only faith path I dismissed is actually the Truth. Jesus is the only way.
Amen, Sis! So glad your journey brought you back to Christ and the TRUTH. 🙏🏿
Yes, such blessed, revealing humility! Coming to understand "In my weakness, He is made strong" so directly. Thank you for sharing!
@@newwaycs would you please pray for my husband john who is involved in Buddhism and new age teachings this past 4 year's he has left our family home over 3 year's ago and seems so lost.
@@shereenesbitt777 absolutely I will pray for him and I empathize with your love for family and pray you find peace in the struggle.
❤❤❤
Wow my testimony is pretty similar to yours. I love this so much. I was born and raised Christian but fell prey to the spiritual new age community for the past 15 years.. what a sad, confusing, false rooted, self centered, dark spiral that was. Always seeking and never truly finding. I came back to Jesus recently and have never felt so much peace, love, and clarity in my life! God was so patient with me and all my mistakes. I hope everyone gets to experience his love. Jesus is king!
Me too!! That’s amazing, God is so good!!!❤ last 3 years in New Age and I can back to the Lord one month ago!
@@kljsfid18 Amen!!!
As someone who’s spiritual and not Christian, I don’t trust new age at all. They just take different rituals and practices from other religions with no understanding or context of what they’re doing.
some situation with me, right now after i back to Jesus im feeling like i have some spiritual battle in my, after that all stupid new ages stuff i did. Crazy. But i belive Jesus have His best timing to do things.
Similar experience here Amen
Thank you for sharing! I've had very similar experiences, over the process of about 40 years: catholicism, atheism, drugs, wicca, 17 years of yoga practice, 10 years of teaching yoga, crystals, Reiki, psychic courses...the new age never ends and never truly fulfills. Thank God, I came back to Jesus, God Bless you!
Praise the Lord! Thank you for sharing
Wow you really went the whole gamut! Definitely in the position to speak on this!
@@yulinng Yup, I was definitely off the straight and narrow path for a long time. I'm so thankful for the Grace of Jesus to return.
You spend a fortune to seek the truth - to find out, that the deepest & perfect healing and love comes from Jesus Christ who gives it to every soul for free,. This is what i call a loving God, praise his holy name.
Aint that the truth! Free and freely available to all. While the new age sells you fools gold for an arm, a leg, and your soul.
Isn’t that the truth. What love and mercy he has for us!!!💚😭
I would think we get to the truth how we get there.
For me, the truth of Jesus gets lost in religion so people who question get lost and he was one of those.
The spiritual knowledge of Christ is what will resonate with a lot of people
@@Inprogress_of_newbeginings Just seek Jesus. That's all you need to do. The bible is about Jesus.
@@christamccann3771 it is truly Good news, THE GOOD NEWS OF EXISTENCE ITSELF. We are going home sister. God bless you.
Been a truth seeker 24 years my whole life. Every healing provided was only temporary and led to so much more trauma. Tried all psychedelics and my last mushroom trip I literally lost my mind and it was the most terrifying awful experience of my life. In the process of surrendering to Jesus now ♥️
Also practiced yoga 10 years and taught for 7, tried acupuncture, hypnotherapy, crystal healing, even had experiences with a shaman,,,,and was confused as to why I kept feeling worse and worse the more I sought out new age /alternative healing modalities. Psychedelics are NO JOKE. smh
@@annalisa_ASMR Yeah I can relate as you know from the videos. I'll be praying for you. Just keep pressing into God, reading the Bible (the book of John is a good starting place if you haven't already) and trusting He will meet you as you seek Him. Sometimes you may need to be persistent and knock on His door with some intensity. It took years for me to feel back to normal but it's been a beautiful journey and just keeps getting better. God bless and let me know if you have any questions.
@@newwaycs thank you so much brother I definitely will read the book of John and keep you updated 🙏🏼 your videos helped me gain a lot more clarity and feel less alone! (I haven’t heard many others speak about eckhart tolles books but they used to be my literal bible too) may we get through this spiritual warfare and god bless you
Love these stories, keep sharing, keep believing, keep trusting 🩷🙏🏽✝️
It's soo unfortunate when God's people/Christianity "sell" out and don't fully surrender to God. We feel that we are missing out on something. And this causes the gospel, and walk with Christ to seem so powerless and ineffective, with all the diluting that goes on. Not to mention, it makes God look foolish, powerless, and irrelevant. But He will only allow it for so long, and now we are getting a more balanced image of what and who He is, and how the body of Christ is supposed to look. Truth is key, and He's definitely going to use those who LOVE TRUTH. Doesn't the Word say God IS LOVE, and Jesus said He is The TRUTH!!!🩷
I really resonate with all this. Felt like the work was non stop. Always psycho analyzing and journaling and meditating and going in circles. Mania, depersonalization, intrusive thoughts, weird heat and energy sensations within. All that went away when I gave my life to Jesus Christ. Thank you Jesus!!!
Waaaw, I found your video and I must say I love your humbleness, purity, honesty. Such beautiful testimonial. I'm not a christian, I'm into all the things people call new age, but since a month I feel like I'm slowly starting to move away from it, I think, I don't know, something is def shifting inside of me for sure. I'm looking for answers and I'm very curious about God, Jesus,... and sadly there are many cristians that give me an icky feeling, so I'm looking for humble people like you to tell about their experience. I have sooo many questions...
I'm so glad to hear that Valentina! Thank you for the complements - I've been turned off by Christians at times as well and have come to know that all people are broken inside or outside of Christianity. Feel free to post any additional questions here and I'll try to answer them in a future video. May God bless you in your search for truth!
Yes, Christians can be very dogmatic and get so bullish about doctrine and whatever church they feel is best. That doesn't mean Jesus isn't the ultimate way to God though. We were given Jesus as the bridge because we all fall short. I can't get along w/ a lot of Christians either, and I am one, so I hear you. I can try and answer questions.
Please check out Melissa Dougherty!! She has a video up like 2 weeks ago here on youtube with an interview similar to this on someone God saved from new ageism/occultism. Would love to hear your thoughts! 😃
@@aw6707 Do you mean the young brunette woman, who still looks pretty new agey, who used to have a new age podcast?
@Sainte Jeanne d'Arc yes, she has been recently saved and her redemption story is beautiful. She clearly explains her journey and what God saved her from and why and how it relates to intense loss she experienced that initially caused her to seek new age beliefs.
I so resonated with this testimony, Chris. It was never enough. I was constantly looking, seeking, and was still so tired and so heartbroken. God keeps calling his children home - and it takes a lot of humility to let go of the reigns and find our Father ❤
Everyone wants to bypass Jesus because he is the truth and the truth convicts and everyone wants to run away from conviction not understanding what a blessing that conviction is because you have a chance to turn to God and repent. Hallelujah.
They want to bypass Jesus because of fallen, misleading churches and pseudo Christians who want to indoctrinate and hate more than they want to spread Jesus’s message of peace, love, and self capacity.
I was Buddhist since growing up but God lifted me out of it. Great testimony.
I kind of came to the same conclusion around the same way. I grew up Christian as well. Jesus was right in front of us the whole time! He was probably saying, you don't have to work that hard to find me!
Though the Book of Enoch is not considered canonical, I discovered this verse that resonated with me in regards to Ayahuasca Enoch 7:10 “Then they took wives, each choosing for himself; whom they began to approach, and with whom they cohabited; teaching them sorcery, incantations, and the dividing of roots and trees.” The shamans of the Amazon literally say the spirits taught them how to make Ayahuasca and people often encounter “dmt entities” and “meet God” in these trips. Something to think about when considering how Aya is literally chacruna and caapi vine, as well as Ibogaine is a root.
Jip. That's exactly what's going on here. Psychedelic taking is all demonic-inspired rituals, no wonder the gospels warn of staying away from them. Jesus is Alive & God Bless.
Zero chance the God of The Bible Gave us a shortcut to communion with him Without 1st changing who we are inside.
@@bobbycecere1037 I am almost certain the guy is talking about the Nephlim. The fallen angels came down and took humans as there wives and had an off spring called Nephlim. The fallen angels also taught men what he mentioned above and more.
I had a similar journey until I found Jesus; or he found me.
Jesus finds his lost sheeps. The grace of God is astounding.
Luke 15:4 (ESV): “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?"
I'm glad for you, brother. Glory to God!
Praise the lord!! I had a young adulthood filled with seeking through meditation, out of body experiences and psychedelics. Nothing has influenced me the way Christ has. Much love man. I’m praise Jesus.
Same man. Thankful God saved me and you too!
Thanks for writing my summary in short :) Jesus is the Ultimate goal. He is worthy of all the praise. In fact I realized how much healing and revelation comes through worship
Jesus called me back to him after 15 years of rejecting him and searching for something to believe in. 🙌
Praise the Lord! He is Good!
I was an agnostic on the verge of suicide. Then I believed (after a vision of Jesus and miraculous deliverance from post partum depression). Then I drifted (dabbled new age spirituality). Then I remembered JESUS delivered me from torment and despair. Not Buddha not Muhammad not TM not shamans. And although I’m still a seeker and both spiritual and religious, that childhood song sums up my faith so well. “I have decided to follow Jesus… no turning back no turning back.” ☺️
Sister, did you know your debt can be payed in court. Rejoice in the good news sister and bear your cross. You are going home, you are both imperfect and made in the image of God like us all. Sister keep going i know your mindset it's alot like mine.
Also, is that a Maori tattoo in your pfp? A fellow new Zealander!
RUclips is deleting my comments
I gave a verse that breaks down alot of things and they keep removing it
I am posting again to share some things about my life. I resonated with this video because I can see myself in much of it. I went through a lot of search throughout 15 years. I'm 39 now and I myself have undergone around 25 ayahuasca experiences, perhaps 50 psilocybin experiences, tons of yoga/kundalini, and have very much studied various religions in depth. I have also traveled the world for 8 years.
Yet, after all that, I, like you, have come to Christ. Why? Because it's about the message. The message is what my soul feels. And it does liberate. I can sense that in your video that it also occurred to you, a heart liberation. If one focuses on the message or what's behind the stories or costume as I like to call, this is more important I feel than getting hung up on specifics. Because getting caught up on specifics can lead to a stigmatizing of other cultures and their religious practices, and it's not about the clothing, but about our actions, if they are in line with love and the same thing that Jesus teaches.
There are many, many beautiful and pure souls in the world who were not brought up with Christianity. It's not fair to see these people or to judge these people as doomed just because they grew up in a different culture.
The teachings of Jesus are incredibly valuable and it is heart-based. Love based. As many people have commented here, yes, love is the way, and Jesus's teachings show how many of the ways to love. Also, not to judge.
There was one Christian preacher who recommended re-reading the new testament and replacing all the words Jesus with love. Jesus is Love made into a person, a person which you can also take in within. This is the greatest achievement of achievements I feel.
I will mention again (as I did in another comment) that there is quite a big parallel with Christ and Krishna, that even some Vaishnavas in history called themselves Christnas. The term etymologically could have derived from them even. The Vaishnavas are known for bhakti or worship of God. Go to any Vaishnava, and chances are they also are in harmony with Jesus Christ as they resonate with this devotional service. To praise is the way and all sorts of miracles happen. A Vaishnava will say it's the best path, quickest path toward inner liberation.
It's my path. Where a Vaishnava may repeat a mantra of love for Source, a Christian will repeat a prayer for source. Apples and oranges.
I feel again we should go deeper and not get lost in the costume. Hold to the message. Is it good? Is it full of heart? Know that sometimes when involved in a group or clique, inside there is a lot of love and community, but immediately outside of that is absent of love; there is judgement and even possibly hate, and I find many Christians may fall into this, and this does appears to be the complete opposite of the intended message of Jesus.
If you judged other cultures as doomed that was on you, not them.
There is no culture on this planet that has not received the message of Christ. You might think that being raised in a so called Christian nation gives you a leg up When it comes to a relationship with Jesus but that just isn't the case.
There are probably just as many true christians in India as there are here in the US.
The VAST Majority of people you know who consider themselves christians will have the same fate As everyone else.
@@bobbycecere1037 What do you say to all the souls throughout history that were never introduced to Jesus or Christianity? These people still exist today in certain parts of the world. Are they damned?
@Jdb63
What you just described is not a thing. Christianity has been proselytizing in every nation on Earth For at least a couple 100 years now.
And I'm talking about multiple denominations. I know of one orginization alone that has missionaries on literally every continent and in every territory.
Much like the United States, the only people who haven't heard Christ have chosen not to hear it.
@Jdb63
According to scripture all that a person needs to come to an understanding of Christ is one person willing to teach. God's Holy Spirit will handle the rest. A large infrastructure with churches and communities isn't required. Just one knowledgeable person with the word. That's the reason every serious Christian community has been sending missionaries to every country on Earth for your entire life
@@bobbycecere1037 Wow, you're quite naive. First of all, what about before those couple hundred years? Second , there are still isolated tribes that exist today in secluded regions of Africa that have never seen a white person before, let alone a missionary. Is this something you were actually unaware of?
Thank you Chris for taking the time to share your journey with us. It takes alot of money to do what you did, so by sharing your walk with those of us who have no money, is truly a blessing.
,Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves."
Matthew 7:15
God Bless you Chris. Keep the WORDS flowing.
I just sent this to my 24 yo daughter. She has been searching and I try to witness to her about Jesus but she still hangs on to some new age beliefs. I pray for God to reveal himself to her and I know thus will. God is so amazing He will meet us where we are. I'm so thankful he met you where you were. God bless!!
hi there.hola hooray hey. here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled his promise ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.shedding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your would claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus has never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they `ve crucified jesus because it`s a penalty of an impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it an impured that what paul said jesus gets impure for the sake of us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful ,
O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation of he was an impure . quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam honored the woman &she has a complete chapter its name women show us her rights,let us look at modern medicine which refutes the bible, ovulalation happens every 28 days from overy next month from other ovary when fertilization fails to happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why does a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people & diseases not be spread that`s what god has said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns are reverted daily to islam,yet u `ve never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind,peace....
There is a serie named ''The Chosen'', watch this together.
"But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them-bringing swift destruction on themselves."
2 Peter 2:1
Thank you, Chris. Many need your messages. God Bless.
Thank you for sharing your story! I went through new age and Buddhism too, then met God in a powerful encounter similar to yours. May the Lord lead your ministry and bless many other who are seeking truth love. 🙏
@@lopezbill6132 It depends on how you term 'spiritual awakening', different spiritualities explain it a bit differently. When I met God, it was an eye-opening event in a spiritual sense, I knew that I had found the truth and what I was looking for all my life. Hope that helps.
Wow!! Amazing testimony! I can definitely relate. Thanks to Jesus revealing himself to me and saving me from an Ayahuasa ceremony. Currently praying for someone deep in these philosophies
SO grateful for all these testimonies!! Praise the Lord!!
I'm very happy you found Christ. Just stay close to Him. I only trust Him these days. No one can fake Jesus. He is the One and Only Glory of GOD.
I really appreciate you sharing this story. Very intimate, brave of you to share. I actually had an experience backwards from you. I had faith in Jesus Christ but was ill with something life long. Think it actually had to do with childhood trauma as well.
I got super into Christianity after I had a oneness experience when I was a teenager. I eventually went on to Bible college, but like you I had a lot of questions about hell. I started trusting myself to read the Bible and I started to realize it didn’t actually say much of what I’ve been told. I got really confused and religion started to be really painful, a lot like you describe your seeker phase.
Finally I’m finding what I was always looking for in psychedelic medicine and meditation. I think Christianity was just too painful for me from spiritual abuse as a kid, it honestly feels like psychedelics helped free me from the pain of false religion.
It’s interesting how similar your journey sounds to mind but we found our healing in different places. Glad you made it brother!
Thanks for sharing, psychedelics helped me get out of a Christian cult over 10 years ago. I’m grateful for the powerful medicines that the Creator made for us.
Hallelujah! Praise God you finally found Jesus! He was with you during the journey, patiently guiding you back to him . Thank you for sharing your testimony.
Beautiful story and testimony, I find myself coming back to this one again and again. Jesus has moved in your life in truly profound ways. Jesus is Alive✝
Why does this feel like my life.. this just resonates too much with me. I’ve grown up in the church, a preachers kid- I’m 19. I’ve sorta shied away from church and started the use of psychedelics. I believe though, that psychedelics, when used in small doses, have helped healed a lot of the pain and trauma I’ve went through growing up. Everyones story is different, and I appreciate this testimony. I still do go to church, but it’s off and on.. I guess I’m just trying to discover more about life, as I’ve grown up only in the church serving and doing all sorts of different things. One thing remains.. it’s prayer. Prayer is the center of my life.
Are you saved?
You can't serve both sides. God will guide you 🙏🏽
Keep searching!!! U will find truth!
@@Kirollus that’s truth.
Praise! Praise the King! Jesus saved me from New Age & I was baptized last month! ❤
@@FakeHoly-om1gy praise the Lord!
A whole lot of what you experienced I have too before coming to Jesus! Praise God!🙌❤️🔥🌬
hi there.hola hooray hey. here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled his promise ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.shedding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your would claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus has never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they `ve crucified jesus because it`s a penalty of an impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it an impured that what paul said jesus gets impure for the sake of us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful ,
O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation of he was an impure . quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam honored the woman &she has a complete chapter its name women show us her rights,let us look at modern medicine which refutes the bible, ovulalation happens every 28 days from overy next month from other ovary when fertilization fails to happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why does a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people & diseases not be spread that`s what god has said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns are reverted daily to islam,yet u `ve never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind,peace....
Hallelujah 👏 thank you so much for sharing your story 🙏 Jesus is amazing, saving people from New Age. Me included, what a blessing ✨🤍🕊
hi there.hola hooray hey. here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled his promise ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.shedding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your would claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus has never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they `ve crucified jesus because it`s a penalty of an impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it an impured that what paul said jesus gets impure for the sake of us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful ,
O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation of he was an impure . quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam honored the woman &she has a complete chapter its name women show us her rights,let us look at modern medicine which refutes the bible, ovulalation happens every 28 days from overy next month from other ovary when fertilization fails to happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why does a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people & diseases not be spread that`s what god has said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns are reverted daily to islam,yet u `ve never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind,peace....
What is new age ?
I hope you’ll consider posting more content if your commitments allows. This video totally resonated and you’ve got a really great way to talk about your journey to Jesus 💛
Lord help me to live each day with purpose. Thank You for blessing me so I can be a blessing to others. Loving Father, help me to shine Your light wherever I go. Help me to bring joy to someone else's life in the same way You have brought joy into my life. May I offer a word of encouragement. May I comfort others in their sorrows. May I tell someone about what a good God you are. Lord live in me and have Your way in me so that the world will know that there is a God and welcome You into their lives. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Can you pray for me? I'm a long time Christian in a pretty bad crisis.
Eternal God our Father, help us to hold on to Your unchanging hands. There is no one like You Lord. In times like these we need a Savior like You who is able to keep us from falling and present us faultless before Your throne with exceeding glory. You are a God who makes a way out of no way. We need You every second, every minute and every hour. We can't make it without You. Give us strength to keep our eyes on You Lord to finish this race. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed, perplexed but not in despair, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death ofJesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake so that that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. May we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. Lord we are more than conquerors through Jesus Christ who loved us. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits as He shelters you under His wings. In Jesus' mighty and sovereign name. Amen.
@@louisgarcia1335 Thank you for that passionate prayer. I really need renewing and strength as I'm in a psalm 88 kind of state. God bless.
@@saintejeannedarc9460 Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Heavenly Father, thank You for Your comforting presence. In my mourning and in my joy, You are with me. Holy Spirit, help me to see You when I am in grief, When I feel fragile, and when I am faced with the brokenness of the world around me. I pray, Lord, that today I would experience Your promised comfort. Amen.
@@louisgarcia1335 Thank you Louis, your prayers were very timely.
Whoooh Chris your a perfect example of trying experiences we are blessed enough and very privileged to have present itself in this life!!!
After been bought up in a convent from 8yrs to 19 I really wanted to experience another life 🙏 (was never nun material, more of a Maria!!!😃) now feel at my mature age!!! Ayahuasca medicine,(only with a true humble Shamen) Energy/sound healing and God is what it’s all about to understand your Soul.
I Am no more searching, looking outside myself or mind we have all the answers within!!! 💕
It’s all about Love brother, contentment, peace, simplicity, compassion, kindness, energy vibrations and lots and lots of Joy.
Very simple really, takes some of us understanding this going the long way round finding out, as well as experience a incredible journey on the way! 🙏
I Am you you are me we are 1
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Crazy testimony bro, God bless you and may he use you to bring youths to Jesus ❤️
chris! I hope you keep this up forever...similiar stuff happened to me. really powerful to hear!!!
Can you explain?
It's great to hear from people on a similar path. Thank you for sharing
Thank you chris i found your testimony very comforting. I come from a background of indigenous medicine ceremonies, and a former tarot and astrology reader. I am so happy to have found the lord.
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” Proverbs 14:12
I'm so glad you found JESUS.Hes awesome🙏💜
Thanks a lot! I had a similar path and was saved by Jesus! Praise the Lord 🙏
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, I'm trying really hard to get closer to Jesus and listening to people like yourself is helping me tremendously 🙂
I've never tried any psychedelics but I still can not see anything wrong with meditation which actually helped me alot when I was on a turning point in my life but I also always prayed too and I become much better person then I was before that's for sure, I'm trying really hard cos is not easy to stay on a right path, I'm still using weed but that helped me to get rid completely of my long term alkohol addiction,
It feels like I'm heading into right direction 😊
Thank you 💚
There is a big difference between 1) filling everything with Christ 2) being aware of the heart and lungs God gave you with rate and size of breaths 3) "opening yourself up" and "inviting enlightenment" that starts opening doors to evil, possession, etc.
Best wishes and may you find the peace and strength you need in God, other things can be helpful and not necessarily wrong but God can fill your needs regardless. ❤
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Thank you and God bless you 🙂
Stay with Christ, you’ll be kosher❤
Jesus is so right when He says wide and easy is the path that leads to destruction, and many follow it, and narrow and difficult is the path to life. That's what Chris's and others' stories make me think of.
The Bible mentions meditation but to FILL your mind up with Jesus the father and the Holy Spirit. Meditation in new age is ultimately trying to have you EMPTY your mind if your thoughts and put you in a trance like state and then you are more prone to open doors you do not want to open. God bless
Thank you JESUS for your SALVATION. please, tell as many young people about these experiences for them to believe. ONLY JESUS CAN SAVE AND CAN GIVE US PEACE.
I relate to so much of this! It feels so good to listen to your testimony. I wish I had a friend like you to talk to about all this stuff.
I understand this message very well! I have been a truth seeker most of my life and now rely and follow Christ as well! Kingdom Living works! Thanks for this great testimony!
I was raised Catholic my whole life, but I tried a lot of psychedelics and I relate to so much of your story. There are a lot of sensations you talked about that I haven't been able to put into words. Thank you for sharing!!
Are you a true Christian now? Not catholic.
@@liamc1102 Catholics are Christians. We are the true Christians.
@@aleshkamelissa9009 Catholics are not true Christians. You must become born again.
I relate so much! Even went to Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation in Coimbatore. My ex and I made our own DMT lol. Grateful to listen to your testimony Brother in Christ 🙌 such a powerful story! Thank you for speaking up.
Hah. Glad to know I’m not the only home chemist.
@Darren I had a kundalini awakening myself, but am feeling curious about Jesus, though generally pessimistic. Any advice?
@Marco Keep following that curiosity. Just some info you may find interesting: "In the past decade, scientists have confirmed that the Y chromosome (passed down through males) does not recombine or change through generations. Thus, a Y chromosome of a man today would be the same as his paternal ancestors’ 6,000 years ago. The genetic inheritance of sin nature from fathers is why God ordained that the Messiah would come through “the seed of the woman.” The prophesied Savior would have a human mother but God as His father. Therefore, the corrupted spiritual nature inherited (trauma and habits leave epigenetic markers on genes) from Adam would not pass on to Him. Yeshua-Jesus Christ did not bear the corrupted flesh all other people in human history possess. He was not begotten of Adam. He was the “only begotten” Son of God - His spiritual nature was wholly divine. Suddenly, the term “only begotten” in John 3:16 takes on much greater meaning." - Ryan Pitterson, Judgment of the Nephilim
Scientists now know that personal experiences like TRAUMA and HABITS pass down from one generation to another. This amazing fact is what our Father in heaven knew and partly why he sent the 2nd Adam to redeem the fallen human race. Because ever since we felt the shame of dishonoring God, Adam has passed on through his Y chromosome via epigenetics, the curse of sin and death. Our bodies will be redeemed, but only if we accept the one by whom it will he done - Yeshua-Jesus The Messiah prophesied to be born, live and die under 365 testified and verified circumstances.
God has mercy and, knowing that we all sin (lie, cheat, steal, lust, etc.) on this fallen earth, he sent a savior for us all to accept and love. Yeshua is the only way out of this fallen, satanic illuminati run world.
“For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man…. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.” (1 Corinthians 11:8; 12)
The Book of Jasher, Enoch and Genesis make it clear that GENETIC experiments were being done on all the people and animals. Ever heard of fallen angels? They mated with women and created giants, hybrid creatures that reigned as kings and queens and were later dispatched by the Tribes of Israel. Noah was a drunk, but perfect in his GENERATIONS - genes. He was a pure human. God drowned unsanctioned monsters and creations who were committing evil, eating all the toil of men and ruining God's source code. Peace.
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@Darren what do you say about people having NDE experiences which are sometimes similar to DMT ones and answers in Heaven being contradictory to what Christians believe...for example according to a lot of these folks reincarnation is possible and it doesnt matter which religion you follow as long as you love other people...and no t everyone meets Jesus in this brief after life situation..some meet other religious figures and dieties...some people might say that those are demonic experiences but I dont really believe that those visions and encounters come from Satan because everything that is being communicated there is based on love and it resonates as truth. I also realised that a lot of people who were never religious, and were even sinful(according to Christianity) still ended up in Heaven in their NDE.
@@Abayarde718 very interesting!
Hey Chris, your testimony has been on my mind for the past two weeks. Over the years, I've travelled and dabbled through different modalities - I started with tarot, astrology and I begun to use drugs - it all turned destructive and spent the last 3 years in a spiritually numb state and dropped all of those things. I've been sober in CA for 7 months now. I've processed tonnes of trauma through therapy and I'm on the right track. I am not totally convinced by the woo woo - and through the soundbaths, ecstatic dances, etc that I've been doing, I've noticed a definite disconnect and shift since watching this video. Still, due to conditioning... I'm reluctant to go to a church. Please can you help me find some clarity through this? The work of Joe Dispenza has helped me massively. I love yoga and it keeps me physically fit. I'm conflicted. I'm not as all in as you are and doubt I'll ever be as testimonies have definitely resonated... I just feel at a bit of a cross roads... This isn't written super eloquently or passionately but I'm feeling immense confusion and numbness around this. Your advice is greatly appreciated. (Phoebe 25 from London)
P.S I did a Vipassana one day last weekend and it gave me the creeps.
Hi@@phoebebrocklehurst2556 , thanks so much for sharing. I'd be happy to chat over email if you want to shoot me a message. I believe my email should show up in the about section of my channel.
Phoebe you don’t need to go to a church ⛪ building to draw close to God. You can seek Jesus of Nazareth in his Word the Bible (not the fake “jesus” of the book “A course in miracles”)
Amen!! I resonated with this so much!! ❤️ the truth will reveal itself when it’s time! Thanks God 😊🙏🏽
I have always heard the longest trip is your head to your heart. Now I'm southern too, Honey that spiritual journey has a lot of earthly miles too! Welcome home, my brother, we are in a story that is still being lived out as it was foretold. It really is alive. I pray I may walk more alive and serve Jesus. I love him but I am a loner personality. That is a spiritual struggle.
Thank you for sharing your story and I am glad you are in a good spiritual place. I am going through something similar, but our stories are a bit reversed. Born and raised Christian, but much of my younger teen life was full of pain and depression. I had intense fear of hell and demonic possession, to the point I slept with a lamp on and had my Bible by my head. I realized the only reason I was following God was out of fear, not because I really wanted to. It was a religion based on convenience. I didnt read the Bible. Never wanted to go to church. At its core Christianity is an ultimatum: Either worship God or burn in hell forever.
That just never sat right with me and it didn't make sense. I started viewing the Bible objectively and things just weren't adding up. Much like you, I started to think about the billions of other people both past and present and their different views of worship. Can we simply chalk up every other spiritual gift, human experience, or belief as nothing more than "demonic influence"? Why are Christians the only ones who get to have spiritual encounters with the divine? What about the Native Americans and their beliefs, the shamans of the South America's, Buddhist monks, Hindus, Muslims, African tribes? Are they burning in hell for simply practicing what was taught to them?
I have been questioning everything recently, and am diverging on a new path. There are so many important spiritual teachers and books full of knowledge out there. To me there is so much more to learn in this life, and we each have to walk our own spiritual path to walk. I am so glad you have found happiness and contentment in your choice. 🙂
Hey, Brother! Thank you so much for sharing your testimony. You are loved and blessed with the Lord's peace. May God bless you all the days of your life and your wife!
its amazing you try so hard to find what can only be found in surrender, praise jesus for his redemptive love
Thank you, this gives me hope for my children that are caught in the same trap.
Really ?
How come there’s only comments that agree with you, where’s the debate? I don’t know why youtube algorithm showed me this but it sure does know how to get my attention.
First of all I want to say im happy you found your truth. I also grew up in a christian family (jehovahs witness), and then around 16 years old i went my own way with the spiritual seeking. Now I am 29, still convinced that all religions essentially say the same thing and that we are all one consciousness, and our goal is to overcome ego in order to get closer to god and we have all these tools like meditation, prayer, psychedelics to our disposal in order to achieve that goal etc etc.
I truly don’t get how after all these years you can intellectually shrink your mind back into adopting the worldview of exoteric christianity.
I believe in christ as an energy, that we can tap into and embody. Perhaps also jesus was an actual historical person that fully embodied the christ energy, but for sure, if we try to live like him, or if we try to invite this energy into our minds and hearts, more and more our actions will reflect unconditional love and we are bringing heaven onto earth etc etc.
So technically, I would love to worship Jesus Christ in that way, but the dogmaticism of the whole christian system is just too much for me. Love is love, wether you’re a Christian, Muslim, atheist, new agist.. The only thing that matters is how deep can you love. There is no 1 single brand of love that is superior.. If a Muslim, atheist or Christian leaves a positive effect on the world, it all comes from the same source. No way that I can shrink my mind back into adopting such a judgemental ideology. God is omnipresent, there’s no vip place for christians (respectfully)
Please plead the Blood of Jesus over the life of young Eddie from Peterborough Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. Thank You & God Bless ♥️ !
I didn’t go the way you did but i’ve been journeying on my own without leaning to God and I continue to feel alone and like an orphan that i’m responsible for everything which is exhausting. I never aligned with the law of attraction fully, I think there is some parts of it but nothing! replaces God. and in the end we all kneel down. When we find a loved one dies or we find we are sick we don’t turn into crystals or tarot.. when life gets real we turn into God. That’s something I found. I needed to surrender.
you have a good point here
Praise the Lord!
I relate to all of this 100% and your journey with Sadhguru. Christ saves 🙏❤️ This means so much to hear this journey cause it parallels everything I’ve gone through.
In response to what you said, There are many Christians in China and India. Thank you for sharing your testimony. Jehova shalom
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
His grace and mercy be upon you and your loved ones 🕊️🥛🍯
Thank you for sharing your story Chris, that takes so much courage. You did a beautiful job articulating your experience & your story is so relatable. I know you’ve saved many others who are experiencing the same thoughts and feelings on their journey to enlightenment… Jesus! ✨
Thank you so much for sharing this journey
Yeshua is the only way, so true. Maranatha Yeshua ❤
I had a friend who pursued a lot of the things talked about here except for drug/substances of any kind. One thing she disliked about Christianity was the concept of sin. She too had been raised in a Christian home, but it was nominal Christianity. I have found that most people who chase all these altered realities do not want to deal with sin. It makes me think of a passage in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." In that passage, a man is speaking to the main character, Stephen Dedalus, who rejects Catholicism because he can't believe in transubstantiation. The man makes the comment to Stephen that the Catholic Church has saints. Having saints, he says, is important because it shows that there is something important for society to recognize sin and recognize those who have worked to avoid it in their lives.
Well stated. Thank you. New Age is an escape from self responsibility. It's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Was LOST for years pursuing false prophets. Jesus is the way. God Bless.
Thanks for sharing. I can relate to your journey!
The idea of opening up yourself to the spirit world through chanting or ecstatic dance or 'spiritual' music is real. You don't know what kind of spirit can come through. This can even happen from reading a book. I experienced that recently when my yoga friend was reading a book about Improv dance. ( Preface this with: I'm fairly new to Christianity, the Bible, demons and angels etc. ) For some odd reason that night, she started reading a chapter out loud to me. I had no prior interest in the book, and found the book's cover with photo of a grotesque figure unappealing. As she was reading (I was half listening and didn't really pay attention to the subject), I felt a portal opening above us... and about 10 seconds later, I heard the word "Shiva" as if I was expected it. Then I told her to stop reading and I walked away. That was my first encounter with a portal opening. I remember that night that Shiva in Hindu represents "darkness" or destruction. Shiva ritualistic dances are used in opening ceremonies in recent years at the Olympics and at CERN, a physics laboratory that performs experiments on black holes. I don't know what it all means because I didn't sit around long enough that night to allow her to finish reading, and maybe there were bad spirits waiting to come through, but I am firm believer that it's better not to mess with the Spiritual realm unless it's coming from God.
I didn't tell her about that evening yet. I plan to next time when I visit her again. The good news is that she started going to church out of curiosity. She felt the holy spirit she went. Now I just pray that she move away from all the Kundalini practices.
Glory to God for saving this Beautiful brother. We try everything but in the end it is only Christ that can save us
Such an incredible journey, thank for sharing it with us!
Jacob
That hand coming down from a cloud/chariot touching your heart, Chris, reminds me of the first chapter of Ezekiel where he describes the Cheribim. I'm enjoying your seeking spiritual things review.
Thank you for sharing your story! It gives me so much hope! 🙏🏼❤️🥰
so great that you are sharing this...could you please make a much shorter video too, I know a lot of people who are into all of this but would never take the time to listen 36 Minutes to your experiences...I would like to share your great experience to all of them in a short and powerful version!!!! thank you, God bless
Your journey sounds so much like mine. Jesus is the truth, the way, and the life. Amen brother!
Thanks for the testimony. Sounds similar to my path (without the psychedelics 😂) but I am an engineer and now practice medicine. In college I became agnostic and materialistic due to my scientific mind and smart atheist friends but also due to my incorrect assumption that science and faith are in conflict. After many years of depression anxiety and questioning the point of my life I thought if there is meaning it must be in Love. Then in reading the letters of Paul and the Gospels learning that God is love. Reading Catholic Theology and discovering people like Thomas Aquinas and Barron and seeing that faith and reason go hand in hand and scientific truth and theological truth are both part of God’s truth. I realized it is reasonable to have faith and faith is rational or supranational. We can never prove in this life one way or another. But we can choose to have hope or not. And like I think doestoevsky said I’d rather be wrong with Christ than right with atheists. Although I do not believe I am wrong with Christ for many reasons.
Thanks for the comment John! The "intelligent" world downplaying Christianity was a strong theme in my own resistance to Christianity. I appreciate a lot of the deep thinkers and reasoners (especially Aquinas and Augustine) who are able to shine light on why you can have both faith and rational thinking together.
@@newwaycs if you appreciate Augustine and Aquinas you may really like Bishop Robert Barron. He’s got a great online ministry word of fire with different articles videos and sermons. Very smart guy and he always says Aquinas is his intellectual hero.
Anyways thanks for sharing your story. It showed me that all this new age spirituality many engage in might not be so benign as most think. Ross Douthat recently wrote an article in NY times titled “Be Open to Spiritual Experience. Also, Be Really Careful” on this exact topic.
Congrats! Thanks for sharing your story. It does make a difference when you have an encounter. In the end though, you probably didn't find Jesus, he was pursuing you the whole time -) All the best.
💯 true..He is amazing
I have been down that road also. Metaphysics and Spiritual stuff. Those things are so far from righteousness. Practicing self enlightenment is being brainwashed with constant rituals. Going down that rabbit hole.... will only make someone very dillusional. I eventually came back to Jesus and I put down anything to do with Enlightenment. Peace B/W U 💕
Similar thing happened to me on Ayahuasca. Terrifying. I got dusted with feathers too. I left the ceremony and prayed the rest of the night. That stuff opens up the demonic realm. Glad you turned to the Lord. 🙏🙏🙏
I wish Joe Rogan would stop promoting psychedelics. He is irresponsible, reckless and dangerous.
Joe organ has photos with satnistts
In light of this, the circumstances you are experiencing are but drops in the sea of My capabilities. I am a mountain of strength in your day of trouble, in the midst of your sea. Minor setbacks do not dismay Me in any way, even though they seem larger than life to you. They are wonderful tools in My hand to teach you, if you will let Me. l use them as opportunities to instruct, removing the enemy's plan to discourage you from the way I have chosen for you to walk. At the same time, you experience My grace and mercy, thereby seeing My salvation in your circumstances; a two-fold purpose is being accomplished. You are put on the right path, and our relationship grows deeper as you see Me moving on your behalf. It deepens the knowledge of My love for you in your own heart. Don't be dismayed at any minor setback. I will use them for your advantage. Turning things for the good is what I do. l use it to clear your path of all obstacles and distractions. In the process, your confidence will grow as you discover you can do all things through Christ (Philippians 4.13). "We make a good team."
He’s a puppet for the elite, doing exactly the job he’s been given
It took wisdom and humility to stop asking why other peoples who weren’t raised in Christian areas live and die without Christ. It took me longer to give up that same objection. My Pride got in the way, as always.
Can you explain?
Beautiful and lucid testimony - thank you.
This helps me and may or help others. I’m newly returned home to Jesus 🙏
Pretty sure you don't know how important this message is and will be. Many blessings, bnb
I pray that you continue to grow stronger in your testimony of His redeeming grace!
Thank you for your authentic sharing of your vulnerability, humanity needs this right now, peace to you soul brother x
We were snatched from the pit, now NOTHING can pluck us from HIS hands!!
Hoping to hear a sequel .
More on how Jesus brings you closer & deeper into His Presence.
Keen to hear where you're at now...your testimony was so clear and articulate thank you
Thank you. Continuing to walk in faith. I got married about a year and a half ago, so I'm seeing the Lord work a lot in that context. Currently I'm deeply dwelling on the the first great commandment, the Lords prayer, and the eye is the lamp of the body parable, and the Lord is meeting me in deep and beautiful ways. I'm excited and grateful to be feeling more grounded in Christ than ever and starting to write more and hope to be putting more writing and videos up soon. Let me know if there are any topics that would be helpful to you. Thanks for commenting. What has your faith journey been like?
Hi Chris! Wow, what an incredible testimony of God's love for us. Seek and you shall find. I have a similar testimony myself and am currently in the process of writing a book about going from the new age to Jesus, in hopes of shedding light on an entire group of people who are searching in the wrong places right now for truth the way that I once was and that you once were. I would really love it if I could interview you for my book, as I feel your story is so powerful and could touch the hearts of so many people. I'm not sure how else to reach you so I figured I might as well try to comment. If you would be interested please reach out to me! Or even if I could paraphrase some of your testimony and quote you on some topics. It would mean the world to me :)
Hi Sadie, so great to hear about your book! Feel free to paraphrase me and I'd be happy to do an interview a month or two from now. Please sign up for my email list on the 3rd video on my channel and reply to an email I send out in the next few weeks. Thanks!
Good morning, This life can be looked at two ways. A balloon that is inflating to get us to a place that will not only excite , but will ultimately invigorate our spirits for eternity. Those who look at life as a deflating balloon will only find the emptiness that will not shine light as God gives us the power to illuminate every day of our lives. Merry Christmas to you and your families abilities to shine that light. ❤️🎄
Wow! I had a similar experience and found Jesus!
Praise God! I know more people like you will come to Jesus. New Age, etc..
Really appreciate your sharing. Don’t know if u will see this, but had a similar path as you, left tech career and explored psychedelics / eastern faiths like advaita, zen, Sufism and Taoism etc… tldr - ended up in orthodox Christianity which finally tied up many loose ends (the concept of theosis and ontological transformation via the Eucharist filled a deep intellectual hole I was unable to reconcile with Protestantism, other faiths, spiritualities and philosophies).
Also came to appreciate the immense dangers of demonic influences which was something I dismissed before until trying psychedelics - couldn’t shake the sense that psychedelics had opened my mind up to something sinister and like you felt it was very off, and this only made sense after listening to the ancient faiths podcast / and other podcast related to orthodox Christian traditions on demonology….
Praise the Lord! Thanks for sharing. I can relate. I deeply appreciate the eastern Orthodox church and especially their teachings on theosis and prayer. I have Fr. Paisios multi volume set and would love to make a trip to Mt. Athos sometime. Also, I can relate to the revelation of evil post psychedelics as well as, for me, a sense of freedom in acknowledging the truth of evil and deception. Lastly, I relate with you on the cognitive dissonance around no-self, non duality, duality. Trying to grapple with these led to less peace, whereas contemplating the God man Jesus Christ, who becomes the doorway into God's presence is so fulfilling, and mysterious simultaneously. Contemplating the mystery from the place of relationship with Christ and His covering, is so much better. One thing, I have a hard time with Orthodox faith is some of the doctrine around salvation seems to lead to an unhealthy relationship with works in my opinion. Deep appreciation for your sharing and wish you blessings on your journey deeper in.
@@newwaycs Ty for replying and praise the Lord indeed! haha yea there were many instances in your video where I was having multiple “that’s literally me” moments (eg the pantheistic / solipsistic experiences), while cringing at myself at the same time. Feels odd to look back and chuckle, but on hindsight, guess a lot of these esoteric / eastern spirituality practices along with psychedelic use only disclose “half” of the process, ie, the emptying of the mind structurally and content wise, but don’t really speak much on the structural vacuum as well as what fills the mind after (which is where the process of theosis comes in). It actually hit me (specifically after a 5 meo dmt experience), where this palpable sense of feeling mentally exposed and being open game to questionable entities left deep doubts. It’s a relief to find out that I’m not alone experiencing this after watching your extremely detailed testimony.
Hmmm, I was bothered about the works part too initially due to my upbringing in a Protestant church, works / sola fide also did feel quite legalistic and transactional which put me off when younger during my agnostic phase, however was pretty much ingrained in me. Until I realized my impression was misguided and scrupulosity per works was in error - also realized online spaces dominated by “orthobros” was also not the best place for enquiry. Similar to the metaphor of works as being akin to fruit after cultivation of good seed on good ground, or, a lot like karate kid having faith in his sensei’s seemingly patronizing instructions of doing wax on and off cleaning cars which as karate training appeared inane and pointless, however the kid’s faith and practice ended up being useful and making sense only later on.
Similar to the kid who isn’t able to take on the fullness of karate immediately, we cannot take on the fullness of God immediately and this (theosis) takes place gradually via a series “veils” / garments concealing the mystery and fullness of the God. Eucharist is a huge part of this where what we eat/know “merges” with us along with communion in the body of Christ as the nature of being itself (made sense to me from a “fractal network/systems view”, fwiw, this channel called telosbound has some excellent videos too on the ontological process/missteps which you might have similarly experienced from self relational eastern or esoteric practices which am convinced predisposes one towards “nihilistic void”).
Glad you picked up Fr Paisos who has lots of excellent material! (Have unfortunately not managed to get down to his writings proper yet, just bits and pieces here and there haha (would love to go to Mt athos as well, unfortunately women aren’t allowed). Didn’t expect to write such a long reply…. God bless you and Christ is in our midst!
@@jaimes7966 thank you for this epic reply. Yes, I've thought often of how the self-awareness and detachment practices have some value but it's so sad to then miss on the positive filling of the Spirit of God and the pursuit of being known/loved/sanctified. Thanks for sharing more about works, theosis and the YT channel. I'll read up on these.
‘The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.'
@@newwaycs God bless! Wishing you the best on your journey…
(Forgot to mention, Pageau’s RUclips lecture on eden as a cosmic structure - St Ephrem, was really helpful in understanding the aspects on ontological structure mentioned earlier. )
Same here brother. Praise Jesus!
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone. ♥ Xxx
Shoutout Jeshua man. Bless you. Thanks for sharing your journey
I've had very similar experiences with psychedelics, including a good bit of DMT. I've also been led to Christ and am part of a non-denominational Christian church. Actually my ET friends I met on psychedelics pushed me towards Jesus. Whenever I strayed away from my Pastor or the Christian path because of me not liking their condemnation of non-believers and all of the other things I'm sure you know of that are disheartening... my life became turbulent. I have no choice but to walk this Christian path. I try hard to pay attention during our 90 minute Monday night Bible study but I can honestly say I am not learning anything I didn't already know. I've been a moral and righteous man long before re-reading the Bible as an adult. I've come to the conclusion that perhaps one day I'll have a more spiritual connection with Christ but at least for now I know I am supposed to be with these Chrsitian people to help out my small town when SHTF. We'll be there with open arms to help anyone and everyone. Amen 🙏
your 'i'm not learning anything I didn't already know' stuck out to me. search John Paul Jackson talks and his Dreams & Mysteries series here on RUclips. You'll learn some things you don't know, that's a solid fact lol.. 🙏👍
@@jfate2311 thanks, I'll check it out. I know that sounded ignorant or maybe even arrogant but after trying and trying to find deeper meaning it hasn't worked so well. I get sleepy
@@AgoristsAxioms not at all. surface level church is okay for a time but just as we mature and grow in other areas of life, our spiritual food in God has to go deeper as time progresses as well. Just be cautious of not going so deep that you begin to break away.
also this guy is good. I've watched literally two of his messages and only 8 minutes into this one but yea, here ya go =) ruclips.net/video/Vv0HFNb3lFE/видео.html
ok last one lol. Stephanie Ike is a treasure of God's spoken heart as well. Continue to walk in faith. 🌻
As someone who serves 5-meo-dmt I find it super sad that a facilitator of the medicine would ever serve it to someone at burning man with tons of people/energies around and without proper preparation and integration. It’s such a beautiful medicine and it changed my life completely. But only because of having proper guidance.
Lovely testimony!!
Thanks for sharing! ❤❤❤
Glory to the most high, God bless you
All hail the power of Jesus name. 🙌
I cannot breathe through the grief.
Today is day 54.
54 days without hearing from him.
Nothing. Not a word.
He betrayed and abandoned me
and replaced me with another.
Discarded me like last week's garbage.
He was my "best friend". We spoke every day.
My heart is in so much pain, it physically hurts.
My soul is raped. I cannot breathe. I am drowning.
Being buried alive.
How could he do this to me? And why?
Praise God. Your testimony will bring so many people to God’s kingdom.