JACK
CANFIELD, CREATOR OF NICE STORIES OR NEW AGE GURU
"Every
religion I've looked at has some technology--- ... I've studied all
of them and found what works for me and I've tried to make it available
to others. What works for me is a combination of disciplines: I
do yoga, tai chi which is a Chinese martial art and three kinds of
meditation-vipasana, transcendental and mantra (sound) meditation.
If you have to pick a yoga for me, I lean towards bhakii in the sense
of devotion, adoration, singing, feeling love and joy exist in my
heart." Jack Canfield, (from Choosing
To Be Happy)
"Although
these books [Chicken Soup for the Soul] are filled with charming
and uplifting stories, Canfield's spirituality is quite disturbing
... (cont. below)
"A
New Age magazine article from 1981 revealed Canfield
was no less than a teacher of the highly occultic "psychosynthesis"
method developed by a direct disciple of Alice
Bailey. From some of his most recent writings, Canfield openly
reveals he had his "spiritual awakening" in a yoga class
in college where he felt God "flowing" through
all things. (A Time of Departing
- pg. 87)
