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A Special Lighthouse Trails Alert<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following news story from The New York Times<\/em> illustrates how quickly meditation is overtaking our society. Children are the newest target! This is not only affecting kids in public schools – through the contemplative prayer movement and the emerging church – Christian schools are heading in this direction too. A whole generation is being taught how to enter dangerous demonic realms through practicing mantra meditation!<\/p>\n

If you have a child in either a public or private school, please contact the school immediately <\/strong>and find out if your child is being introduced to any type of meditation exercise (this includes lectio divina and breath prayers). Tell the school you do not want your child participating in any of these activities. This would include Rob Bell’s<\/span><\/strong><\/a> popular Nooma films and his book Velvet Elvis, which are both being used in Christian junior high and high schools. See our links below for more information on children and meditation.<\/p>\n

“Focus on Quieting the Mind”<\/strong>
\nby Patricia Leigh Brown
\nThe New York Times<\/em>
\nOAKLAND, Calif., June 12 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The lesson began with the striking of a Tibetan singing bowl to induce mindful awareness.<\/p>\n

With the sound of their new school bell, the fifth graders at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School here closed their eyes and focused on their breathing, as they tried to imagine “loving kindness” on the playground.<\/p>\n

“I was losing at baseball and I was about to throw a bat,” Alex Menton, 11, reported to his classmates the next day. “The mindfulness really helped.”<\/p>\n

As summer looms, students at dozens of schools across the country are trying hard to be in the present moment. This is what is known as mindfulness training, in which stress-reducing techniques drawn from Buddhist meditation are wedged between reading and spelling tests.Click here to read the rest of this news article.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Related Research:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Focus on the Family’s Adventures in Odyssey – Promoting Contemplative? <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Yoga for children (in public school, that is)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Christianity Today: Contemplative for Children<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus Camp, Film Reveals the Mystical and the Militant, Not Biblical Christianity<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

NOTICE TO PARENTS: Christian Schools Introducing Teens to Mysticism Proponent<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ancient Wisdom for Babies<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For more information on how the New Age is coming into schools, read For Many Shall Come in My Name.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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