SYNTHESIS about MISA® - ch. 14: THE NEW RELIGION (1)

"THE RELIGION is OVER!"

The question of the relationship between yoga and religion (in particular, with the Christian religion) is addressed at MISA since the opening conferences of yoga classes (archive).

This is done to eliminate the appearance among students of reluctance induced by the idea of a possible deviation from the path represented by one's own religion, produced by yoga.

Thus, yoga is presented as a spiritual science that can be approached by any person, regardless of religion, being compared - analogically speaking - to a source of light that can be used by anyone, without affecting his religion.

"I'm a Christian, can I practice yoga without giving up my religion?

"The electric light bulb was invented by Edison and today the whole planet uses it: Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, etc. Yoga, even if it was invented by Indians, also brings light into the life of those who practice it. Nothing prevents us all from enjoying it."

It is also used to compare the yoga system with martial arts, which can be practiced by any person, regardless of his religion.

"The millennial YOGA system is a traditional spiritual path and not a religion; it is a complex science of the transformation of the human being, a vast treasure of knowledge and practical methods for the perfection of the human being, which belongs to all mankind, and his methods are universally valid, in all times and in all cultures." (archive)

Furthermore, "MISA's aim is to embrace the essence of all authentic spiritual teachings, in a spirit of mutual understanding and acceptance, to express them in a contemporary form and thus create a connection between the hearts of all spiritual seekers on this planet.

The teachings of the MISA School of Esoteric Yoga sought to synthesize all that is divinely inspired and fundamental in the known authentic spiritual traditions, thereby providing all who are able new or ancient direct ways of transformation and spiritual realization that are as accessible as possible to their current level." (link)

During the 1993 summer camp, MISA students were surprised to hear that they had to consecrate all the fruits of their actions to God or other divinities (Shiva, the Great Cosmic Powers), in order not to accumulate karma generated by the respective actions, even if the actions are eminently beneficial. The students then wondered why their Guide had not made this known to them sooner.

The reason is obvious: the tactic of small steps in indoctrinating students, to whom it is hidden from the beginning that, when they sign up for MISA's yoga classes, they don't start a Western-style class with exercises learned at the gym and practiced at home, but enter - unknowingly - on "a spiritual path that leads to God" which, if they leave later, they will be "doomed".

According to Bivolaru, an action whose fruits are thus consecrated must be carried out only if an affirmative answer is received from the divinity to which the consecration is made, in the form of a flow of refined energy that descends from the top of the head and impregnates the entire being. Consecrating the fruits of actions to the Divine is a spiritual practice revealed by the god Krishna in the Bhagavat Gita.

Appreciation of the answer, however, is at the discretion of the practitioners and this is how this bizarreness appeared at MISA in which the discrimination - that should be absolute - between divinely integrated or non-integrated actions, is determined by subjective perceptions.

Thus, the gate has been opened wide to immoral actions that have a claimed divine support and justification, such as the activity of some students on porno-erotic video chats, in which clients are sexually excited possibly to the point of ejaculation, although the "MISA school" claims to promote sexual continence, which it has registered as its own trademark (link).

In May 1996, with the introduction of the "yogic innovation" of "spirals inducing the state of liberation by divine miracle" (link and video), which began with the modified "Lord's prayer” (aka ”Our Father” prayer), as well as with the exposition of the Art of Blessing (link), MISA showed its religious side on its face.

The leader of the organization Gregorian Bivolaru continues to claim that yoga is religious but it is not a religion, and at the same time states that MISA promotes the new religion of humanity - Godness or God-ism.

Bivolaru spoke for the first time about Godness or God-ism in the presentation on the Art of Blessing (archive):

”an understanding of the ultimate mysteries of existence, of the living essence, of the highest of all religions: God-ism. The Blessing is a manifestation of dialogue with God and of our need for God: our frantic necessity for God is very pleasant to Him and represents our first step towards a complete religion, without intermediaries.”

In his comments on a student's experience in Shambala (link), the New Prophet said:

"Of course, all this will lead to the emergence of a new religion, within which the human being will be able to relate directly to God without needing intermediaries. We have provisionally called this divine religion - whose dawn has appeared - Godism."

MISA's step-by-step indoctrination tactic is obvious:

➤ first it is claimed that the yoga system taught at MISA is not a religion, but a spiritual system accessible to anyone, regardless of religion, to avoid the religious sensitivities of the learners. But in this effort to deceive, MISA expose itself, contradicting its own statements:

In the article "YOGA and religion - at the confluence of spirituality, philosophy and religion” 2007 (archive) it is stated on the one hand:

"Some dogmatic voices claim the incompatibility of YOGA practice with Christianity, but they start from the erroneous premise that YOGA would itself be a religion or would be based on religious beliefs. YOGA, however, is not a religion. YOGA offers human beings a spiritual alternative and this can be perceived as "competition" by official churches or cults.

Religion, philosophy or spiritual path? The word religion, etymologically, means to reunite (re-link) the human being with the Divinity. "

On the other hand, it says:

"Through YOGA we discover God

YOGA is a spiritual path [...], it provides a method and a philosophical system that allow the human being to become perfect. In the view of yogic wisdom, our existence has a precise purpose: the attainment of spiritual liberation or perfection. Spiritual liberation, as it is called in the East, translated into simple terms means that the purpose of our existence is that to get closer to God, to know Him [...], to become one with Him."

If the purpose of yoga is to make possible the discovery, knowledge and union with God, this means that it reunites the being with God and therefore meets the definition of religion accepted by MISA itself!

Since it is obvious that, instead of clarifying the issue, it has just created confusion, the "clarification" effort continues:

”Yoga is not a religious cult. YOGA is not a religion. It has no places of worship, dogmas, sacred books, rituals or priests. YOGA doesn't even require the beginner practicioner to believe in God."

Yoga taught at MISA has Fundamental Principles which, although invoked in practice, are not understood from the beginning, so they are - at least at the beginning of the practice - dogmas, just like in the case of religion!

Yoga at MISA has no sacred books (they say), but "traditional fundamental texts" which, if you do not accept them as absolute truths from the start, you are labeled as "demonic", meaning you reject something that is sacred!

Yoga at MISA has many rituals - some dedicated to deities that are subjects of worship in some religions!

The practice must be started with consecration to God, with the invocation of God and the stages must be followed "with holiness"!

Teaching lessons, conducting courses and all activities are only done by instructors appointed and authorized by MISA, who received the "divine" investiture directly from the "divine" Master, and they must strictly comply with a certain established method, that is, exactly like some priests who officiate rituals!

If you don't need to believe in God, then how does yoga reunite you to Him? Is it an automatic process, without free will and awareness? Do you practice mechanically, then go to bed as a free-thinker and wake up as a believer, simply?

But MISA still maintains its version that yoga is not a religion, but like karate:

”The fact that YOGA talks about God, the fact that people come to believe in God if they practice YOGA, makes some people think that YOGA is a religious cult. But things are much simpler.

The direct knowledge to which the yogi practitioner has access makes him intuit certain secret realities or essential truths of this world. YOGA helps people to open their eyes, mind and heart and convince themselves through an ineffable inner experience that God exists, without recourse to dogmas, theories, philosophies, speculations, rituals or indoctrination."

It is insinuated that religions do not lead to direct knowledge but to a speculative, intellectual-philosophical one, only in form!

But if yoga does not resort to dogmas, philosophies and speculations in acquiring the direct knowledge of God, then how does it come about? Just by practicing the procedures?

But this practice also starts from ideas that are purely intellectual at the beginning, just like formal belief in God of an ordinary practicing believer or a novice monk. If the spiritual aspirant had direct knowledge from the start - without any other means - he would not need any practice.

Practice alone cannot lead to God, just as a car does not reach its destination without being steered by a driver. The practitioner must aim to reach God and, for that, he must believe in His existence and, in the beginning, in the absence of direct knowledge, this belief can only be intellectual or philosophical (dogmatic).

"If someone wants to practice YOGA only to cure his health problems with the help of HATHA-YOGA exercises, he is perfectly free to do so.

And if another wants to amplify his power of concentration and will through specific yogic exercises, he is again perfectly free to do so and has great chances of success, if he shows perseverance. But effective yogic methods, with very few exceptions, do not involve taking over popular or traditional religious beliefs.

Westerners tend to think that YOGA, because it talks about God and spirituality, is a religion; worse than that, the idea that YOGA schools are religious sects was launched. However, this is not true.

YOGA offers practical exercises (so a method) supported by a broad and coherent philosophical system, and can be practiced either independently, either as an additional method in the religious training of the Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Mohammedan, Taoist, etc."

When it is stated that "YOGA can be practiced on its own for health, concentration or personal development”, in the style of Western yoga classes, at the gym, then it is not a religion, because it does not aim to reach God.

If the aspirant aims to reach God, then YOGA becomes an additional method of religion because that is what it means religion by definition: re-connection with God.

The confusion that MISA wants to create comes from defining a particular religion as a system of beliefs, precepts and practices SPECIFIC only to that religion, while yoga would be a universal system that fit itself to any religion, without affecting it.

But even if the practice of YOGA is not limited to a particular deity but seeks communion with God the Creator, it becomes - according to the definition - a religion of knowing the Creator without intermediaries, i.e. exactly the God-ism that MISA speaks about. YOGA at MISA is a RELIGION, however much MISA avoids admitting it.

At this point, in order to inoculate gradually, unconsciously, the God-ism, MISA acts simultaneously on several levels, creating and maintaining a state of confusion:

- in order not to drive away possible followers, MISA claims that the YOGA taught within the Movement is not a religion

- to attract as many followers as possible, take over and promote methods and elements from several religions (celebrations, rituals, deities)

- concrete religions and their leaders are criticized and blamed

➤ thus, MISA claims to take all that is best in all the spiritual traditions of the world, creating a new and refreshing system, which it calls "integral esoteric yoga", which is actually an esoteric-religious syncretism, but without using the term "religion"

During the first year, no religious language was used in MISA classes and activities.

There was talk of schools, practices and techniques instead of churches and rituals, of liberation instead of salvation, of meditation instead of adoration or worship, about chakras, energy meridians, energies, Kundalini instead of the Holy Spirit. Instead of God, they spoke of the Divine.

But starting from the second year, knowledge and techniques are taught at MISA, along with initiations into deities belonging to different spiritual systems:

Hinduism (accomplished teachers and masters, Great Cosmic Powers, gods (Shiva, Indra, Krishna, Ganesha and his spiritual brides, Skanda),

Kashmirian Shaivism, Tibetan Buddhism (Kalachakra - Dhyani Buddha, Vajra Sattva, dakini deities), Judeo-Christianity's angelic hierarchies (link 1, link 2), communion meditations with the great Christian saints on the occasion of religious holidays), Taoism, alchemy, astrology, parapsychology, modern science (resonance, quantum physics), but also invoking the help of beneficial extraterrestrial civilizations (archive), all these combined with tantric sexual techniques and rituals using mutual consumption of urine, as well as group love and polyamory.

➤ having obtained a homogeneous mixture of esoteric-spiritual systems, in which their limits dissolve, the New Religion of the future is proclaimed: Godism, the path that leads directly to God, without intermediaries.

In fact, Godism is a pretext to minimize, marginalize and then remove from attention the teachers of religions, to leave room for HIM and only HIM, the First in everything, the one who reveals the Word of God for the first time in history.

(the continuation here)