Why Christians Should Avoid TM?
- Published in Needs in Neighbourhood
By C Barnabas
- Wrong view about God: TM is based on the belief that God is an impersonal being and TM claims that God is all, and all is God. Maharishi makes God a part of the creation, thus making his followers worship ‘the created things rather than the creator’ Rom 1:25. The Bible teaches that “there is none other God but one” I Cor 8:4. He is the loving and personal God. He is above all His creation and at the same time He is concerned with the welfare of men.
- No Salvation: TM teaches that man by nature is good and the good which is present in each person can be brought out by meditation. But the Bible teaches that man is sinful and he can be saved by faith in Jesus Christ who died for him.
- It gives Transient peace and rest: According to TM, peace and rest can be obtained by meditation. They believe that happiness can be obtained without facing the issue of sin and guilt. But the Bible teaches that man is sinful and that man can be happy only when he faces the issue of sin and comes into right relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Col 1:21-22.
- It is a Hindu practice: TM is taught as a non-religious technique and many people practise TM without knowing that it is a Hindu practice. Maharishi himself had written that he got the technique from the Hindu god Krishna. It is built on Hindu scriptures and in the mantras. The followers pray to Hindu deities. Christians cannot practice TM because the worship of idolatry is present in the practice.
- It may lead to demon possession: In TM technique, one empties the mind and opens it for anything and everything. So demon possession is possible when the mind is emptied in TM.