Opus 2015-186: Discernment Watch: Yoga and Diabetes

Recently I learned that Yoga is good for battling Diabetes.  It must be true.  I heard it in a doctor’s office.

To be fair, it wasn’t the doctor but one of the ladies in the office that expressed this opinion.  We were having a discussion of weight loss and diabetes.  In light of that I thought, the head line on Drudge, which took me to The Independent, was interesting because it claimed that the Muslims in India were claiming that the International Day of Yoga was a plot by the Hindus to advance their religion.

This is nothing new to me.  I have long known that Yoga was a practice steeped in Hindu thought.  I shared it with the lady in the doctor’s office.  She, of course, did not believe me.  Now I find myself in the embarrassing position of agreeing with some Muslim leaders. 

“Kamal Farooqui, a member of the Muslim Personal Law Board, told BBC Urdu that by promoting yoga, the government is trying to push a Hindu agenda.”

I understand that millions of people participate in Yoga as nothing more than a type of exercise.  I also know that it is rooted in a philosophy from eastern religion in which meditation is an emptying of the mind.  Christian meditation is different.  It is a filling of the mind with a teaching or principle from the Bible.  Same word, different foundation, opposite goals.

So think twice before you get into Yoga.  Look a little deeper.  Do the same thing when you hear the Muslims demanding accommodations like places to wash their feet and Sharia.  Of course, if you are a cafeteria Christian or garden type pagan, it doesn’t make any difference.

Whatever its spiritual roots, I still don’t think Yoga will cure diabetes.

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