Chakra/Meditation Cards

[SeeksAns]

Hello,

I am new here and I am wondering what is the catholic policy of Chakra Cards. These cards do not tell the future or anything like that it simply helps you meditate. Please review the link and description and tell me what the bible speaks of these cards. I don’t think these cards have anything to do with religion or spirituality but I would like to hear the opinions of others.

Here is the link for the cards:

amazon.com/Chakra-Wisdom-Oracle-Cards-Transforming/dp/1780287518/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

[DavidFilmer]

I had a look at the company’s FAQ. It sounds like a bunch of new-age hooey to me:

After a near death experience decades ago, the original fables and color-based stories were relayed to psychic Tori Hartman by Angels.

Oooooookkkkkkkkaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy.

But (unfortunately) the Church does not categorically exclude new-age hooey (and, of course, the Church allows for the possibility of angelic revelation). As long as these cards are intended to be an aid to meditation, and do not purport to give any answers or claim to have (or bestow) any magic or physic power (which they do not) and are not contrary to Catholic doctrine (unknown) then a Catholic is free to use them.

That doesn’t mean it’s a Good Thing. It still looks like new-age hooey to me. The fact that they don’t even present an example (that is clear enough to read) makes me especially cautious.

 

[Elizium23]

But (unfortunately) the Church does not categorically exclude new-age hooey (and, of course, the Church allows for the possibility of angelic revelation). As long as these cards are intended to be an aid to meditation, and do not purport to give any answers or claim to have (or bestow) any magic or physic power (which they do not) and are not contrary to Catholic doctrine (unknown) then a Catholic is free to use them.

Ah, but the Church does categorically exclude new-age hooey.

Jesus Christ: The Bearer of the Water of Life

It is difficult to separate the individual elements of New Age religiosity – innocent though they may appear – from the overarching framework which permeates the whole thought-world on the New Age movement. The gnostic nature of this movement calls us to judge it in its entirety. From the point of view of Christian faith, it is not possible to isolate some elements of New Age religiosity as acceptable to Christians, while rejecting others. Since the New Age movement makes much of a communication with nature, of cosmic knowledge of a universal good – thereby negating the revealed contents of Christian faith – it cannot be viewed as positive or innocuous. In a cultural environment, marked by religious relativism, it is necessary to signal a warning against the attempt to place New Age religiosity on the same level as Christian faith, making the difference between faith and belief seem relative, thus creating greater confusion for the unwary. In this regard, it is useful to remember the exhortation of St. Paul “to instruct certain people not to teach false doctrine or to concern themselves with myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the plan of God that is to be received by faith” (1 Tim 1:3-4). Some practices are incorrectly labeled as New Age simply as a marketing strategy to make them sell better, but are not truly associated with its worldview. This only adds to the confusion. It is therefore necessary to accurately identify those elements which belong to the New Age movement, and which cannot be accepted by those who are faithful to Christ and his Church.

The following questions may be the easiest key to evaluating some of the central elements of New Age thought and practice from a Christian standpoint. “New Age” refers to the ideas which circulate about God, the human being and the world, the people with whom Christians may have conversations on religious matters, the publicity material for meditation groups, therapies and the like, explicit statements on religion and so on. Some of these questions applied to people and ideas not explicitly labelled New Age would reveal further unnamed or unacknowledged links with the whole New Age atmosphere.

• Prayer and meditation: are we talking to ourselves or to God?

The tendency to confuse psychology and spirituality makes it hard not to insist that many of the meditation techniques now used are not prayer. They are often a good preparation for prayer, but no more, even if they lead to a more pleasant state of mind or bodily comfort. The experiences involved are genuinely intense, but to remain at this level is to remain alone, not yet in the presence of the other. The achievement of silence can confront us with emptiness, rather than the silence of contemplating the beloved. It is also true that techniques for going deeper into one’s own soul are ultimately an appeal to one’s own ability to reach the divine, or even to become divine: if they forget God’s search for the human heart they are still not Christian prayer. Even when it is seen as a link with the Universal Energy, “such an easy ‘relationship’ with God, where God’s function is seen as supplying all our needs, shows the selfishness at the heart of this New Age”.(75)

New Age practices are not really prayer, in that they are generally a question of introspection or fusion with cosmic energy, as opposed to the double orientation of Christian prayer, which involves introspection but is essentially also a meeting with God. Far from being a merely human effort, Christian mysticism is essentially a dialogue which “implies an attitude of conversion, a flight from ‘self’ to the ‘you’ of God”.(76)“The Christian, even when he is alone and prays in secret, he is conscious that he always prays for the good of the Church in union with Christ, in the Holy Spirit and together with all the saints”.(77)

 

[Elizium23]

Hello,

I am new here and I am wondering what is the catholic policy of Chakra Cards. These cards do not tell the future or anything like that it simply helps you meditate. Please review the link and description and tell me what the bible speaks of these cards. I don’t think these cards have anything to do with religion or spirituality but I would like to hear the opinions of others.

Here is the link for the cards:

amazon.com/Chakra-Wisdom-Oracle-Cards-Transforming/dp/1780287518/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

Did you even read the description provided at your link?

Set your intentions, break through blockages and learn ways to manifest your dreams using the 49 cards and guidebook of this extraordinary divination system! Each original card connects with a major chakra and represents one of the mystical fables revealed by angels to psychic Tori Hartman over 25 years ago following a near-death experience. This oracle deck contains 49 unique chakra cards, each with its own fairy-tale image, as well as a detailed guidebook that includes divination spreads, chakra-by-chakra insight to guide you on your journey, and a personal inquiry and focused meditation for each card. The divination spreads range from basic one-card readings to intention spreads that tap into and activate your manifesting energy – even the more complex Chakra Layout is still easy-to-use, as all the spreads are. This new deck is set to become a classic for those interested in developing their intuition and card divination.

 

[Dorothy]

Hello,

I am new here and I am wondering what is the catholic policy of Chakra Cards. These cards do not tell the future or anything like that it simply helps you meditate. Please review the link and description and tell me what the bible speaks of these cards. I don’t think these cards have anything to do with religion or spirituality but I would like to hear the opinions of others.

Here is the link for the cards:

amazon.com/Chakra-Wisdom-Oracle-Cards-Transforming/dp/1780287518/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

Catholics do not have to resort to such things to help them to meditate. We have the Doctors of the Church on prayer: St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, and Therese of Lisieux. All of them are focused on our Lord Jesus Christ and meditation on His life.

When Jesus’ disciples asked Him about prayer, He taught them the Our Father. One can meditate on every line of that prayer for a good amount of time.

Earnest and frequent prayer to the Holy Spirit for all the gifts the Lord wants you to have for yourself and for others is so beneficial.

The purpose of all types of prayer…Rosary, Liturgy of the Hours, Novenas, short acts of love made during the day to the Lord, etc…is to become one with the Lord. Prayer enables us to receive the many graces He desires to give us when we encounter Him in the sacrament of reconciliation, and the Eucharist.

When we have the Word of God, Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, Our Saviour, we need not seek elsewhere.

Peace,

Dorothy

 

[Dorothy]

Psychics can be misleading, to say the least.

There are many who have been deceived and are passing on their deceptions to ill-informed people.

We were warned that the devil can appear as an angel of light.

 

[friardchips]

OP, please (seriously), listen to the good sense in the responses you have had so far.

 

[edwest2]

I see the word divination. And I know about chakras but it is not a part of Catholic teaching. Not worth it.

Ed

 

[pianistclare]

Hello,

I am new here and I am wondering what is the catholic policy of Chakra Cards. These cards do not tell the future or anything like that it simply helps you meditate. Please review the link and description and tell me what the bible speaks of these cards. I don’t think these cards have anything to do with religion or spirituality but I would like to hear the opinions of others.

Here is the link for the cards:

amazon.com/Chakra-Wisdom-Oracle-Cards-Transforming/dp/1780287518/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

I f you need “help” meditating, you should pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Or the Rosary.
Or the Divine Mercy chaplet. We have a wealth of devotions and prayers.
Get a good Catholic prayerbook. Meditate on the Life of Christ through the Stations of the Cross.

 

[DavidFilmer]

Ah, but the Church does categorically exclude new-age hooey.

Jesus Christ: The Bearer of the Water of Life

Well, waddya know!!! It’s a good day to be Catholic!

 

[DavidFilmer]

Out of curiosity, I visited the Wikipedia article on this topic.

Mercier introduces the relation of colour energy to the science of the light spectrum:

As humans, we exist within the 49th Octave of Vibration of the electromagnetic light spectrum. Below this range are barely visible radiant heat, then invisible infrared, television and radiowaves, sound and brain waves; above it is barely visible ultraviolet, then the invisible frequencies of chemicals and perfumes, followed by x-rays, gamma rays, radium rays and unknown cosmic rays.[sup]35[/sup]

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 **35** Mercier, Patricia (2007). The Chakra Bible: the definitive guide to working with chakras. London: Godsfield Press/Octopus Publishing. p. 12.

Is it even possible to cram more pseudo-scientific silliness into a single paragraph?

 

[rossum]

Hello,

I am new here and I am wondering what is the catholic policy of Chakra Cards. These cards do not tell the future or anything like that it simply helps you meditate. Please review the link and description and tell me what the bible speaks of these cards. I don’t think these cards have anything to do with religion or spirituality but I would like to hear the opinions of others.

Here is the link for the cards:

amazon.com/Chakra-Wisdom-Oracle-Cards-Transforming/dp/1780287518/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

As well as the other suggestions for Christian meditation, you could try Saying the Jesus Prayer.

rossum