Apprising Ministries has long been warning about the dangers of corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) perpetrated as so-called Spiritual Formation (SF) by Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster along with his spiritual twin SBC minister Dallas Willard now slithering deeper into pretending to be Protestant mainstream evangelicalism.

Being a former Roman Catholic, I also brought to your attention that it’s beyond question this spurious CSM is nothing more than refried Roman Catholic mysticism with its pietism and asceticism romanticized for those who are ignorant of Church history, which you can see e.g. in Roman Catholic Monasticism Begins With “Desert Fathers”.

I have also shown e.g. in pieces like Keeping You Apprised Of: Contemplative/Centering Prayer that this type of meditation in an altered state of consciousness—a TM-lite sprayed with Christian terminology—was not practiced or taught by Jesus; nor was it practiced or taught by His Apostles, and it’s nowhere taught in Scripture.

And as usual the Sacred Sandwich hits the target dead on like in the following concerning CSM:

The staff of The Sacred Sandwich is currently searching for extra-biblical insight by emptying our minds in contemplative quietude and repeating the solemn mantra, “Owah Tagu Siam.” Your silence is greatly appreciated while we meditate on this profound message from our inner divinities.

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See also:

CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY OF RICHARD FOSTER ROOTED IN THE EASTERN DESERT AND THOMAS MERTON

CONTEMPLATIVE MONVEE: PLACING EXPERIENCE ABOVE SCRIPTURE

‘CATHOLIC OUTSIDE, BUDDHIST INSIDE’: NEW GNOSTIC CHURCH SEEKS TRUTH WITHIN

ROB BELL AND SHANE HIPPS TEACHING MYSTICISM

MYSTICISM: WHEN GOD SENDS AN EVIL SPIRIT

9 MARKS: INTERVARSITY PRESS SEEMS ADRIFT

DISCIPLINES TO DECEPTION IN SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION