The Highest Adventurejust about all New Agers believe there have been
many avatars. According to Christianity, there
has only been one.
I thought to myself, “If this is right, if Jesus
was an avatar and could only speak the truth,
then I’d better inspect His words more closely.”
To my great surprise, as I studied the sayings
of Jesus in the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John), I began encountering stunning
contradictions between the Biblical revelation of
Jesus, and what Yogi Bhajan and other New Age
teachers taught about Him. Some of the following
conclusions I acquired before my conversion to
Christianity. Others came soon afterward. All are
essential points.
Polytheism or Monotheism?
All of my gurus and New Age instructors
endorsed the existence and worship of multiple
gods and goddesses, such as the three primary
Hindu deities: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva,
and others like Krishna, Kali, Saraswati and
Ganesha. Often there were pictures or statues
of these ‘divine beings’ in the yoga studios and
ashrams I visited. Being spiritually naïve, I never