Ten wellness practices examined. Three questions before Wave 3.

1. The course's core argument about yoga, Reiki, TM, and chakra work is that they share a common spiritual mechanism. What is it?

A) They all originated in Asia and therefore reflect spiritual systems incompatible with Western monotheism

B) They all invoke or manipulate spiritual forces from systems outside Jesus Christ — regardless of the user's intent, the fitness studio branding, or the therapeutic framing

C) They are all ineffective — their perceived benefits are entirely psychosomatic

D) They are only dangerous when practiced in group settings

2. What does this course identify as the specific spiritual danger of the Enneagram?

A) The Enneagram creates pride by overemphasizing personality differences

B) The nine-type system is mathematically based on numerology and therefore occultic

C) The Enneagram's origins in Gurdjieff's occultic channeled material and its adoption of a fixed, pre-conversion identity framework conflict with the new creation theology of 2 Corinthians 5:17

D) Churches that use the Enneagram inevitably drift toward liberalism

3. The Law of Attraction and Transcendental Meditation are theologically opposed in method but united in destination. What destination do they share?

A) Buddhist philosophy as their theological source

B) The replacement of God as the source of provision and guidance with either the self (manifestation) or the emptied mind (TM) — both of which create an open channel for demonic spiritual influence

C) The promotion of materialism and self-interest at the expense of community

D) Debt and financial instability through misapplied prosperity thinking

Answer Key

1. 1 B — The spiritual mechanism is the same regardless of marketing. The entities invoked do not change because the studio uses soft lighting.
2. 2 C — 2 Corinthians 5:17: the new creation in Christ cannot be adequately mapped to a pre-conversion personality type.
3. 3 B — Matthew 12:43-45: the swept and empty house is not safe. Both methods empty the self of the right occupant.

Wave 3 opens with the theological framework that explains where all ten of these practices were pointing.