"I practiced Eastern meditation and yoga, now I'm open to demonic influence forever."
How it sounds in your head: I did transcendental meditation, chanted mantras, practiced yoga for years thinking it was just exercise and stress relief. Now I'm told I was inviting Hindu spirits and opened myself to deception. Too late to close those doors.
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."
-- 2 Corinthians 5:17Enemy accusation combined with religious teaching that Eastern practices create permanent demonic access points.
He participated in spiritual practices tied to other gods, and religious voices tell him he unknowingly invited demons. Any spiritual confusion feels like evidence of permanent deception.
Simon practiced sorcery for years, claimed to be 'the great power of God,' amazed entire cities with demonic power. When he believed, he was immediately baptized and Peter addressed his sin issue directly - demonstrating instant access to repentance and grace.
I REFUSE the lie that Eastern practices created permanent demonic access in my life. IT IS WRITTEN that if I am in Christ, I am a NEW CREATION - old things have PASSED AWAY, all things have become NEW. Every mantra I chanted is GONE. Every spiritual doorway from my old life is CLOSED. I am not a repaired old creation with vulnerable access points - I am a BRAND NEW CREATION in Christ Jesus. IT IS WRITTEN that whom the Son sets free is free INDEED. No Hindu spirit, no Eastern deity, no meditation practice has any claim on a blood-bought son of God. I walk in the light, and darkness has no place in me.
The Father isn't counting your yoga classes as evidence against you. He's declaring you a NEW CREATION where the old didn't get patched - it got BURIED. You're starting from scratch in His eyes, and every door from your old life is permanently SEALED.