ACCD TRAININGS UTILIZE A NUMBER OF NEW AGE AND DANGEROUS PSYCHOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES
These trainings are based on experimental psychotherapy and new-age techniques that are at best non-Christian and at worst very dangerous. Although not every Christian would have an objection to these techniques, many would and no indication is given before the trainings that these types of techniques would be used.
HYPNOSIS
One exercise involved staring into someone's eyes for over 15 minutes; during this, music was playing softly, the lights were down low, and a monotone voice was telling you to go back and back into your childhood. This exercise resulted in numerous people screaming. At no point were participants informed that they were going to be or had been hypnotised. (ACCD trainers have been trained in hypnosis as neurolinguistic programmers).
JUNGIAN AND GESTALT THERAPY
Although Carl Jung is a widely respected for his advancement of the field of psychology, he claimed to have received most of his insight from a spirit named Philemon. This certainly raises questions about the appropriateness of his techniques for Christians. At no point were participants informed that they were going to be or had been exposed to potentially dangerous psychotherapy techniques.
GUIDED IMAGERY
Another exercise involved everyone lying down with the lights off; relaxing; then a voice guided us through a journey that ended with taking off our armour and holding a ball of light and absorbing it into our hearts. This is a classic new age exercise with some vedic Hinduism thrown in for good measure. At no point were participants informed that they were going to be or had been exposed to these types of exercises.
If you have been through Discovery, see if this sounds familiar. This was channeled to Ronna Herman, a spiritual astrologer, and new age practitioner "from the Archangel Michael" in 1995:
See yourself anchored firmly to the core of your Mother Earth and surround yourself in the magnificent pillar of Light sent forth from your Divine Presence. Start at your root chakra or energy center and, as if you are a beautiful crystal cell of Light, allow yourself to completely submerge in the memory of that center. What are your feelings about survival, self-preservation, about scarcity; do you feel worthy of the abundance your Mother Earth has to offer? Allow the feelings to flow: sadness, frustration, fear--acknowledge them and if you are ready, state "I release you into pure Christed Light substance, you no longer serve me." See the beautiful cell of Light that holds your consciousness divide and enfold these energies as they are transformed through your love into shimmering perfection. Or, since they have memory and choice just as you do, if they choose not to embrace the Light, see them float free of all your bodily forms: physical, etheric, emotional and mental and out into the ethers to follow their own path. They will choose the Light another time along with the rest of those who are not yet ready to move forward. Bless them in their choice and know that it is perfect...See this beautiful sphere of Light infusing love into all the areas of darkness or negativity ... Move upward to the solar plexus releasing all the impacted energy in that area that has led you to give away your power, made you fearful of rejection, or instilled feelings of inadequacy. All of the negative emotions of inferiority created by the ego are buried here. Let them go, precious ones. Claim your power once more, claim your creativity, your uniqueness, divinity. The solar plexus is one of the great energy centers of the future. From here you will send forth the great streams of Light that you access in greater and greater amounts and then, along with other Light Warriors, you will send them forth and infuse the Earth with this magnificent gift of en-lighten-ment. Bless, heal and release the energies buried in the solar plexus so that you can, once again, use this center in the way it was meant to be used. Move up to the heart chakra and sense the shield you have placed in your etheric body to protect you from the pain and suffering you have experienced down through the ages, thereby shutting off the flow of Love/Light both to you and through you. This is the area that builds and maintains your Life-force, that allows you to access and project the love of the Creator. Dissolve this barrier, please, my beloveds, it is no longer needed. Allow the wondrous three-fold flame to blaze forth as your spiritual armor and insignia, identifying you as a Light Warrior. Allow this gift from the Creator to be your shield and you will begin to resonate with the love, compassion, wisdom, power and will of the Creator and never again will you have to suffer the pain and anguish of being cut off from the Essence of Spirit. As you release the restrictions from the heart area it will also trigger the thymus gland which will once again begin to send out its life-giving hormones throughout your body so that you can rejuvenate or maintain your youthfulness and vitality--aging, atrophy, debilitation and death are all a result of begin cut off from the life force of your Divine Self. Move your crystal ball of Light ...your release from the wheel of karma. The gift of the "state of grace" is awaiting you, but you must remove the wrappings and ties that conceal the gift.