Before this battle with the devil, in the form of the "dragon," the woman gives birth to "a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter," and who is "snatched up to God and to his throne." (Rev 12:5) The child is clearly Jesus, and the woman giving birth is the spiritual seeker being born again of the Spirit, and giving birth to Christ in his heart - a beautiful image of the way Jesus comes again. The morning star is an image of Christ's presence and power - the way, as we have seen, Jesus comes back to those who have overcome the world, and been born of the Spirit. The right hand is an image of control and power. What this means is that we can have control and power over these stars, not outwardly, in a physical way, but inwardly through the grace of God, as the astral body is holding them in the power of the Spirit. John is saying we can manipulate and control the energy in these centers (their stars, or angels) so as to use them as "churches" - links to the kingdom of God within. His warning to the church was, "Your eschatology is defeating you." He explained this by saying that the belief that Jesus is coming back within a few years was causing people to put both their temporal and spiritual lives on hold.

Cold therapy: Place a cold pack or a bag of frozen vegetables (wrapped in a thin towel to protect your skin) for 15 minutes every few hours. 5. Slowly release, sink back into Child’s Pose for a few breaths, and repeat on the other side. The Extended Triangle Pose helps relieve pain and tension in your neck, shoulders, and upper back. This restorative yoga pose can help relieve tension in your back, shoulders, and neck. Healing time depends on what’s causing your neck pain. A 2017 study found that yoga and pilates both helped reduce pain, disability, and depression and increased quality of life in people with chronic neck pain. 4. Tuck your chin into your chest, and let your head and neck fully relax. 3. Look up at the ceiling as you let your head drop back slightly. Keep your shoulders aligned and your back straight when seated so you’re not straining your neck. Standing push-ups: Do push-ups in a doorframe, allowing your shoulders to go past your hands 10 times. Warrior II may help open and strengthen your chest and shoulders to support your neck.

3. Press your left hand into the floor for support as you rest your body on your right shoulder and look over to the left. In verse 16 the stars are left unexplained, but in verse 20 John says, "The seven stars are the seven angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches." In other words, the stars are the power and light (angels) of each of the seven lampstands or cerebro-spinal centers (churches). And this really is the end of temptation, worldliness and deception for such saints: these evils are then defeated forever. An earlier passage showed that this lake of fire, or burning sulfur, is the permanent home of temptation (the devil), worldliness (the beast) and deceptiveness and false teaching (the false prophet). The Hindus would call this an astral world, and it is the reward for those who have overcome worldliness. The "144,000" represent all the people who have chosen God, and the twelve tribes of Israel represent all the nations of the world.

People from all religions can apply to learn these techniques. The techniques I am best acquainted with are the Kriya Yoga techniques, brought to the West by Paramahansa Yogananda, and taught by the organization he started, Self-Realization Fellowship. Some of these Yoga techniques involve circulating "life energy" around the seven cerebro-spinal centers, often through pranayama methods, whereby the "life force" is controlled through breathing techniques. In Chapter 4 John again refers to the cerebro-spinal centers, or chakras, as gates to the kingdom of heaven, and to the astral body of light, formed around these seven glowing centers ("seven lamps blazing"), which together contain the sevenfold spirit of God. And this is why living in the kingdom of heaven is described as a "thousand" years. Indeed, I believe it can be read as an allegory of the joys, struggles and triumphs of living the spiritual life. And, indeed, Yoga for back and cervical pain the lake of fire is the material plane of existence. Those whose names are written in "the book of life" do not return to a material existence.