Is your friend in a cult or not? And am I sinful that I take her on pilgrimages?translated

Reader question:

Hello, father. I have a friend, she is studying to become a psychologist at some school - it is a huge community. They have clubs on femininity: lectures, festivals, retreats, yoga. At the same time, they talk about God and happiness all the time. Attitude to religion: God is common to everyone. She goes on Orthodox trips with me, confesses, but keeps silent about all this. He submits notes of remembrance, in which he also writes Muslims. Is this a cult or not? Is it possible for an Orthodox Christian to communicate with such people? And am I wrong for taking her with me on trips?

Olga

Priest's answer:

Priest Evgeniy CHEBYKIN

Hello, Olga.

From what I managed to learn about the methodology that you write about in your letter, I concluded that it [the methodology] is based not on a Christian, but on a Hindu worldview. Therefore, we, Orthodox Christians, should not get carried away by this kind of thing, since they are alien to us in spirit.

As for your friend, when I usually talk with people who are trying to combine incompatible things (in this case, Hinduism and Christianity), I give an example from the field of gastronomy and argue that not all foods in our diet are different...