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Hi there. My name is Mike Sosteric and I, with some help<ref>from Gina, Niko, Tristan Vayda, Stephen, the pets I look after, the nature that surrounds me, and so on.</ref> am the creator of the [[Lightning Path Human Development Framework]], which, if you don't already know, is a modern [[Human Development Framework]] (HDF) that I've been slowly piecing together, an hour or two every day, since way back in 2003.  


<blockquote>"Most authorities on Indigenous spirituality write about ceremonies and rituals, totems and dreamings and their social implications. It is a materialist view of what spirituality is, and although they speak about 'religion', they do not seem very concerned about the deep innermost feelings which give rise to religion in the first place." <ref>Mudrooroo. Us Mob: Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1995. p. 34.</ref></blockquote>
It didn't start out like this of course. I didn't wake up one morning and say "I'm gonna build an HDF." It started with a [[Connection Experience]],<ref>Sosteric, Mike. Connection 100 – An Auto-Ethnography of My (Mystical) Connection Experiences.” ''Religions'' 13, no. 10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100993</ref> way back in 2003 or so, which turned into an uninterrupted information stream where "ideas came in an uninterrupted stream and the only difficulty I had was to hold them fast."<ref>Tesla, Nikola. ''My Inventions.'' Williston, Vermont: Hart Brothers, 1982.</ref>, which continued as a "mystical" ethnographic study, which turned into a more systemic exploration which slowly, over the course of a couple of decades, turned into this still incomplete blob of clay, the [[Lightning Path Human Development Framework]] (LPHDF) or just [[Lightning Path]] (LP) for short.


<blockquote>The most beautiful thing we can experience is the Mysterious — the knowledge of the existence of something unfathomable to us, the manifestation of the most profound reason coupled with the most brilliant beauty. I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, or who has a will of the kind we experience in ourselves. I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with the awareness of — and glimpse into — the marvelous construction of the existing world together with the steadfast determination to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature. This is the basics of cosmic religiosity, and it appears to me that the most important function of art and science is to awaken this feeling among the receptive and keep it alive.<ref>Einstein quoted in Kuruvilla, Carol. “Albert Einstein On The Spirituality That Comes From Scientific Inquiry | HuffPost Religion.” HuffPost, March 14, 2016. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/albert-einstein-on-god-and-science_n_56e6f491e4b065e2e3d6a9d9</ref>
I know it sounds crazy, but there it is. The LPHDF is still in development, and probably will be for another twenty years, but a substantial chunk exists as concepts, ideas, notes, and theory in this SpiritWiki, and I'm developing curriculum to put it all together [https://patreon.com/LightningPath over here] at the LP Patreon. 
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Hi there. My name is Mike Sosteric and I some help<ref>from Gina, my kids, the pets I look after, the nature that surrounds me, and others</ref> am the creator of the [[Lightning Path Human Development Framework]], which, if you don't already know, is a modern [[Human Development Framework]] (HDF) that I've been slowly piecing together, an hour or two every day, since way back in 2003.  
If you want, you can explore the SW, but there's a lot here and it might be overwhelming to start. If so, head over to the LP Patreon and go through the [https://www.patreon.com/collection/151795 Introduction to the Lightning Path] and [https://www.patreon.com/collection/626862 Foundational unit]. That will give you a base of understanding from which you can launch your metaphorical ascent.


It didn't start out like this of course.
==My Qualifications==
 
If you want to know why I'm qualified to do this.  
I didn't wake up one morning and say "I'm gonna build an HDF." It started with a [[Connection Experience]], continued as an ethnographic study, which turned into a more systemic exploration which slowly, over the course of a couple of decades, turned into this [[Lightning Path Human Development Framework|incomplete blob of clay]] I call the [[Lightning Path]].
# Close to 30 years experience in post-secondary education
 
#Close to 20 years of regular, daily [[Connection Practice]]
It sounds crazy, I know, but here it is laid out in some detail in this [[SpiritWiki]. I recommend you start your exploration with the left-hand side menu (mobile menu on smaller devices) and just kinda follow forward from there. You can also check out our [https://www.patreon.com/LightningPath/posts Patreon] we I'm trying to lay it out in a systematic fashion. 
#The privilege and good fortune to be able to sit down every day for a few hours and read, research, explore, and write. <ref>That amazing privilege is really important and I mention it here not only because it is important to acknowledge this, but also to say this shouldn't be a privilege, but a right. We should all have the right to sit down every day and read, research, explore, and create in some way. As I've come to believe after 20+ years of exploitation, it is who we are deep inside. </ref>
 
#The discipline and determination to figure "it" out, <ref>and by "it" I mean the [[Connection Experience]] that got this all started. For a brief account, see Mike Sosteric, “Connection 100 – An Auto-Ethnography of My (Mystical) Connection Experiences,” Religions 13, no. 10 (2022), doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100993.</ref>
I have to admit, it is still pretty rough. It still requires a lot of work, but it is here if you want to have a look around.  In the meantime, I'm gonna use this page to put in some personal notes. They probably won't be that meaningful to begin with, but I'll build them up over time.
 
==My Qualifications==
 
# [[PLT]]
# post-secondary training in psychology and sociology.
# open mind
# discipline and determination to figure "it" out, <ref>and by "it" I mean the [[Connection Experience]] that got this all started. For a brief account, see Mike Sosteric, “Connection 100 – An Auto-Ethnography of My (Mystical) Connection Experiences,” Religions 13, no. 10 (2022), doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100993.</ref>
# the privilege and fortune to be able to sit down every day for a few hours and read, research, explore, and write. <ref>That amazing privilege is really important and I mention it here not only because it is important to acknowledge this, but also to say this shouldn't be a privilege, but a right. We should all have the right to sit down every day and read, research, explore, and create in some way. As I've come to believe after 20+ years of exploitation, it is who we are deep inside. </ref>


==Personal Challenges==
==Personal Challenges==


==Theoretical Challenges===
==Theoretical Challenges==


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* Bias and prejudice in the academy.<ref>Samuel L. Perry, “Religion Matters (And Doesn’t Go Away When Sociologists Ignore It).,” Sociological Forum 38, no. 4 (December 2023): 1456–63; </ref> <ref>Typically you are expected to be a mystic outside of science or a scientist outside of mysticism. If you are a scientist and turn mystic, you are expected to leave the academy, like Richard Alpert, who became Ram Dass. Should you try and blend both, you become subjected to ridicule, shaming, and other “boundary maintaining” enforcements of the academy’s Boundary Police</ref>
* Bias and prejudice in the academy.<ref>Samuel L. Perry, “Religion Matters (And Doesn’t Go Away When Sociologists Ignore It).,” Sociological Forum 38, no. 4 (December 2023): 1456–63; </ref> <ref>Typically you are expected to be a mystic outside of science or a scientist outside of mysticism. If you are a scientist and turn mystic, you are expected to leave the academy, like Richard Alpert, who became Ram Dass. Should you try and blend both, you become subjected to ridicule, shaming, and other “boundary maintaining” enforcements of the academy’s Boundary Police</ref>
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 16 December 2024

Hi there. My name is Mike Sosteric and I, with some help[1] am the creator of the Lightning Path Human Development Framework, which, if you don't already know, is a modern Human Development Framework (HDF) that I've been slowly piecing together, an hour or two every day, since way back in 2003.

It didn't start out like this of course. I didn't wake up one morning and say "I'm gonna build an HDF." It started with a Connection Experience,[2] way back in 2003 or so, which turned into an uninterrupted information stream where "ideas came in an uninterrupted stream and the only difficulty I had was to hold them fast."[3], which continued as a "mystical" ethnographic study, which turned into a more systemic exploration which slowly, over the course of a couple of decades, turned into this still incomplete blob of clay, the Lightning Path Human Development Framework (LPHDF) or just Lightning Path (LP) for short.

I know it sounds crazy, but there it is. The LPHDF is still in development, and probably will be for another twenty years, but a substantial chunk exists as concepts, ideas, notes, and theory in this SpiritWiki, and I'm developing curriculum to put it all together over here at the LP Patreon.

If you want, you can explore the SW, but there's a lot here and it might be overwhelming to start. If so, head over to the LP Patreon and go through the Introduction to the Lightning Path and Foundational unit. That will give you a base of understanding from which you can launch your metaphorical ascent.

My Qualifications

If you want to know why I'm qualified to do this.

  1. Close to 30 years experience in post-secondary education
  2. Close to 20 years of regular, daily Connection Practice
  3. The privilege and good fortune to be able to sit down every day for a few hours and read, research, explore, and write. [4]
  4. The discipline and determination to figure "it" out, [5]

Personal Challenges

Theoretical Challenges

Professional Challenges

  • Bias and prejudice in the academy.[6] [7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ from Gina, Niko, Tristan Vayda, Stephen, the pets I look after, the nature that surrounds me, and so on.
  2. ↑ Sosteric, Mike. Connection 100 – An Auto-Ethnography of My (Mystical) Connection Experiences.” Religions 13, no. 10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100993
  3. ↑ Tesla, Nikola. My Inventions. Williston, Vermont: Hart Brothers, 1982.
  4. ↑ That amazing privilege is really important and I mention it here not only because it is important to acknowledge this, but also to say this shouldn't be a privilege, but a right. We should all have the right to sit down every day and read, research, explore, and create in some way. As I've come to believe after 20+ years of exploitation, it is who we are deep inside.
  5. ↑ and by "it" I mean the Connection Experience that got this all started. For a brief account, see Mike Sosteric, “Connection 100 – An Auto-Ethnography of My (Mystical) Connection Experiences,” Religions 13, no. 10 (2022), doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100993.
  6. ↑ Samuel L. Perry, “Religion Matters (And Doesn’t Go Away When Sociologists Ignore It).,” Sociological Forum 38, no. 4 (December 2023): 1456–63;
  7. ↑ Typically you are expected to be a mystic outside of science or a scientist outside of mysticism. If you are a scientist and turn mystic, you are expected to leave the academy, like Richard Alpert, who became Ram Dass. Should you try and blend both, you become subjected to ridicule, shaming, and other “boundary maintaining” enforcements of the academy’s Boundary Police
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