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Green Zone

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The '''Green Zone''' is part of a four-part rating system used in the LP [[Self Assessment]] process to assess the extent to which you have "work to do" to repair the damage caused by [[Toxic Socialization]]. The green zone the safe zone. If your score is green, your assessment is healthy and there are no health red flats.
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Death (archetype)

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Death''' is an [[Old Energy Archetype]] from the [[Masonic Tarot Deck]]. In the [[Book of Slavery]] and [[Book of Power]], the archetype is used to
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[[File:death.jpg|250px|center|Death Tarot Card Freemason's Deck]]

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===[[Book of Power]]===

Symbolizes initiation/initiation ceremony, the goal of which is to "die" to your old self and be reborn as a loyal peon of power.

[[Submission]]

"(Initiating Death leading to Mastership.) Whatever is dreamed to some purpose is set out on the 'Drawing Board' which no one approaches before he has entered the Middle Chamber. In the darkness where the whiteness of skulls and bones stands out, there all illusion vanishes and judgement is moulded. The Initiate dies to all that is factitious and prepares himself to receive Mastership."<ref>Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 171,</ref> <i class="note">Advice to not be factitious. Seems to be saying, if you want to be successful, don't be a squeaky wheel.</i>

A euphemism for brainwashing. "The ideas expressed by this arcanum are those of destruction preceding or following regeneration."<ref>Papus. The Tarot of the Bohemians. Wilshire Book Co, 1978. https://sacred-texts.com/tarot/tob/index.htm. p. 130.</ref> Meaning destruction of an ego and identity external to the organization, and that might provide an anchor, and reconstruction of one that is loyal.

===[[Book of Slavery]]===

The "inevitability" of change and transformation. Just accept things, even death, no matter what because it's all a "beautiful" part of life. <ref>Biddy, Bridget. “Death Tarot Card Meanings.” Biddy Tarot (blog), 2020. https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/death/.</ref> If you "accept" you are much less likey to resist

===Recovery===

“After a period of pause and reflection with the Hanged Man, the Death card symbolises the end of a major phase or aspect of your life that you realise is no longer serving you, opening up the possibility of something far more valuable and essential. You must close one door to open another. You need to put the past behind you and part ways, ready to embrace new opportunities and possibilities. It may be difficult to let go of the past, but you will soon see its importance and the promise of renewal and transformation.” (Biddy 2020)

===Recovery===

Individuation: "Contrary to what many people believe the card of Death does not actually refer to transformation. Rather, it shows us the precise moment at which we give up the old masks and allow the transformation to take place." Overcoming fear. <ref>Pollack, Rachel. Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom. Harper Collins, 1980 p. 102.</ref>

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Misalignment

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Misalignment''' is the opposite of [[Alignment]]. Misalignment occurs when the [[Bodily Ego]] is out of intellectual, emotional, moral, and behavioural step with [[Spiritual Ego]]/[[Highest Self]]
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Misalignment is caused by [[Toxic Socialization]] which provides poor spiritual guidance, and which teaches [[Wrong Thought]], [[Wrong Action]], and [[Wrong Environment]]

Misalignment leads to painful [[Disjuncture]] to [[Disconnection]]

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Masonic Tarot Deck

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Masonic Tarot Deck''' (a.k.a. the classic tarot deck) is a deck of 78 images based on an Italian deck of cards. The Masonic Tarot Deck was created by Freemasons during the industrial revolution in order to help lubricate the transition of power from Feudal to Capitalist hands.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “A Sociology of Tarot.” Canadian Journal of Sociology 39, no. 3 (2014). https://www.academia.edu/25055505/. </ref> The tarot represents [[Old Energy]] [[Ideology]] and an old energy [[Creation Tempate]].
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The western Tarot is often presented as a tool that can help the "fool" successfully navigate life's lessons. For example, Rachel Pollack says "Today, we see the Tarot as a kind of path, a way to personal growth through understanding of ourselves and life. To some the Tarot's origin remains a vital question; for others it only matters that meanings have accrued to the cards over the years."<ref>Pollack, Rachel. Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom. Harper Collins, 1980. p. 6.</ref>

The Tarot was designed by Freemasons throughout the 18th and 19th centuries to serve an elite agenda (Sosteric, 2014; Decker, Depaulis, & Dummett, 1996). Freemasons obscured the elite ideology and agenda by successfully presenting their work as reflective of ancient spiritual wisdom. The presentation of the Tarot as something other than a reflection of elite ideas about management and control prompted Decker, Depaulis & Dummett (1996) to suggest that the Masonic Tarot was the...

<blockquote>...most successful propaganda campaign ever launched: not by a very long way the most important, but the most completely successful. An entire false history, and false interpretation, of the Tarot pack was concocted by the occultists; and it is all but universally believed.</blockquote>

The ideological function of the tarot system is obscured by efforts to present the cards as "sacred" in some way. This original effort was conducted by Freemasons who attempted to link the tarot archetypes o ancient Egyptian wisdom. In modern times, it is innocently perpetuated by tarot aficionados. One popular tarot website informs us that the “seventy-eight Tarot cards, the archetype cards, teach us “what we need to learn and master to live an inspired life.”<ref>https://www.biddytarot.com/learn-tarot/</ref></blockquote>

There are two parts of a Masonic Tarot deck, the Major Arcana or "trump" cards, and the minor arcana. The twenty-two major arcana are [[Archetypes]]. Taken together the twenty-two Masonic archetypes form an Old Energy [[Creation Template]].

Many commentators try to read in progressive spiritual and political elements, where none exist. We call this an attempt to "recover" authenticity. For example, "The Tarot, however, is a path of liberation. The fear that Jahweh expresses, that human beings 'will become like us' , is precisely the Tarot's purpose - to fully bring out the divine spark in us and unite it with our conscious selves, to end the duality of God and human and make them one. Therefore, though it keeps much of the same symbolism as Genesis, the Rider pack Lovers subtly reverses the meaning." <ref>Pollack, Rachel. Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom. Harper Collins, 1980. p. 62. </ref>

The Western Tarot deck is a relatively complete reflection of the Western [[Creation Template]]. The Western Tarot is a recollection of twenty-two major "arcana" (really [[archetypes]]) and fifty-six minor elaborations on those archetypes.

The ideology of the tarot, the tarot archetypes, occupy a contested space. Even though most authors adopt and retransmit Masonic tropes, there is modification as authors attempt to bring psychological, emotional, or spiritual authenticity to the system. You can find examples of this under the "Recovery" heading in the tarot card entries (see below).

The [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS) provides a complete break with masonic, old energy archetypes.

===The Archetypes===

The Masonic Tarot contains the following twenty-two [[Old Energy Archetypes]].

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The Masonic teachings contain two components, a [[Book of Power]] component and a [[Book of Slavery]] component. The Book of Power comprises the esoteric teachings, taught in private and kept largely secret, while the Book of Slavery comprises the exoteric teachings, which are spread widely in order to control the thinking of the masses.

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Alignment

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'''Alignment''' is the extent to which one's [[Bodily Ego]] is in concordance with the will and perspective of one's [[Spiritual Ego]], family, community, and society. When we are aligned, we think, behave, and created a world that is in concordance with our [[Spiritual Ego]]/[[Highest Self]] and with reference to the values, norms, and reasonable expectations of others.<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. “It Takes a Village: Advancing Attachment Theory and Recovering the Roots of Human Health with the Seven Essential Needs,” 2021.</ref> On the [[LP]], alignment is achieved by establishing the [[Three Rs of Alignment]], [[Right Thought]], [[Right Action]], and [[Right Environment]]. <ref>{{LPBOOK1}}</ref>

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==The Three Rs of Alignment<ref>For more on the Three Rs, see Sosteric, Mike. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.</ref>==

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==The Three Ws of Misalignment<ref>For more on the Three Ws, see Sosteric, Mike. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.</ref>==

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Alignment is one of six [[Connection Requirements]] listed in the LP [[Connection Framework]].

The Bhagavad Gita contains admonishments to align the spiritual ego (Self) and the bodily ego (self). Passages 6.5 and 6.5 refer to the Self and the self. Sometimes the self can be an enemy of the self (the bodily ego is damaged and unaligned) and sometimes the self can be a friend of the Self (the two work together and are in alignment).
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6.5 He should raise the self by the Self; he should not let the self sink; for, [as] the self is indeed the friend of the Self, [so also] is the self indeed Self's enemy.

6.6 The self is the friend of the Self of him whose self is conquered by the Self; but for [him who is] bereft-of-Self, the self is like an enemy in enmity.<ref>Feuerstein, Georg, and Brenda Feuerstein, trans. The Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation. Boston: Shambhala, 2011. p. 157.</ref></blockquote>

Alignment is important as a requirement of [[Connection|Connectoion]].

In many cultures, "moral violations," which can be seen as disjunctive action, are seen to cause sickness.<ref>Rogers, Spencer L. The Shaman: His Symbols and His Healing Power. Illinois: Charles Thomas Publishers, 1982.</ref> The solution is "a sequence of offerings, sacrifices, penance..." <ref>Rogers, Spencer L. The Shaman: His Symbols and His Healing Power. Illinois: Charles Thomas Publishers, 1982. p. 88</ref>

Alignment may refer to individual alignment, as when, as individuals, we are in alignment with and tuned to our own [[Highest Self]]. Alignment may also refer to collective reality, as when our institutions, our planet, and even the entirety of creation is "in alignment" with Consciousness.

Alignment is also a practice, in as much as we must practice alignment in order to achieve and strengthen [[Connection]]. Alignment is achieved via the [[Three Rs of Alignment]] which are [[Right Thought]], [[Right Action]], and [[Right Environment]].<ref> Sosteric, Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.</ref>

[[Spontaneous Alignment]] is possible, particularly in cases of spontaneous or induced [[Connection]].

Reality is "in alignment" with Consciousness when it is a pure and uncorrupted expression of [[Consciousness]] (with a capital "C").

Alignment may refer to the general state of physical reality as a reflection of Consciousness, or it may refer to specific instances/examples of alignment, as for example the alignment of [[Bodily Ego]] with [[Spiritual Ego]]. In this case, alignment refers to the extent to which the [[Physical Unit]] is acting as an “appropriate and responsive” physical unit for [[Resident Monadic Consciousness]]. The easiest way to think about this is to think about a car. If you get into a car and you hit the gas, but the car slows down, or if you turn the wheel left, but the car turns right, the car is out of alignment (i.e. unresponsive) to the intent of the driver. It is the same with your physical body. If the RMC that "owns" the [[Physical Unit]] wants the Physical Unit to do one thing, but it does another, the body is out of alignment with RMC.

To the extent that the [[Physical Unit]] is functioning as an appropriate and responsive vehicle for the [[Resident Monadic Consciousness|resident monadic consciousness]] (RMC) we may say that the physical unit is in alignment with its RMC. A physical unit that is in alignment with its own RMC perceives, thinks and acts in accordance with the perceptions, thoughts, and desires of its own RMC (Sosteric, SA1). A physical unit which, because of (for example) [[Toxic Socialization]] and [[Indoctrination]], thinks and acts in ways that are against the nature and/or wishes of its RMC, or a physical unit that is unresponsive to the wishes of its RMC, may be said to be out of alignment.

Alignment is a requirement of [[Connection]] (see [[Connection Framework]]) of the physical unit. A physical unit that is out of alignment may have difficulty with the process of awakening and activation (for more, see LPWKB3).

Alignment of the physical unit is a key [[Development|developmental task]]. Alignment is one of the body's [[Seven Essential Needs]]. When not attained in childhood, alignment can be attained in adulthood by encouraging the physical unit with an [[Alignment Rule Set]]. The LP ARS encourages [[Right Thought]], [[Right Action]], and [[Right Environment]].

Alignment of the physical unit with Consciousness/God is a common theme in traditional spirituality of the authentic variety, though the expression of it is often overcomplicated, confused, or distorted (for more, see [https://spiritwiki.lightningpath.org/index.php?title=Talk:Alignment&action=edit&redlink=1 the discussion page].

Sociology: [[Toxic Socialization]] undermines alignment and severs [[connection]] to Consciousness.

=== In the Literature ===
Yoga -> eight limbs of yoga (yoga sutra 1.12) includes "ethical discipline" and self-discipline as keys.

==== The Huichol ====
<blockquote>There is no distinction between sacred and profane, nor is there even a reliable separation between secular and sacred. The good life is the religious life. The good day's work is sacred. That which is beautiful is beautiful because it is moral. An evil man is not truly Huichol, for to be Huichol is to live in the proper manner. In other words, to be Huich0ol is to be sacred and this applies to all behavior, objects, and ideas that make up the culture. That which is nonindigenous, not correct or unacceptable, is not merely secular even profane. It is outside the state of being Huichol.

The Huichol notion of the sacred is elusive and in many ways difficult for a Westerner to grasp. It seems to embrace above all the concept of attaining wholeness and harmony. To be in accord with one another, with oneself, with one's customs--this is the state of being a proper Huichol and it is sacred. <ref>Myerhoff, Barbara G. ''Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians''. London: Cornell University Press, 1974. p. 73-4 <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/peyotehuntsacred0000myer/page/n5/mode/2up</nowiki>.</ref></blockquote>"If you are content with the old world, try to preserve it, it is very sick and cannot hold out much longer. But if you cannot bear to live in everlasting dissonance between your beliefs and your life, thinking one thing and doing another, get out of the medieval whited sepulchers, and face your fears.” (Tolstoy 2016, 216)

“...at the bottom of your heart you know yourself that it is not true, that the existing organization has outlived its time, and must inevitably be reconstructed on new principles, and that consequently there is no obligation upon you to sacrifice your sentiments of humanity to support it.” (Tolstoy 2016, 219)

The importance of truth and alignment: “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity by contributing to the establishment of the kingdom of God, which can only be done by the recognition and profession of the truth by every man.” (Tolstoy 2016, 221)

[[Ralp Waldo Emerson]] speaks of alignment and [[Right Action]]. in the context of aligning with the will of the "Over-soul"<blockquote>...that Unity, that Over-Soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other; that common heart of which all sincere conversation is the worship, to which '''all right action is submission'''; that over-powering reality which confutes our tricks and talents, and constrains every one to pass for what he is, and to speak from his character and not from his tongue, and which evermore tends to pass into our thought and hand and become wisdom and virtue and power and beauty.<ref>Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “The Over-Soul.” In ''The Complete Essays and Other Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson''. New York: Modern Library, 1950. p. 262. Emphasis added</ref></blockquote>[[William James]] "Were one asked to characterize the life of religion in the broadest and most general terms possible, one might say that it consists of the belief that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in harmoniously adjusting ourselves thereto."

[[George Simmel]] intimates alignment when he speaks of the "strict demands and ideals" which form the foundation for religiosity."Religiousness thus can be seen in this light: as a form according to which the human soul experiences life and comprehends its existence-a form, incidentally, that is subject to the kind of strict demands and ideals, beyond the subjective, which a more naive " <ref>Simmel, George. ''Essays on Religion''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. p. 5.</ref>

[[Joachim Wach]] points outs that religions of all stripes, ancient and modern, East, Middle East, and West, generally have an idea of cosmic order which usually includes a normative element towards which humans are expected to aspire. <blockquote>Rules of conduct and morals, though they may appear incoherent to the systematic modern mind, are the expressions of an urge to “realize” the divine order, to adapt reality to it, and thereby to secure the functioning of an order upon which depends the existence and well-being of mankind or of a particular group of men.<ref>Wach, Joachim. ''Sociology of Religion''. Routledge Library Editions, Volume 16. New York: Routledge, 2019. p. 51. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.188887/page/n1/mode/2up</ref></blockquote>'''Tolstoy''' discusses the significance of alignment in Chapter XII of ''The Kingdom of God is Within You." He conceives of alignment as a process of connecting and acting in accordance with one's conscience. He considers alignment to be central aspect of authentic freedom, and the only thing that can save humanity from the [[System]] based hell that continues only by virtue of humanity's capacity for [[Hypocrisy]].<ref>Tolstoy, Leo. The Kingdom of God Is Within You (Classics To Go) EBook: Leo Tolstoy: Amazon.ca: Gateway. Translated by Constance Garnett. CreateSpace, 2016. https://amzn.to/2Dg2jtj.</ref>

'''St. Avila''' notes that achieving discipline and alignment is a necessary step on the way to Union with God. "Yet, although the soul which reaches the Third Mansions may still fall back, it has attained a high standard of virtue. Controlled by discipline and penance and disposed to performing acts of charity toward others, it has acquired prudence and discretion and orders its life well." <ref>St. Teresa of Avila. Interior Castle. Kindle. New York: Dover Publications, 2007.p. 5 https://amzn.to/2GpC7NG.</ref>

Alignment is a significant concern for knowledgeable kundalini practitioners. As GM CKS notes, "When the Kundalini is awakened, the positive and negative qualities of the person will be magnified to a very high degree. Kundalini energy is like fertilizer. Whatever seeds are in the ground will be stimulated to grow. So whatever ancient seeds a person possesses, whether good or bad, will be magnified. This is why a person going into the spiritual path experiences intense inner battles. Therefore, it is important to practice inner purification." (Sui, 2016).

In Sufism, alignment is characterized using lover's metaphors. "...when a human becomes a perfect slave of God, then God becomes the eye and ear of that person, who becomes all light and a perfect reflection of God's qualities." <ref>Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. 155</ref>

In Islam, perfect alignment is characterized as "total and utter submission to the Will of Allah."

Zoroaster offered "six cardinal virtues of Ahura Mazda" which individuals were supposed to emulate. These were "Good Mind," Righteousness, "Divine Kingdom," "Devotion" "Perfection," and "Immortality." These were the core of Ahura Mazda's being. <ref>Dhalla, Maneckji Nusservanji. History of Zoroastrianism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1938.</ref>

Alignment is a primary goal of the Buddha. Speaking of the earliest teachings of the Buddha, "guidance. The initial response the Buddha intends to arouse in us is an ethical one. By calling our attention to our bondage to old age and death, he seeks to inspire in us a firm resolution to turn away from unwholesome ways of living and to embrace instead wholesome alternatives." <ref>Bodhi, Bhikkhu, ed. In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon. Wisdom Publications, 2005. p. 17</ref>. Notice the distinction between wholesome (aligned) and unwholesome (disjunctive) ways.

The Beatles make a reference to alignment in their song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7xMfIp-irg All you need is love]. "There's nothing you can do but you can learn how to be You in time. It's easy."

"Under the teaching of the ''Koran'', nothing is right or wrong in itself. Everything created by God has its own particular use--keep it away from that use and it is [[sin]]...<ref>Ali Shah Ikbal, Islamic Sufism (Tractus Books, 2000). p. 44.</ref>

Alignment leads to full-time experience of connection- a life "consummated". "In Canon Moberly's conception, mysticism is not a special, exceptional experience, but, rather, a life consummated in the practice of the Presence of God. It is life in its wholeness as over against a partial life, which is shut up to some narrow compartment of its true being. This meaning of mysticism is well brought out by President Henry Churchill King. He says : " The truly mystical may be summed up as simply a protest in favour of the whole man—the entire personality. It says that men can experience, and live, and feel, and do much more than they can formulate, define, explain, or even fully express. Living is more than thinking."<ref>Canon Moberly quoted in Jones, Rufus Matthew. Studies in mystical religion. Kindle Edition.</ref>

Teachings of the Golden Dawn emphasize alignment between the Higher Will and the Lower Will. "Then shall it happen that the Higher Will, i.e., the Lower Genius, shall descend into the Royal habitation, so that the Higher Will and the Lower Will shall be as one and the Higher Genius shall descend into the Kether of the Man, bringing with him the tremendous illumination of his Angelic Nature." <Ref>Zalewski, Patrick, and Christine Zalewski. The Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn. Aeon Books, 2008. p. 63-4.</ref>

Theosophy: A basic precept of theosophy is strict adherence to extremely high ethical guidelines<ref>Blavatsky, H. P. The Key to Theosophy: A Clear Exposition Based on the Wisdom Religion of All Ages. Theosophical University Press, 1889.</ref>

===Maslow===

Maslow had a concept of alignment. "The serious thing for each person to recognize vividly and poignantly, each for himself, is that every falling away from '''species-virtue''', every crime against one’s own nature, every evil act, every one without exception records itself in our uncon scious and makes us despise ourselves. Karen Homey had a good word to describe this unconscious perceiving and remembering; she said it “registers.” If we do something we are ashamed of, it “registers” to our discredit, and if we do some thing honest or fine or good, it “registers” to our credit. The net results ultimately are either one or the other—either we re spect and accept ourselves or we despise ourselves and feel contemptible, worthless, and unlovable. Theologians used to use the word "accidie" to describe the sin of failing to do with one’s life all that one knows one could do." <ref>Maslow, A.H. Towards a Psychology of Being (2nd Edition). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1968. p. 5. Bold added.</ref>

Maslow felt there were psychological costs to [[disjuncture]]: "But there is also another element in conscience, or, if you like, another kind of conscience, which we all have either weakly or strongly. And this is the “intrinsic conscience.” This is based upon the un conscious and preconscious perception of our own nature, of our own destiny, or our own capacities, of our own “call” in life. It insists that we be true to our inner nature and that we do not deny it out of weakness or for advantage or for any other reason. He who belies his talent, the born painter who sells stockings instead, the intelligent man who lives a stupid life, the man who sees the truth and keeps his mouth shut, the coward who gives up his manliness, all these people perceive in a deep way that they have done wrong to themselves and despise themselves for it. Out of this self-punishment may come only neurosis, but there may equally well come renewed cour age, righteous indignation, increased self-respect, because of thereafter doing the right thing; in a word, growth and im improvement can come through pain and conflict." <ref>Maslow, A.H. Towards a Psychology of Being (2nd Edition). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1968. p. 7. </ref>

Maslow: "It seems quite clear that personality problems may sometimes be loud protests against the crushing of one’s psycho logical bones, of one’s true inner nature. What is sick then is not to protest while this crime is being committed." <ref>Maslow, A.H. Towards a Psychology of Being (2nd Edition). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1968. p. 8.</ref>

" He who belies his talent, the born painter who sells stockings instead, the intelligent man who lives a stupid life, the man who sees the truth and keeps his mouth shut, the coward who gives up his manliness, all these people perceive in a deep way that they have done wrong to themselves and despise themselves for it. Out of this self-punishment may come only neurosis..." <ref>Maslow, A.H. Towards a Psychology of Being (2nd Edition). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1968. p. 7.</ref>

"Such people become far more self-sufficient and self-contained. The determinants which govern them are now primarily inner ones, rather than social or environmental. They are the laws of their own inner nature, their potentialities and capacities, their talents, their latent resources, their creative impulses, their needs to know themselves and to become more and more integrated and unified, more and more aware of what they really are, of what they really want, of what their call or vocation or fate is to be."<ref>Maslow, A.H. Towards a Psychology of Being (2nd Edition). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1968. p. 35.</ref>

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Generic Apocalyptic Narrative

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Generic Apocalyptic Narrative'''' is an [[Eschatological Discourse]] "about the events that will lead up to the days."<ref>Kintz, Linda. Between Jesus and the Market: The Emotions That Matter in Right-Wing America. London: Duke University Press, 1997. https://amzn.to/2o1eJQO</ref>. This narrative includes "a sense of history as a divinely predetermined totality, a sense of pessimism about the present and the conviction of imminent crisis, and a belief in the judgment of evil and the triumph of good."<ref>Kintz, Linda. Between Jesus and the Market: The Emotions That Matter in Right-Wing America. London: Duke University Press, 1997. p. 8-89https://amzn.to/2o1eJQO</ref>
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Displacement

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'''Repression''' is an [[Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]]] that the [[Bodily Ego]] uses to avoid uncomfortable confrontation with reality.

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Displacement is another tertiary ARM that distorts reality. Displacement is similar to projection in that we are shifting attention from our thoughts, behaviours, and actions, but in this case, we are shifting our negative emotions and behaviours from a risky target to a less risky one. For example, I had an issue with women for a long time because of the abuse my mother heaped upon me. I could never challenge my mother as a child or adolescent because if I did, the abuse became much worse. As a child, I learned that if I got angry with my mother, it was best if I just kept it to myself. My mother shut my anger at her abuse down, but it did not go away. For many years I displaced it towards other women who were “safer” targets. I did this until I finally became aware of what I was doing, being angry at all women because I couldn’t be angry with mom. Finally realizing my anger, and also realizing its roots, allowed me to instantly release that anger and transform my irrational fear. I say irrational because as an adult, I knew my mother couldn’t harm me anymore. Unfortunately, I was still operating with my childhood fear. When I realized, I released anger and fear and was able to move forward in a more authentic space.

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Lightworker Archetype

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Lightworker''' is a [[New Energy]] [[Archetype]] in the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS). Lightworker represents the "descent" of Consciousness into physical manifestation, into a [[Physical Unit]]</blockquote>

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Permanent Connection

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Permanent Connection''' is an [[LP]] term signifying the individual or collective achievement of strong, pure, and permanent [[Connection]] to your [[Spiritual Ego]]..
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An individual who has attained strong and pure permanent connection, and who uses that to teach and uplift humanity, may be referred to as an [[Avatar]], [[Bodhisattva]], [[Saoshyant]], [[Messiah]], etc.)

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Monadic Intensification

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<Blockquote class="definition">A '''Monadic Intensification''' is an [[Intensification of Consciousness]] to the point of [[Self Awareness]].
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"A God" is not the universal deity, but only a spark from the one ocean of Divine Fire. Our God within us, or "our Father in Secret" is what we call the "HIGHER SELF," Atma. Our incarnating Ego was a God in its origin, as were all the primeval emanations of the One Unknown Principle."<ref>Blavatsky, H. P. The Key to Theosophy: A Clear Exposition Based on the Wisdom Religion of All Ages. Theosophical University Press, 1889.</ref>

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