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<blockquote class="definition">A '''Connection Experience''' (a.k.a. '''Connection Event''') is a discrete, short-term psychological, emotional, and physical experience of [[Connection]] that is sufficiently above one's average daily [[Consciousness Quotient|CQ]] as to be perceived by the individual as a ''qualitatively'' different state of awareness, consciousness, and being.
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==List of [[LP]] Connection Experience Types==

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==Notes==

Grof, after Jung and Otto, note that connection experiences often have the quality of [[Numinosity]]

The [[LP]] identifies several different [[Connection Experience Types]] and many different [[Connection Outcomes]] (see below). We also recommend analyzing Connection Experience along five [[Connection Axes]].

Many consider Connection Experience to be the core of human spirituality, at the authentic root of every religion.
[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] suggests "Every where the history of religion betrays a tendency to enthusiasm. The rapture of the Moravian and Quietist; the opening of the Internal sense of the Word, in the language of the New Jerusalem Church; the ''revival'' of the Calvinistic churches; the ''experiences'' of the Methodists, are varying forms of that shudder of awe and delight with which the individual soul always mingles with the universal soul." <ref>Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “The Over-Soul.” In The Complete Essays and Other Writings of Ralp Waldo Emerson. New York: Modern Library, 1950. p. 170.</ref>

R. A. Naulty: R. A. Naulty<ref>Naulty, R. A. “J L Mackie’s Disposal of Religious Experience.” Sophia 31, no. 1 (July 1992): 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02772348.</ref> says "...there [is] something wonderful and powerful about them [connection experiences]" which places them beyond ordinary experience."

There is an issue with [[Nomenclature Confusion]], many different names for the same experience. Linda Bourque and Kurt Back note there is "descriptive coincidence" between different types of transcendent/"aesthetic" and drug experiences and wonders if this "indicates there may be a complex of phenomena derived from different conditions which have a common expression and which may have a common function in human action."<ref>Bourque, Linda, and Kurt Back. “Values and Transcendental Experiences.” Social Forces 47, no. 1 (1968): 34. https://doi.org/10.2307/2574709. 34.</ref>

Shear notes that there is considerable congruence between the connection experiences reported in various cultures and traditions concluding "we now, I think, have good reason to think that these experiential accounts reflect congruent experiences." <ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 83–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

Connection experiences may be positive (i.e. [[Zenith Experience|zenith experiences]]) or negative (i.e. [[Nadir Experience|nadir experiences]]). Whether or not a connection experience is a zenith experience or a nadir experience depends in large measure on how the individual receives the revelation/expansion/insight from the experience. Even very glorious truths and insights can be experienced with terror if the physical unit is unprepared or if the thinking processes have been corrupted by [[indoctrination]] and [[Toxic Socialization]].

Dreams can be connection events. "It is not denied...that a divine influx could take place in dreams..." ([[References|Jung, 1938: 22)]]

The [[Q-Scale]] may be used to estimate the intensity and quality of a connection event.

A connection event may occur spontaneously under conditions of relaxation and deep contentment. [[R. M. Bucke]]: "His mind...was calm and peaceful. He was in a state of quiet, almost passive enjoyment. All at once, without warning of any kind, he found himself wrapped around as it were by a flame-colored cloud."<ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness (Kindle Locations 350-351). Book Tree. Kindle Edition. See [[Talk:Glimpse]] for the full account.</ref>

A connection experience may be facilitated via [[Connection Technique]], possibly with the help of a [[Connection Appliance]], and often by exploiting naturally occurring [[Connection Supplements]].

Connection Experiences can bring profound [[Healing]] and [[Transformation]]. As Grof notes, connection experiences (he calls them [[Holotropic States]] can, if correctly understood and supported, "have an extraordinary healing, transformative, and even evolutionary potential."<ref>Grof, Stanislav. ''When the Impossible Happens.'' Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2006.</ref>

Connection experiences may be understood neurologically, as what occurs when the [[Default Mode Network]] (otherwise known as the [[Bodily Ego]] of the individual's brain releases control and allows [[Consciousness]] to flow into the [[Physical Unit]] (Sosteric, SOA1). Release may occur naturally, under conditions of [[alignment|aligned]] safety, or it can be forced by exploiting powerful [[Connection Supplements]].

'''TRIGGERS''' (old research) Hood <ref>Ralph W. Hood, Jr. “Differential Triggering of Mystical Experience as a Function of Self Actualization.” Review of Religious Research 18, no. 3 (1977): 264. https://doi.org/10.2307/3510214.</ref> provides a classification of triggers to mystical experience, including natural triggers (all aspects of nature), sexual triggers (sexual intercourse, note he restricts this to "heterosexual" intercourse), drug triggers, religious triggers (religious settings and religious activities, rituals, and prayer).

'''Triggers'' see Laski <ref>Laski, M. Ecstasy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 192AD.</ref> for additional conceptualization of triggers.

Hood <ref>Ralph W. Hood, Jr. “Differential Triggering of Mystical Experience as a Function of Self Actualization.” Review of Religious Research 18, no. 3 (1977): 264. https://doi.org/10.2307/3510214.</ref> notes that [[Self Actualized]] individuals are more likely to have a connection experience.

Taylor provides a list of triggers that include psychological turmoil (23.6%), nature (18%, meditation (13%) and watching or listening to arts performance (dance, music, play (13%). <ref>Taylor, Steve. “Spontaneous Awakening Experiences: Beyond Religion and Spiritual Practice.” ''Journal of Transpersonal Psychology'' 44, no. 1 (June 2012): 73–91.</ref> Notes the majority of triggers are NOT spiritual or religion (only 21.7% in his sample),and over 78% were spontaneous. Only 8% noted a felt encounter with God<blockquote>Nevertheless, the high incidence of 'spontaneous awakening experiences' strongly discredits the view that awakening experiences are only valid in a religious context. Surely awakening experiences become religious by virtue of post-experiential interpretation, through a conceptual application of a religious interpretation to a non-conceptual experience. As a consequence, the inclusion of such experiences under the umbrella term of 'religious experiences' (e.g., by Alister Hardy and the Religious Experience Unit) is surely misleading and inappropriate.<ref>Taylor, Steve. “Spontaneous Awakening Experiences: Beyond Religion and Spiritual Practice.” ''Journal of Transpersonal Psychology'' 44, no. 1 (June 2012): 73–91.</ref></blockquote>

===Causes===

'''Neurological/Biological'''

Leary: "those aspects of the psychedelic experience which subjects report to be ineffable and ecstatically religious involve a direct awareness of the processes which physicists and biochemists and neurologists measure."<ref>Leary, T. “The Religious Experience: Its Production and Interpretation.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 3, no. 1 (1970): 76–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1970.10471364.</ref>. Also "We considered the hypothesis that the human being might
be able to become directly aware of energy exchanges and biological processes for which we now have no language and no perceptual training."<ref>Leary, T. “The Religious Experience: Its Production and Interpretation.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 3, no. 1 (1970): 345. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1970.10471364.</ref>

==Incidence==

67% of psychotherapists surveyed indicated having seen at least one client during a twelve month period who had reported a [[Connection Experience]].<ref>Allman, Lorraine S., Olivia de la Rocha, David N. Elkins, and Robert S. Weathers. “Psychotherapists’ Attitudes toward Clients Reporting Mystical Experiences.” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 29, no. 4 (Win 1992): 564–69.</ref>

Sosteric<ref>Sosteric. “Everybody Has a Connection Experience: Prevalence, Confusions, Interference, and Redefinition.” Spirituality Studies 4, no. 2 (2018).</ref> suggests connection experiences are a ubiquitious feature of human existence and that they occur naturally in healthy individuals.

As researchers have found, a remarkably high number of scholars identify themselves as having spiritual orientations and aspirations. <ref>Lindholm, Jennifer A., and Helen S. Astin. “Understanding the ‘Interior’ Life of Faculty: How Important Is Spirituality?” Religion & Education 33, no. 2 (2006): 64.</ref>

Bart Ehrman mentions his "born again" experience, which occurs after "asking Jesus into my heart... <ref>Ehrman, Bart D. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. Harper One, 2007. p. 3.</ref>

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The Great Work

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'''The Great Work''' (a.k.a. Evolution) is the collective work of creating playground paradises for the enjoyment of all. The Great Work proceeds from [[Godhead]] through seven [[Evolutionary Stages]] stages or "days."
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==Notes==

The Great Work is about creating playgrounds for incarnated Spirit.

At one level or another, we are all involved in The Great Work. From innkeeper to Chef, mother to mogul, if your goal is to heal, connect, and help create a playground paradise for all life on Earth, you are participating in The Great Work. However, if, OTOH, your primary concern is selfish profit at the expense of others, you are not.

The Great Work includes:

* the cosmic work of creating the Physical Universe (completed almost instantly).
* the solar work of creating planetary systems and heavier elements (completed billions of years ago).
* the evolutionary work of creating a [[Physical Unit]] capable of fine-grain manipulation of physical matter (i.e. a [[Pinnacle Species]]).
* the engineering work of creating [[World Systems]] (i.e. technology and institutions) capable of supporting planetary utopia and [[Integration]].
* the day to day work of making the world a better place.

Contrary to what is typically taught, the Great Work is not an operation that we conduct on our "souls." The Great Work is not an alchemical work of soul purification, not a karmic balancing of debt, and not an attempt to win "daddy's" good graces by proving just how "special" you are. Our souls, our monadic sparks, are already perfect and require no moral, evolutionary, or spiritual development at all. The Great Work is the work of evolving [[The Body]] to match the utopian intent of [[God]].

At a spiritual level, the Great Work is about bringing [[Consciousness]] to [[Ground]] (i.e.[[Ain Soph]] to [[Malkuth]], [[God]] to [[Earth]]).

In [[Thelema]], the Great Work is reduced to the individual practice of Connection, what on the LP would be referred to as simply [[The Work]]. "The Great Work is the uniting of opposites. It may mean the uniting of the soul with God, of the microcosm with the macrocosm, of the female with the male, of the ego with the non-ego."<ref>Crowley, Aleister. Magick without Tears. Las Vegas, Nevada: Golden Dawn Publications, 1989.</ref>

While speaking of the tarot [[Wheel of Fortune]] card, Case says "The wheel, moreover, is a symbol of progress, advancement, improvement, and so represents the march of culture, civilization and amelioration which in occultism is called the Great Work."<ref>Case, Paul Foster.Learning Tarot Essentials: Tarot Cards for Beginners. Vancouver: Ishtar Publishing, 1932. p. 105</ref>

"Rolling Thunder spoke about the importance and necessity of global healing and service to the Great Spirit."<ref>Krippner, Stanley. Spiritual Dimensions of Healing. New York: Irvington Publishers, 1992. p. 54.</ref>

A mythical representation of The Great Work is provided in the [[Song of Creation]]

The goal of the Great Work is the creation of planets capable of hosting advanced, interstellar, civilizations. A planet capable of hosting an advanced, interstellar, civilization may be referred to as a [[Pearl of Creation]].

The great work involves the evolution of planets capable of sustaining abundant life, and the evolution of living forms capable of containing high levels of [[Consciousness]]. See [[Evolutionary Theory]]

It is important to note that, contrary to what is typically taught in esoteric/exoteric religious organizations, the Great Work is not an operation that we conduct on our "souls". The Great Work is not an "alchemical" work of soul purification nor is it an evolutionary march to individual advancement. Our souls, our monadic sparks, are already perfect and require no moral, evolutionary, or spiritual development whatsoever.

The Great Work can be considered a spiritual/evolutionary operation designed to uplift physical creation.

There are no "chosen" ones, no special places, and no spots where some are elevated above others. Everybody works together and, when the work is completed, everyone [https://tosas.lightningpath.org/archetypes/graduation/ Graduates] and shares equally in the benefits.

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Healing and Connection Journal

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A '''Healing and Connection Journal''' is a journal that you keep with you while you do [[The Work]] required to [[Heal]] and re[[Connect]] with your own [[Highest Self]]. Use your HC Journal to record your thoughts and feelings during the course of your regular life, and when you reflect and meditate.
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==Notes==

Recording your thoughts and feelings helps you keep track of progress or lack of it. Recording your thoughts and feelings help you reflect and make connections. Recording your thoughts and feelings also helps if you seek help. It gives you a focussed resource with which you can talk to your healer/therapist.

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Power

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<blockquote>Power corresponds to the human ability not just to act but to act in concert. Power is never the property of an individual; it belongs to a group and remains in existence only so long as the group keeps together. When we say of somebody that he is "in power" we actually refer to his being empowered by a certain number of people to act in their name.<ref>Arendt, Hanna. On Violence. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969. p. 44.</ref> </blockquote>. in the book Arendt distinguishes between power, strength, force, authority and violence.

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