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<blockquote class="definition">'''Lightning Path Connection Practice''' (LPCC) is the Lightning Path branded form form of [[Connection Practice]]. LPCC involves grounding, aiming, and controlling your connection.<Ref>Sosteric, Mike. Using Connection Supplements to Practice Healing and Connection. Lightning Path, 2020. https://www.lightningpath.org/basic-lessons/using-connection-supplements-to-practice-healing-and-connection/.</ref>

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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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Deficit Mode

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'''Deficit Mode''' is a mode of operation of the [[Physical Unit]] that occurs when most of the available biological energy goes towards meeting unmet needs, protecting oneself from assault, and repairing damage caused by violence and neglect. </blockquote>

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Abraham Maslow was aware of Deficit Mode, what he called Deficiency Motivation. "Most individuals, driven by unfulfilled needs for safety, respect, or esteem, construct value systems that express selfishness or anxiety about others; but those who are satisfied in their basic needs "can devote [themselves] to higher gratification [and are] more identified with humanity than any other group yet described."<ref>Maslow quoted in Edward Hoffman, The Right to Be Human: A Biography of Abraham Maslow (New York: McGraw Hill, 1999), 4395.</ref>

A physical unit in deficit mode creates conditions to support immediate satisfaction of needs.

When a physical unit enters deficit mode, lower centers in the brain preempt higher centers and take over control, assuming the power to drive the organism towards immediate needs gratification.

In an ideal situation, deficits are acute and satisfaction of needs proceeds as the normal and conscious result of daily activities of the individual and the social and economic networks. When ideal situations do not apply, daily deficits occur and may even accumulate over time.

When faced with chronic deficit, chronic assault, and chronic need to heal, all body systems, and all available energy resources, eventually turn towards satisfying unmet needs, defense, and healing. If you are thirsty and have not had a drink of water for two days your physical unit will do nothing but seek out fluids. The longer you go without fluids, the more desperate will your gratification activities become. Eventually you will devote all available bodily resources to the task of satisfying your need for water. The exact same dynamic applies to unmet psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs. These are real needs just like the need for water and when they are unmet the body devotes more and more of its resources to increasingly desperate attempts to meet the needs.

Chronic deprivation of needs leads inevitably to neurosis, psychosis, and even physical illness.

In serious cases of chronic deprivation and assault, the physical unit becomes disconnected (see [[Connection]]). In addition, higher cognitive functions, in particular self-awareness, are disabled. The disabling of self-awareness is a survival mechanism that allows the organism to pursue defense and gratification activities without concern for [Alignment]]. Serious long term assault and deficit may lead to [[Sociopathy]]

It is important to emphasize that even though chronic deprivation can lead to psychopathology, even sociopathy, we should not view the energetic focusing and lack of self-awareness that develops as pathological. Energetic focusing and the disconnection of the higher brain faculties is an adaptive response to survival exigencies naturally selected. [expand]

It needs to be said that even though the deficit mode of the physical unit is a natural result of environmental pressures, all personal, social, economic, and political efforts should be directed towards ensuring the physical unit never enters into deficit mode. [expand]

Petey Stevens was aware that unmet needs "close" or "shut down" and individual. "If a baby's caretakers are not available to the baby because of death or another absence such as work, are not supportive, or are abusive because of emotional immaturity or immorality, the baby grows up with negative 'charge' and self-destructive beliefs attached to his or her communications. The ... person is "shut down" or closed" to his or her soul's feelings or truth."<ref>Stevens, Petey. Opening up to Your Psychic Self. Nevertheless Press, 1983. p. ii</ref>

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Dependent Need Fulfillment

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Church God

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'''Church God''' (a.k.a. [[Father God]]) refers to the patriarchal personification of God offered to the masses by priests of Western ecclesiastical institutions.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. 2017. “The Trouble with Atheists.” Socjourn. https://www.academia.edu/36823156/the_trouble_with_some_atheists.docx</ref> Church God is a sexist and racist [[archetype]] used to both a) control the thinking and behavior of the masses, and b) justify wealth and privilege, in particular in the archetypal variation [[Alpha God]].
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Church God, specifically the patriarchal and violent God of Western Monotheisms, supports imperialist doctrine and imperialist societies. Mary Daly, for example, points out how a patriarchal God is used was used to justify and deify Richard Nixon and American Imperialist. "...God is an American and Nixon is "his" annointed one..." <ref>Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973. p. 16. </ref>

"The widespread conception of the "Supreme Being" as an entity distinct from this world but controlling it according to plan and keeping human beings in a state of infantile subjection has been a not too subtle mask of the divine patriarch. " <ref>Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973. p. 18. </ref>

Daly also notes how patriarchal conceptions of God are used to suppress women. "I have already indicated that it would be unrealistic to dismiss the fact that the symbolic and linguistic instruments for communication-which include essentially the whole theological tradition in world religions-have been formulated by males under the conditions of patriarchy. It is therefore inherent in these symbolic and linguistic structures that they serve the purposes of patriarchal social arrangements." <ref>Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973. p. 22. </ref>

==Further Reading==

Sosteric, Mike. 2017. “The Trouble with Atheists.” Socjourn. https://www.academia.edu/36823156/the_trouble_with_some_atheists.docx

Video: What Did Einstein Say About Religion? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Kg8WEVkgA

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External Resistance

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'''External Resistance'' is resistance you experience from friends, families, and others who resist being challenged and who resist new ideas.<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/.</ref>
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"For example, if you grew up in Catholic home and you start to challenge the idea that hitting your children is a good thing, you may get strong resistance and push back. Maybe you will be shamed and ridiculed. Maybe you will be told to go read the bible. In some cases, in families where interpersonal violence is the norm, you might even be physically harmed. If that happens, if, when you question or challenge an idea you are met with forms of resistance and push back, that is a good indication that your dealing with some sort of ideology."<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/.</ref>

One of the goals of healthy human [[Development]] is [[awakening]] and [[activation]] of the [[Physical Unit]]. However, because individuals gain personal, political, and economic benefit from the exploitation of deactivated and disempowered [[Physical Unit|physical units]], conscious and unconscious effort is applied to preventing individuals from awakening and activating. '''External Resistance''' is resistance directed at you from external sources like families, friends, coworkers, and even the media and Hollywood.

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New Energy Archetype

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''New Energy Archetype''' is an [[Archetype]] whose creative intent is the awakening, activation, and connection/ascension of the individual and the planet.
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==List of New Energy Archetypes==

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==Notes==

New Energy archetypes emphasize understanding, awareness, unity, joy, divine purpose, nonviolence, and prosperity for all regardless of any genetic, gender, ethnic, spiritual, or cultural characteristics of the [[Physical Unit]]. New energy archetypes may be contrasted with [[Old Energy Archetypes]].

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Old Energy

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'''Old Energy''' is LP term that refers to energy that is imbalanced, with a prevalence of [[force|forceful]], violent, hierarchical, dominating, exclusionary, elitist, and [[Psychopath|psychopathic]] qualities. Old energy is generated when [[Consciousness]] is filtered through [[Old Energy Archetypes]] in the mind.
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==Notes==

Old energy is being gradually replaced with [[New Energy]]. As [[New Energy Archetypes]] are developed, and as these penetrate into and finally replace [[Old Energy Archetypes]] in the [[Mass Consciousness]] of the planet, old energy will dissipate and disappear.

The [[TOSAS]] is a new energy archetype system

As Old Energy Archetypes are replaced with New Energy Archetypes, the "structural integrity" of all manifestations based in old energy (including the human [[Physical Unit]](!) will compromise and collapse. This collapse will accelerate dramatically, and with considerable global visibility, post-2020.

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Turn to the Left

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The '''Turn to the Left''' is an [[Connection Outcome|outcome of connection]]. It is a form of [[Activation]] whereby the individual develops more progressive political, social, economic, and spiritual values (i.e. "left wing" values). The ''Turn to the Left'' is typically associated with [[Activation]] and is thus a syncretic term for it. <Ref>———. “Mystical Experience and Global Revolution.” Athens Journal of Social Sciences 5, no. 3 (2018): 235–55.</ref>
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In China, in and around 100-200 C.E., a proliferation of revelatory and visionary experiences prompted ongoing "Rebellions against the existing order..." <ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 16.</ref>

Thomas Merton experienced a significant turn to the left following his [[Connection Experience]]s. "Merton too on social issues--writing, for example, on civil rights and against racism--long before such things were fashionable. His outlook struck a chord. Eldridge Cleaver, the former Black Panther leader and author of ''Soul on Ice'', noted that no white man wrote with such a sympathetic eye on the plight and poignancy of Harlem as Merton Did." <ref>Harmless, William. Mystics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. p. 24.</ref>

I describe the case of Las Casas, a brutal Spanish colonizers who, after a brief [[Connection Experience]], rejected his country's barbarous exploitation of slaves and instead worked politically to end the practice.<ref>Mike Sosteric. "Mystical Experience and Global Revolution." Athens Journal of Social Sciences 5 3 (2018): 235-55. [https://www.academia.edu/25031557/Mystical_experience_and_global_revolution]</ref>. Sosteric calls this the [[Turn to the Left]]

[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], a person that by his description of the [[Oversoul]] is one who certainly had more than one [[Connection Experience]] was a "radical."<ref>Atkinson, Brooks. “Introduction.” In ''The Complete Essays and Other Writings of Ralp Waldo Emerson''. New York: Modern Library, 1950. p. xii.</ref>

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