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Oscar Ichazo

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<blockquote class="definition">Óscar Ichazo ( July 24, 1931) is mystic and the the Bolivian founder of the [[Arica School]] (est. 1968). The Arica School is a [[Connection Framework]] based on the [[Connection Experiences]] and philosophical knowledge of Ichazo.</blockquote>

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Reports conversion from atheism to mysticism. Reports the use of ayahuasca to learn "many different things...the most important was that everything in the universe is really one thing. There was a perfect unity which had degrees of manifestation, with human beings at the top, no doubt."<ref>De Christopher, Dorothy. “I Am the Root of a New Tradition.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 129–54. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 132.</ref>

Alfie Fox: working "for several years now you have been developing a method which you say could lead man away
from the threat of extinction and towards the realization of his true capabilities and purpose. How real is the threat of
extinction?"<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 155</ref>

New system "an entire system, totally coordinated, specifically categorized, and scientifically proved as being efficient, as
being capable of fulfilling the job that it is supposed to. Q: You're putting forward an idea of a unified system. But an entire system, totally coordinated, specifically categorized, and scientifically proved as being efficient, as being capable of fulfilling the job that it is supposed to."<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 171</ref>

New system a scientific method toward getting enlightened. <ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 165</ref>

New system = [[Arica School]]. "I will declare very clearly that Arica is a mystical school, so in that way the purpose of the entire teaching is finally to unite ourselves with the Eternal Creator, which is, by the way, the only goal of any true mysticism."<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 173</ref>

Predicts and argues for the merging of science and mysticism.

Trialetics: "I want to stress again that only a new way of reasoning can provide us with that tool of intercommunication and understanding. And this new way of reasoning is really a logic, a new logic which will deal with the 'unity' of the process rather than with the process in itself." <ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 157.</ref>

"...our world is not our invention, that we are a humanity which is growing in a pre-established sequence to a pre-established result. The crises we are living in is not because we are bad. It is because it is part of the historical process."<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 160.</ref>

Argues that history moves through "pre-established points."<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 159</ref> Suggests that these points are associated with the great mystical teachers, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Christ, around the discovery of "The Unity."<ref>Ichazo, Oscar. The Human Process of Enlightenment and Freedom. New York: Arica Institute, 1976.</ref> The "unity is the experience of unity in a powerful [[Connection Experience]], probably coupled with the capture of information received from monadic locations in [[The Fabric]].

Argues for the need to develop a new logic and framework. "Dialectical thought has made the Industrial Revolution possible; there is nothing wrong with it. But now it is time to change it because the competition and the opposition which was necessary during that period-which was absolutely necessary then-is now, in the moment we are living, totally unnecessary. We can compete no more. The territory of our planet is too well known. All the experts in all the areas are saying exactly the same thing, that this planet is limited, and we must start thinking in terms of good administration of its limited resources. If radiation will not kill us, the bad allocation of resources will!"<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 156</ref>

"Dialectical thought, as we know very well, explains change. But change by itself is not an endless line of change.
Change does exist, but it exists in cycles that are preestablished.So you have at the same time something permanent, the cycle, and something which changes, and they are not contradictory. That would be what I call 'trialectics', or the 'logic of the unity'." <ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 157</ref>

Attempts to move beyond opposition, good evil, binary categorizations. Suggests trialectics. "Now, the proposition of trialectics is to establish not only the fact of change, that the change exists, but that change is not random, is not, let's say, a coincidence. Change is preestablished, as for example, the seasonal changes of the year are pre-established; there is summer, there is winter, etc. There are the seasons. The changes of the moon as it moves around the earth are pre-established. Every change is then pre-established. There is a moment for us to be infants, and then children, and then becoming adolescents is preestablished. We do not become adolescent when we are thirty years old. The moment is pre-established, the moment when
it happens organically. It also happens organically that we come into maturity, which occurs when we are not going to
grow any more, and that's that. It is a pre-established point, and the change is there. So we must understand, then, that we see two conditions in our world, I mean, in our external world: the condition that there is change, and the condition that there is a preestablished point where change will occur."<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 159</ref>

"I have been using the word 'challenge', the same word that Arnold Toynbee used for describing how cultures are produced. Cultures are produced because there is a challenge to accomplish. And I would say there couldn't be a clearer definition of what I call trialectics, in the sense of history changing."<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 160</ref>

"Again, we have to recognize that all nature and all of what we know as evolution are again the product of separate
jumps to very concrete points. For example, the jumps between the animal genera from one form to another in the scale of evolution: no doubt there is a very well established scale already. It's very easy to see the jumps, as for example,
between birds and mammals, etc. There is a jump to something totally different but still there is a sequence"<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 166</ref>

Need for survival is what triggers the change and "jump."

"...true therapy consists in ridding ourselves of the illusion of individuality and dissolving our egocentrism in [[Cosmic Consciousness]].<ref>Keen, Sam. “Breaking the Tyranny of the Ego.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 4</ref>

His Arica school develops a tiered conceptualization of the Ego and consciousness. He cites a 'historical ego,' an 'image ego', and a 'natural ego."<ref>Ichazo, Oscar. The Human Process of Enlightenment and Freedom. New York: Arica Institute, 1976. p. 54-6</ref> The natural ego is a healthy bodily ego, while the other states represent various levels of dysfunction. Discusses "fixations" which are pathologies of behaviour and emotion the individual becomes fixated to. Part of the point of Arica training is to heal and align the ego

Interestingly, early on tagged [[Carlos Castenda]] as a fraud.<ref>Fields, Rick. “A Scientific Approach.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 79–88. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 81.</ref>

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Brahmacharya

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<blockquote class="definition">Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्य), literally conduct consistent with [[Brahman]], is a [[Vedanta]] term synonomous with [[Alignment]]
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==Notes==

charya (चर्य) means activity, conduct, behavior

[[Brahman]] (ब्रह्मन्) is syncretic with [[god with a little "g"]], or the original monadic spark, intensified from [[UC]]. May also refer to someone who has knowledge/experience of [[The Unfolding]] and it source.

In traditional systems, celibacy is often a requirement, though this probably has to do less with the defileing aspects of sex as it does to the responsibility and time commitment that comes when you sire many children. Celibacy means no children means lots of time to engage in [[Connection Practice]].

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Accountability

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The concept and importance of accountability is a pervasive concept in spiritual and prophetic commentary. Accountability goes hand in hand with [[Atonement]] and are often understood as functioning together. One becomes accountable for one's toxicity and the damage, one atones (i.e. helps repair) the damage.

The Christian concept of repentance reflects the idea that acknowledgment and atonement is often accompanied by deep shame and guilt when one realizes the toxicity of their actions. The most effective tonic against guilt and shame from past actions is atonement. If you want to feel better about the shitty things you've done, atone to the people and for the lives you have damaged.

[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+6%3A+1-6&version=NIV Galatians 6: 1-6] "Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. 4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, 5 for each one should carry their own load. 6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor."

The concept of acknowledgment is a common theme of spiritual and prophetic commentary. For example, in [[Handsome Lake]]'s [[Great Message]], witches are described as toxic people who spread disease and sickness. In section two of his [[Great Message]], Handsome Lake suggests that for witches to be saved they must "confess before all the people" or, if their sins are too horrible, out in the woods in private before the creator.<ref>Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. Kindle Editation.</ref> Truth, i.e. not lying to yourself ([[HEALING Framework]]) and others, is important here. "In this manner all must say and say truly, then the prayer will be sufficient."<ref>Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. Kindle Editation.</ref>

Can't fool your Highest self " Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked" [Galatians 6: 7]

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Haoma

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'''Haoma''' is the name of an ancient [[Connection Supplement]] used in the Middle East.
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==Notes==

Chris Bennett provides some research supporting the notion that Haoma may have been the ancient Persian word for a connection concoction of cannabis, ephedra (to keep an individual awake) and other supplements/stimulants.

<Blockquote class="quotation">The Temple site at BMAC was devoted to the preparation of the Haoma, according to the Russian archaeologist Victor Sarianidi, where he claims evidence of cannabis, ephedra, and in some later cases opium, was ground and strained for the preparation of Haoma, has been found.
<ref>Bennett, Chris. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1634241657/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1634241657&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=261b1d81d733c46026c715d26dfa0e83 Liber 420: Cannabis, Magickal Herbs and the Occult] (p. 16). Trine Day. Kindle Edition.
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<blockquote class="quotation">It has been suggested that the Chinese name for cannabis, Hu-Ma, Became Haoma as it traveled into the BMAC region, carrying its Chinese name with it.<ref>Bennett, Chris. Liber 420: Cannabis, Magickal Herbs and the Occult (p. 19). Trine Day. Kindle Edition.</ref></blockquote>

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Cosmic Consciousness

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'''Cosmic Consciousness''' is the term used by [[R. M. Bucke]] and [[Edward Carpenter]] to describe the Consciousness attained during an intense [[Connection Event]] with positive and "cosmic" content (a.k.a. a [[Zenith Experience]])<ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness. Book Tree. Kindle Edition. See [[Talk:Glimpse]] for an account of Bucke's [[Connection Event]]</ref> Some also use Cosmic Consciousness to refer to a state of [[Perfection]], [[Purity]], and [[Completion]] that allows for the established of strong, consistent [[Connection]].
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==Notes==

Bucke sees the attainment of [[Cosmic Consciousness]] as the last step forward in human evolution. From [[Simple Consciousness]] through [[Self Consciousness]] to [[Cosmic Consciousness]] does humanity finally come. Edward Carpenter picks up this thinking.

Edward Carpenter also sees Cosmic Consciousness as the third and final step in a long process of emergence, separation, and final "reconciliation" or "reintegration" when
object...is seen..to be one with the self. The knower, the knowledge, and the thing known are once more one“<ref>Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition. </ref>

Bucke sees Cosmic Consciousness as a "nascent...faculty" that appears first in an "exalted human personality....in some, probably in all, cases the person has an exceptional physique—exceptional beauty of build and carriage, exceptionally handsome features, exceptional health, exceptional sweetness of temper, exceptional magnetism.<ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness (Kindle Location 1127). Book Tree. Kindle Edition.</ref>

Carpenter notes that "the great prophets and seers" who expounded their experiences of unity, knowledge, etc., prove the existence of "another stage of consciousness.

Contrast this with Maslow who see the ability to have [[Peak Experiencess]] as something everybody can do.

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Cosmic Consciousness is a third form which is as far above Self Consciousness as is that above Simple Consciousness....The prime characteristic of cosmic consciousness is...a ''consciousness of the cosmos'', that is, of the life and order of the universe....Along with the consciousness of the cosmos there occurs an ''intellectual enlightenment'' or ''illumination'' which alone would place the individual on a new plane of existence—would make him almost a member of a new species. To this is added a state of ''moral exaltation'', an indescribable ''feeling of elevation, elation and joyousness'', and a ''quickening of the moral sense'', which is fully as striking and more important both to the individual and to the race than is the ''enhanced intellectual power''. With these come, what may be called, a sense of immortality, a consciousness of eternal life, not a conviction that he shall have this, but the consciousness that he has it already.<Ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness (Kindle Locations 231-248). Book Tree. Kindle Edition. </ref>
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On the [[LP]] we would not see "[[Cosmic Consciousness]]" (more properly, [[Connection]]) as the outcome of an evolutionary process but as the natural outcome of a [[Healthy Development]] process free of the pathogenic and disconnecting [[Toxic Socialization]].

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Exceptional Human Experience

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Exceptional Human Experience''' is Rhea White's term for for a [[Connection Experience]].<ref>White, Rhea A. “Exceptional Human Experiences and the Experiential Paradigm.” In Body, Mind, Spirit, 83–100. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads, 1997.</ref></blockquote>

==Syncretic Terms for Connection Experience==

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"Exceptional human experience is a global term for what have been called mystical, psychic, peak, and flow experiences." <ref>White, Rhea A. “Exceptional Human Experiences and the Experiential Paradigm.” In Body, Mind, Spirit, 83–100. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads, 1997. p. 83</ref>

White claims to have isolated eighty types of EHEs, broken down into five classes, Mystical Experiences (conversion, unitive), psychic experiences (OBE, precognition, etc.), encounter-type experiences (angel/UFO), Death related experiences NDE, mediumistic experiences), and exceptional normal experiences (aesthetic experiences, empathy.

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Classic Mysticism

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'''Classical Mysticism''' is the term used by Max Weber to refer to the Greek Orthodox Church's "unforgettable belief that brotherly love and charity, those special human relationships which the great salvation religions have transfigured (and which seem so pallid among us), that these relationships form a way not only to some social effects that are entirely incidental, but to a knowledge of the meaning of the world, to a mystical relationship to God."<ref>Toennies, Ferdinand, Georg Simmel, Ernst Troeltsch, and Max Weber. “Max Weber on Church, Sect, and Mysticism.” Sociological Analysis 34, no. 2 (1973): 140. p. 144-5. https://doi.org/10.2307/3709720.</ref>
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Weber makes some interesting comments about how this classical mysticism permeates Russian literature, in particular, Tolstoy's ''War and Peace'' and Dostoevsky's ''The Brothers Karamazov.'' <ref>Toennies, Ferdinand, Georg Simmel, Ernst Troeltsch, and Max Weber. “Max Weber on Church, Sect, and Mysticism.” Sociological Analysis 34, no. 2 (1973): 140. p. 144-5. https://doi.org/10.2307/3709720.</ref>

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Divine Perfection

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'''Divine Perfection''' is Tolstoy's word for [[Alignment]].<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>
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==Syncretic Terms==

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In line with [[LP]] teachings, Tolstoy suggests that lack of alignment leads to [[Disjuncture]]

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Christ is teaching not angels, but men, living and moving in the animal life. And so to this animal force of movement Christ, as it were, applies the new force-the recognition of Divine perfection-and thereby directs the movement by the resultant of these two forces.

To suppose that human life is going in the direction to which Christ pointed it, is just like supposing that a little boat afloat on a rabid river, and directing its course almost exactly against the current, will progress in that direction.

Christ recognizes the existence of both sides of the parallelogram, of both eternal indestructible forces of which the life of man is compounded: the force of his animal nature and the force of the consciousness of Kinship to God. Saying nothing of the animal force which asserts itself, remains always the same, and is therefore independent of human will, Christ speaks only of the Divine force, calling upon a man to know it more closely, to set it more free from all that retards it, and to carry it to a higher degree of intensity.

In the process of liberating, of strengthening this force, the true life of man, according to Christ's teaching, consists in carrying out rules, the law; according to Christ's teaching it consists in an ever closer approximation to the divine perfection held up before every man, and recognized within himself by every man, in an ever closer and closer approach to the perfect fusion of his will in the will of God, that fusion toward which man strives, and the attainment of which would be the destruction of the life me know.

The divine perfection is the asymptote of human life to which it is always striving, and always approaching, though it can only be reached in infinity.<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>
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Ineffability

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'''Ineffability''' is a characteristic of a [[Mystical Experience]] (a.k.a. [[Connection Experience]]. A mystical experience is an intense [[Connection Event]] with deep and significant spiritual content that cannot immediately, or without considerable effort, be put grounded and put into words.
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==Notes==

[[William James]] says "that it defies expression, that no adequate report of its contents can be given in words. It follows from this that its quality must be directly experienced; it cannot be imparted or transferred to others. In this peculiarity mystical states are more like states of feeling than like states of intellect. No one can make clear to another who has never had a certain feeling, in what the quality or worth of it consists. One must have musical ears to know the value of a symphony; one must have been in love one's self to understand a lover's state of mind. Lacking the heart or ear, we cannot interpret the musician or the lover justly, and are even likely to consider him weak-minded or absurd. The mystic finds that most of us accord to his experiences an equally incompetent treatment."<ref>
James, William. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature (pp. 330-331). Kindle Edition.</ref>

Blum notes that ineffability claims must be taken seriously, and that "ineffability seem to represent the efforts of a mystic to extend the reach of his linguistic capabilities to encompass an experience that occurred, at least partially, in a nonlinguistic fashion."<ref>Blum, Jason N. "The Science of Consciousness and Mystical Experience: An Argument for Radical Empiricism." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 82 1 (2014): 169.</ref> -- Meaning mystical experience is real, and there are some/many aspects of a mystical experience that are hard to express in words.

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Nirvana

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'''Nirvana''' (निर्वाण) (final liberation) is a term used in [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]] to indicate the individual, being completely liberated from the confusions, attachments, dramas, and temptations the material world (samsara/संसार), no longer returns to [[Normal Consciousness]]. When one has achieved final liberation, one simultaneously established permanent and pure [[Connection]] between [[Spiritual Ego]] and [[Bodily Ego]]. An individual who has attained the state of nirvana exists in a permanent state of high [[CQ]].
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Restorative Experience

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An '''Restorative Experience''' is a type of [[Connection Experience]] that occurs in natural environments, like forests. <ref>Williams, Kathryn, and David Harvey. “Transcendent Experience in Forest Environments.” Journal of Environmental Psychology 21, no. 3 (September 1, 2001): 249–60. https://doi.org/10.1006/jevp.2001.0204.</ref>
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Restorative Experiences are one of several types of sub-transcendent Connection Experiences that Williams and Harvey identify is occurring in natural environments. These include [[Deep Flow]], [[Diminutive Experience]]s, [[Aesthetic Experience]]s, and [[Restorative Experience]]s

"We were spending the weekend at our house. I felt the need for the tranquillity and `gentleness' of this bush. Its de¢nitely the bush that makes me feel serene, and the lack of tra¤c noise. In fact my sleep patterns alter in this bush environment and I lose the anxious feelings that I awake with during the night in other environments. Time is no longer important. The important thing about the experience was what I was NOT thinking about. Serenity for me is accompanied by the realization that I need do nothing. That I may be still."<ref>Williams, Kathryn, and David Harvey. “Transcendent Experience in Forest Environments.” Journal of Environmental Psychology 21, no. 3 (September 1, 2001): 249–60. https://doi.org/10.1006/jevp.2001.0204. p. 255. </ref>

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Intuitive Glimmering

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An '''Intuitive Glimmering''' is a type of [[Connection Experience]] characterized by extremely low intensity, short duration, and the transfer of "tidbits" of information and knowledge.
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Gandhi was practiced an adept at listing to his "inner voice." As he says, "as I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.<ref>Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand. Gandhi: An Autobiography. Translated by Mahadev Desai. Green Reader Publications, n.d. https://amzn.to/2WnIbjB.</ref>

Edward Carpenter notes that "to almost all mankind flashes (or ''glimmers'') of the same thing come in those moments of exaltation or intuition which form the basis of religion, art, literature, and much even of practical life.<ref>Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition. Emphasis added.</ref>

Intuitive glimmerings often lead to great connection experiences, and thus perhaps may be considered [[Push Experiences]]. [[St. Teresa of Avila]] notes that sometimes, God (read Consciousness) gives "consolations, favours and emotions13 which begin to move their desires, and occasionally even brings them to a state of contemplation..." <Ref>St. Teresa of Avila. The Way of Perfection. New York: Dover Publications, 2012. https://amzn.to/2Id75es.</ref>

Thomas Merton's conversion to Catholicism game after an intuitive glimmering

"All of a sudden something began to stir within me, something began to push me, to prompt me. It was a movement that spoke like a voice. ‘What are you waiting for?’ it said. ‘Why are you sitting here? Why do you still hesitate? You know what you ought to do? Why don’t you do it?’I stirred in my chair. I lit a cigarette, looked out the window at the rain, tried to shut the voice up. ‘Don’t act on your impulses,’ I thought. ‘This is crazy. This is not rational. Read your book.’ [the inner voice only renewed its appeal:] ‘It’s useless to hesitate any longer. Why don’t you get up and go?’...I could bear it no longer. I put down the book, and got into my raincoat, and started down the stairs. I went out into the street. I crossed over, and walked along by the grey wooden fence, towards Broadway, in the light rain. And then everything inside me began to sing."<ref>Seven Story Mountain<r/ref>

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'''Connection Literature (a.k.a. '''Mystical Literature''' or '''Mystical Writings''') are texts which deal with various aspects of [[Connection]], [[Connection Experience]], [[Connection Outcomes]], [[Connection Obstacles]], and [[Connection Practices]].
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According to Keller, mystical literature includes aphorisms, biographies, reports on visions, commentaries, dialogues, instructions, prayers, religious poetry, and fiction.<ref>Keller, Carl A. “Mystical Literature.” In Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, edited by Steven T. Katz, 75–100. London: Sheldon Press, 1978. p. 75.</ref>. To this list we should also add ''songs''

"'Mystical Writings'' are texts which deal with ultimate knowledge: with its nature, its modalities, its conditions, its methods, and also with secondary insights....'Mystical writings' are thus texts which discuss the path towards realization of the ultimate knowledge which each particular religion has to offer, and which contain statements about the nature of such knowledge."<ref>Keller, Carl A. “Mystical Literature.” In Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, edited by Steven T. Katz, 75–100. London: Sheldon Press, 1978. p. 77.</ref>

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Kaneh Bosm is a biblical term for Cannabis, or some preparation that included Cannabis. Cannabis is, of course, a low power [[Connection Supplement]].
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<blockquote>...the most convincing evidence for cannabis in the Bible comes via the Polish Anthropologist Sula Benet’s etymological investigations into the Hebrew word “kaneh bosm.” In her essays “Tracing One Word Through Different Languages” (1936) and “Early Diffusions and Folk Uses of Hemp” (1975), Benet demonstrated that the Hebrew terms “kaneh” and “kaneh bosm” (also translated “qaneh,” and “qaneh bosm”) identified cannabis, by tracing the modern.<ref>Bennett, Chris. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1634241657/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1634241657&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=261b1d81d733c46026c715d26dfa0e83 Liber 420: Cannabis, Magickal Herbs and the Occult] (p. 30). Trine Day. Kindle Edition. </ref></blockquote>

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Beatific Vision

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'''Beatific Vision''' is a Christian term describing a [[Connection Outcome]] syncretic with [[Ascension]].

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New Earth

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The phrase '''New Earth''' is a popular phrase among [[New Age]] writers. The phrase refers to a utopian Earth that manifests as humans fully [[Connection|connect]] and [[Consciousness]] "expands" in the human body. New Earth is characterized by utopian psychological, emotional, political, economic, social, spiritual, and planetary conditions. The "dawning" of the New Earth/New Age is represented in the 1969 song, Age of Aquarius by the rock group, ''Fifth Dimension''. The New Earth may be contrasted with [[Old Earth]].
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Mission

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==Syncretic Terms==

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"A mission is a necessity of the entire culture to achieve a higher degree of consciousness. History evolves from one MMP (material manifestation point) to another across missions. When a culture reaches its fulfillment, and a new culture with a new point of view is needed, a mission appears in the planet. A mission is the bridge for changing from one culture to a superior culture. Not to deny the culture that is becoming obsolete, but a mission gives the solutions for making a new culture, since the old one no longer works. A mission is presented in our world in the moment of definitive crisis, when there has to be a change from one culture to a superior one. The bridge is the mission.

In that sense Arica is a mission because it is proposing the solutions for this society to become a higher MMP,-of society that we call metasociety. Now, that bridge at this point doesn't require news about religion, which, by the way, has already been said. I have insisted on this point. But it requires methods for self-realization and clarification of consciousness, for understanding the parameters of where our culture is, because the answers that we have from the past don't fit our present conditions. And we are not going to have a new culture if these two points are not resolved.

Arica is a mission because it tries to resolve these two points of self-realization and clarification of consciousness. I
am not denying that methods for doing this already exist, and that we propose just one more. But this one more is faster. It's the fastest and the most complete that it is possible to present."<ref>Lydon, Susan. “Making a Mystical School.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 90–103. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 99</ref>

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Collective Outcome

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A '''Collective Outcome''' is a positive economic, social, political, and religious outcome of collective [[Connection]], or rather [[Reconnection]], as the case may inevitably be.
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==Syncretic Terms==

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Good

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The word '''Good''' is a syncretic term for "[[Is a syncretic term::Aligned]]." The word "good" is used throughought the Western esoteric and exoteric corpus.

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==See also==

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Automatic Writing

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'''Automatic Writing''' is a form of [[Trance Channeling]], both of which are forms of [[Constricted Connection]].
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Dossey provides the account of William Butler who used the automatic writing of his wife Georgie Hyde-Lees to inspire his "majestic works." "A total of some 50 copybooks of
automatic script were produced, which Yeats mined in producing some of his most majestic works"<ref> Dossey, Larry. "The Brain as Filter: On Removing the Stuffing from the Keyhole." Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing 8 6 (2012): 317-22. p. 318.</ref>

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Death Experience

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An ''Deat Experience'' is a connection experience that occurs during a near death experience.
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Christina Grof's death experience during an automobile accident: "Suddenly I seemed to pass through an opaque curtain of death into a deep feeling of connection with everything in the universe. I sensed that I was part of some intricate, unified network that was all-inclusive and eternal, and I felt that in that place I would continue to exist in some form forever. My belief in the finality of death was undermined by an event that was so real it could not be denied, and I could no longer believe that death was the end of everything."<ref>Grof, Christina, and Stanislav Grof. The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth Through Transformational Crises. TarcherPerigee, 1992. p. 13.</ref>

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Push Experience

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An '''Intuitive Glimmering''' is a type of [[Connection Experience]] characterized by extremely low intensity and short duration.
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==Connection Expeiences Types==

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==Notes==

Push experiences often lead to great connection experiences, and thus perhaps may be considered [[Push Experiences]]. [[St. Teresa of Avila]] notes that sometimes, God (read Consciousness) gives "consolations, favours and emotions13 which begin to move their desires, and occasionally even brings them to a state of contemplation..." <Ref>St. Teresa of Avila. The Way of Perfection. New York: Dover Publications, 2012. https://amzn.to/2Id75es.</ref>

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Inauthentic Spirituality

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Spirituality that does not teach connection, or that teaches it in a confused and diversionary way.
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Egotism

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==Notes==

"It is an infamous thing to exalt oneself and to prefer oneself to all other creatures. You should learn a lesson from the pupil of the eye, which sees everyone else, and does not see itself. Shams Al-Din Hafiz" <ref>Smith, Margaret. Readings from the Mystics of Islam. Westport, CT: PIR Publications, 1994. https://amzn.to/2MdrfqB.</ref>

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Filter Model

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Why do so many people walk around in [[Normal Consciousness]]? Why do more humans not enjoy full and pure [[Connection]]?. The '''Filter Model''' suggests the brain "filters" and reduces, redirects and alters the "incoming light." <ref>Dossey, Larry. "The Brain as Filter: On Removing the Stuffing from the Keyhole." Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing 8 6 (2012): 317.</ref>
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==Notes==

The [[LP]] rejects the "Filter Model" in favour of a trauma model. People walk around in [[Normal Consciousness]] not because there is a filter in their brain but because [[Toxic Socialization]] and trauma has caused damage to the [[Bodily Ego]] and placed the [[Pysical Unit]] in [[Defense Mode]]. Improving [[Connection]] is thus not a "matter of ''being,'' not ''doing,'' <ref>Dossey, Larry. "The Brain as Filter: On Removing the Stuffing from the Keyhole." Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing 8 6 (2012): 320</ref> not because of "concretization,"<ref>Dossey, Larry. "The Brain as Filter: On Removing the Stuffing from the Keyhole." Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing 8 6 (2012): 320</ref> or some problem with our ability to pay attention, it is the result of trauma and damage.

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Passion

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The distracting power of passion is by nature active, and from it the primeval emanation of activity has taken place. The mental states like desire and pain continually arise from it as well. 111

Lust, anger, greed, pride, envy, and so on, self importance, jealousy, and so on these are the awful effects produced by passion. Consequently this quality of passion is the cause of bondage. 112<ref>Sankaracharya, Adi. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom. Translated by John Richards. 1998, 1946. http://datadump.lightningpath.org/readings/viveka-sanskrit.pdf.</ref>
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'''Mystical Experience with Psychotic Features''' (MEPF) is a proposed DSM classification intended to provide more sensible diagnostic advice and guidance to psychiatrists and medical professionals dealing with individuals having a mystical experience with psychotic features. The proposal is specifically aimed at promoting the recognition that even though mystical experiences with psychotic features are pathological, they may lead to positive outcome, and they should be treated differently than individuals experience actual psychosis.<ref>Lukoff, David. “THE DIAGNOSIS OF MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES.” Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 17, no. 2 (1985): 155.</ref> As Lukoff notes, "Accurate diagnosis of MEPF cases could reduce inappropriate hospitalization and use of medication for individuals who could be treated with less stigmatizing methods which have fewer side-effects."<ref>Lukoff, David. “THE DIAGNOSIS OF MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES.” Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 17, no. 2 (1985): 160.</ref> </blockquote>

==Syncretic Terms==

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Past Life Memories

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Stanislav Grof notes some of his clients, while using LSD during [[Psycholytic Therapy]], reported "past-incarnation memories." <ref>Grof, Christina, and Stanislav Grof. The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth Through Transformational Crises. Penguin, 1990. https://amzn.to/2UtkgP1. p. 23.</ref>

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Constricted Connection

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Connection Manual

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A '''Connection Manual''' is a book, poem, parable, song, or visual presentation that gives guidance and advice on how to establish and strengthen [[Connection]].
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==Notes==

The [[Lighting Path Workbooks]] are an attempt to provide a comprehensive, grounded, and modern set of healing and connection manuals.

In the history of this planet, many people from many different spiritual traditions have attempted to provide connection manuals

Connection manuals are a recognized thing in the spiritual literature of this world. When introducing the [[Crest-Jewel of Wisdom]], an early Vedic connection manual by Śankarâchârya, Charles Johnston notes he wrote a series of "preparatory works, of catechisms and manuals" designed to make "smooth the path of those who would take the first steps on the path of wisdom." <ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by Charles Johnston. Kindle Edition. 1999: Theosophical University Press, 1946. p. 5 https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm.</ref>

Charles notes "the manuals and catechisms for learners, are complete and perfect. They really teach, quite plainly and lucidly, the first steps on the path of wisdom; they point out, with clear insistence, the qualities that are necessary to make these first steps fruitful."<ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by Charles Johnston. Kindle Edition. 1999: Theosophical University Press, 1946. p. 5 https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm.</ref>

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'''Cosmic Consciousness''' is a 1901 book by Canadian physician Richard Maurice Bucke, M.D. The book is his attempt to unwind and explain the enlightenment and insight gained by the single [[Connect Event]] he experienced when he was thirty-six years old.
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===Part I: First Words===

A distinction between three levels of consciousness, [[Simple Consciousness]], [[Self Consciousness]], and [[Cosmic Consciousness]]. A statement that the levels are evolutionary, meaning Cosmic Consciousness is the tip of an evolutionary march. An admission that a purpose of his book is to a) "broaden the general view of humane life" by showing there is more to it than [[Self Consciousness]] (on the [[LP]], [[Normal Consciousness]]) and b) to function as a [[Connection Manual]], to help people attain [[Cosmic Consciousness]] (on the [[LP]], the [[Perfection]] of full and permanent [[Connection]]).

Bucke also notes he thinks the future of humanity is "indescribably hopeful" because "the material, economic, and social revolution" currently occurring will, when combined with the "psychical revolution" brought about by full connection, will "abolish individual ownership and rid the earth at one of two immense evils: Riches and poverty."

The unit also includes a fantastical account of the origins and evolution of consciousness. While a heroic attempt, it is too early in the development of science's understanding of human evolution to be particularly useful.

Provides an account of his own [[Connection Experience]]

===Part II: Evolution and Devolution===

Part II is a [[Book of Emanation]], what he calls [[The Upbuilding]] and [[The Unfolding]], from primordial dust and rock to the development and deployment of a perfected [[Physical Unit]] capable of strong, pure, and full time [[Connection]].

The unit has historical interest in as much as it shows an academic attempting to write a [[Book of Emanation]], but it also contains scientific innaccuracies and is very ethnocentric/racist/judgmental, blaming failures to attain his Holy Grail of [[Cosmic Consciousness]] on "defective specimens" rather than unsupportive environmental conditions, as would the [[LP]]. I'm personally quite uncomfortable with his references to an [[Aryan Race]], and his suggestion that "the negro mind" is not advancing at the same rate.<ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness. Book Tree. Kindle Edition. </ref>

===Part II: From Self to Cosmic Consciousness===

In this section, Bucke tries to describe/sort out the nature of [[Cosmic Consciousness]]. He points out some syncretic terms, notes that the experience is not consistent, with some appearing to be more like Gods, and some changed not so much. Rather than focus, as appropriate, on toxic environments and differential damage to the [[Physical Unit]], he explains this inconsistency in personal biographical terms, citing differences in intellectual ability, moral and spiritual elevation, character, etc., blah blah blah). In other words, he blames the victims for their inability to connect, or for their inability to attain strong connection.

There is also some description of the psychology of the event, i.e., the self-doubt that can initially occur. He also defends CC as not insanity because it is grounded, highly moral, and those who have it exhibit self-restraint and not impulsivity, as one would expect with "mad" folk.

He finds "proof" of the existence of CC in the fact that many people down through the ages have reported it, and their reports or more or less consistent.

He points out, in a slightly moralistic way, that to "enter into Cosmic Consciousness" one must "belong...to the top layer of the world..." He suggests an individual must be healthy, have an exalted moral nature (we would say the individual must be [[Alignment|aligned]]), have a warm heart (be compassionate), strong, and have earnest religious feeling.

Here, Bucke also lists some of the [[Connection Outcome|outcomes]] of Cosmic Consciousness.

===Part IV: Instances of Cosmic Consciousness===

===Part V: Addictional Instances===

===Part VI: Last Words===

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<blockquote class="definition">He knows that intelligent contact with cosmic conscious minds assists self conscious individuals in the ascent to the higher plane. He therefore hopes, by bringing about, or at least facilitating this contact, to aid men and women in making the almost infinitely important step in question.<ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness (Kindle Locations 258-261). Book Tree. Kindle Edition. </ref></blockquote>

Is a [[Is a::Book of Life]] with a utopian aspiration for humanity.

<Blockquote>The immediate future of our race, the writer thinks, is indescribably hopeful. There are at the present moment impending over us three revolutions, the least of which would dwarf the ordinary historic upheaval called by that name into absolute insignificance. They are : (1) The material, economic and social revolution which will depend upon and result from the establishment of aerial navigation. (2) The economic and social revolution which will abolish individual ownership and rid the earth at once of two immense evils: Riches and poverty. And: (3) The psychical revolution of which there is here question.

Either of the two first would (and will) radically change the conditions of, and greatly uplift, human life; but the third will do more for humanity than both of the former, were their importance multiplied by hundreds or even thousands....

The three operating (as they will) together will literally create a new heaven and a new earth. Old things will be done away and all will become new.<ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness (Kindle Locations 264-269). Book Tree. Kindle Edition. </ref></blockquote>

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Fruits of the Spirit

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'''Fruits of the Spirit''' is a Christian term syncretic with the [[LP]] term [[Connection Outcome]].
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==Syncretic Terms==

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==Notes==

In [[Crest-Jewel of Wisdom]], there are many references to the "fruits" of liberation, the "fruits" of connection.

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===Galatians 5:22===

<blockquote class="quotation"> '''Fruits of the Spirit''': "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other" <ref>Galatians 5: 22</ref></blockquote>Ralph Waldo Emerson refers to the gifts of the Spirit as power, genius, virtue, and love.<blockquote>What we commonly call man, the eating, drinking, planting, counting man, does not, as we know hin, represent himself, but misrepresents himself. Him we do not respect, but the soul, whose organ he is, ''would he let it appear through his action, would make our knees bend''. When it breathes through his intellect" ''it is genius''; when it breathes through his will, ''it is virtu''e; when it flows through his affection, ''it is love''. <ref>Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “The Over-Soul.” In ''The Complete Essays and Other Writings of Ralp Waldo Emerson''. New York: Modern Library, 1950. p. 263. Emphasis added.</ref></blockquote>{{template:endstuff}}

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Clearing Experience

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A '''Clearing Experience''' is a special type of [[Connection Experience]] that leads to an abrupt and dramatic "clearing" of an emotional, intellectual, psychological, or spiritual blockage(s).<ref>Sosteric, Mike & Ratkovic,l Gina. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-three-connection/.</ref> A clearing experience typically results immediately in improved insight, understanding, health, well-being, and [[connection]]. </blockquote>

==Connection Types==

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==Notes==

Like the [[Connection Experience]] of which they are a subset, clearing experiences may be positive (a beautiful [[Zenith Experience]]) or negative ([[Nadir Experience]]).

Martin Bidney <ref>Bidney, Martin. “Epiphany in Autobiography: The Quantum Changes of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 60, no. 5 (May 2004): 471–80.</ref> recounts the [[Clearning Experience]] of Dostoevsky whereby he was released of all hatred and anger.

William White recounts the clearing experience of Mary Mann, the "first women to recover successfully within Alcoholics Anonymous..."

<blockquote class="quotations">Marty Mann (1904–1980) was undergoing treatment for alcoholism when an incident occurred that enraged her. While in this state, her eyes fell upon an opened prepublication copy of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, where she saw the words “We cannot live with anger.” The next thing Mann recalls is being on her knees crying and praying. She arose knowing she was a different person, that she was “totally and completely free.” She became the first women to recover successfully within Alcoholics Anonymous, and, in 1944, founded the National Committee for Education on Alcoholism. Mann became a central figure in the modern alcoholism movement and one of
America’s most successful public-health reformers. <ref>White, William L. “Transformational Change: A Historical Review.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 60, no. 5 (May 2004): 463.</ref></blockquote>

White uses the term [[Breakthrough Experience]] in the context of his discussion of [[Transformational Change]] to describe the clearing experience. "There is a perception of truth, a reconciliation of conflicting ideas and emotions, and a new sense of order and beauty so complete as to form a passage from one identity to another." <ref>White, William L. “Transformational Change: A Historical Review.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 60, no. 5 (May 2004): 463.</ref>

Indigenous shamans often tell of facing animals and monsters trying to attack them in their visionary experiences.<ref>Harner, Michael. Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books, 2013.</ref> Similarily, John Rave's, founder of the Winnebego [[Peyote Cult]], first experience was one of being pursued by "horrible creatures...springing from all directions."<ref>Radin, Paul. “A Sketch of the Peyote Cult of the Winnebago: A Study of Borrowing.” Edited by G. Stanley Hall. Journal of Religious Experience 7, no. 1 (1914): 1–22. p. 8</ref> He cleared these fears and moved onto healing and connection when he came to see himself as connected to his grandfather, and that his grandfather was there to help. <ref>Radin, Paul. “A Sketch of the Peyote Cult of the Winnebago: A Study of Borrowing.” Edited by G. Stanley Hall. Journal of Religious Experience 7, no. 1 (1914): 1–22. <p>Note, if you look up this quote, notices how Radin inserts his own interpretation (i.e. "the medicine") into the direct quote, thus subtly changing the meaning of the words provided by Rave. Instead of a channel/connection to a [[Spirit Guide]], as indicated by Rave, Radin reduces the effect to a biochemical process. https://archive.org/details/journalofreligio07worcuoft/page/8/mode/2up</ref>

Clearing is accomplished when the individual makes a decision to trust that the visionary process will not harm them.

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Quantum Change

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Quantum Change is a concept used by William R. Miller<Ref>William R. Miller, “The Phenomenon of Quantum Change,” Journal of Clinical Psychology 60, no. 5 (2004): 453–60</ref> and other scientists to identify a [[Transformative|transformative]] [[Is a::Connection Experience]]. "Quantum Change" is relatively permanent."...the phenomenon of quantum change is an all encompassing and largely permanent personality change."<ref>Janet C’De Baca and Paula Wilbourne, “Quantum Change: Ten Years Later,” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 540.</ref> When quantum change occurs, we experience significant "forward movement" towards [[Alignment]], [[Atonement]], [[Awakening]], and better mental and physical health. Quantum change may also involve the development of a stronger and more persistent [[Connection]].
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==Syncretic Terms==

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==Notes==

Miller<Ref>William R. Miller, “The Phenomenon of Quantum Change,” Journal of Clinical Psychology 60, no. 5 (2004)</ref> identifies two types of Quantum Change, a '''Mystical Type''' and an '''Insightful Type.''' These probably refer to the relative intensity of connection.

A quantum change is an abrupt/rapid "a restructuring of the entire personality, sometimes in the direction of greater health, or recovery from drug addiction."<ref>Hastings, Arthur. "William James, Conversion and Rapid, Radical Transformation." Journal of Consciousness Studies 17 11-12 (2010): 116.</ref>

"It is the stuff of fantasy for clients and psychotherapists alike. In the course of a few pivotal minutes or hours, the person experiences brilliant enlightenment and sweeping reintegration that not only last, but continue to grow for decades to come. The person remembers the moment of transformation vividly and gratefully for the rest of his/her life. It is the watershed event around which life is remembered as before versus after."<Ref>William R. Miller, “The Phenomenon of Quantum Change,” Journal of Clinical Psychology 60, no. 5 (2004): 453</ref>

Transformation is the direct result of a dramatic [[Connection Event]]. This even includes personal insight (archetypes, emotional blockages, trauma), political insights, spiritual insight (nature of Self, relationship to God, etc.), and other "revelations" that lead to a significant shift in the way an individual sees, and exists in, the world.

"W.R. Miller and J. C’de Baca (1994; 2001; Miller, 2004) have characterized these events as Quantum Changes, because there is no apparent gradual transition but more of a jump from oneself to a radically different one. Currently, these have been studied initially in cases where persons have given up alcohol, smoking, heroin, and other addictions as a result of the experience. A well-known example is that of the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W., who had a single mystical experience that ended his alcoholism."<ref>Hastings, Arthur. "William James, Conversion and Rapid, Radical Transformation." Journal of Consciousness Studies 17 11-12 (2010): 117.</ref>

The authors note these are some of the changes that may occur

: A positive shift of values and attitudes.
: Ceasing harmful habits.
: Widening of perspectives.
: A change of core assumptions.
: Increase in self discipline.
: Changes in purpose.
: Existential shifts.<ref>Hastings, Arthur. "William James, Conversion and Rapid, Radical Transformation." Journal of Consciousness Studies 17 11-12 (2010): 119.</ref>

Thomas Bien<ref>Bien, Thomas H. “Quantum Change and Psychotherapy.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 493.</ref> provides advice to psychotherapists on how to encourage quantum change, and how to properly support clients who have them. Bien suggests meditation, journaling, working with dreams as possible avenues.

Martin Bidney <ref>Bidney, Martin. “Epiphany in Autobiography: The Quantum Changes of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 60, no. 5 (May 2004): 471–80.</ref> recounts the quantum change events of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, Dostoevsky who was released of all hatred and anger in what we would call a [[Clearing Experience]], and Tolstoy whose experience with a talented peasant boy radically changed his perception of meaning and life (an [[Awakening Experience]])

Andrew Newberg <ref>Newberg, Andew. “The Neurobiology of Spiritual Transformation.” In Spiritual Transformation and Healing: Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives, edited by P Hefner and J Koss-Chioino. Rowman & Littlefield, 200</ref> speculates about the neurological rewiring that must occur as an aspect of quantum change. Newberg also notes that meditation practices can create extensive changes in cerebral structures, so there is a precedent for this change.

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Daigo

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''Great Enlightenment'' or final, absolute enlightenment. Constrast with the [[glimpse|glimpses]] of [[shogo]] and [[kensho]]
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==Related and Syncretic Terms==

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'Daigo-tettei (大悟徹底 daigo-tettei) is a Japanese term used within Zen Buddhism, which usually denotes a "great realization or enlightenment."[1] Moreover, "traditionally, daigo is final, absolute enlightenment, contrasted to experiences of glimpsing enlightenment, shōgo"[1] or kenshō'<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_(Zen)</ref>.

https://www.amazon.ca/Wholehearted-Way-Translation-Commentary-Uchiyama-ebook/dp/B006TKP1XQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+whole+hearted+way&qid=1550611738&s=digital-text&sr=1-1-catcorr

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Assisted Intramonadic Communication

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'''Assisted Intramonadic Communication''' is IC conducted with the assistance of props like a [[Ouija Board]].
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==See Also==

[[Connection]], [[Constricted Connection]]

==Notes==

[[James Merrill]] won the 1977 Pulitzer prize for his poetry book [[Divine Comedies]],<ref>James Merrill, Divine Comedies (Antheneum, 1976). Part of the book is also available in James Merrill, The Book of Ephraim (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018)</ref> a book widely acknowledged to have been inspired by the channeling activities of he and his partner using a standard [[Ouija Board]].<ref>Vendler, Helen, and James Merrill. "James Merrill's Myth: An Interview." The New York Review of Books 1979.</ref>

==Additional Reading==

[https://theeveningrednessinthewest.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/james-merrills-ouija-board-the-opening-of-the-book-of-ephraim/ James Merrill’s Ouija Board: The Opening of the Book of Ephraim]

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Enlightened One

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Peak Experience

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A '''Peak Experience''' is a mild, positive, common form of [[Connection Experience]], first recognized and named by Abraham Maslow.<ref>Maslow, A. H. "Lessons from the Peak-Experiences." Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2 1 (1962): 9-18.</ref>
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==List of Connection Experience Types==

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A Peak Experience is characterized by a sudden feeling of intense happiness, well-being, wonder, awe, loss of fear and defensiveness, and transcendent joy<ref>Maslow, A.H. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. New York: Viking, 1971.</ref> Davis, Lockwood and Wright define a peak experience as follows.

<blockquote>Peak experiences have been defined as the best, happiest, most wonderful moments of one's life. A peak experience has some (but usually not all) of the following characteristics: an almost overwhelming sense of pleasure, euphoria, or joy, a deep sense of peacefulness or tranquility, feeling in tune, in harmony, or at one with the universe, a sense of wonder or awe, altered perceptions of time and/or space, such as expansion, a feeling of deeper knowing or profound understanding, a deep feeling of love (for yourself, another, or all people), a greater awareness of beauty or appreciation, a sense that it would be difficult or impossible to describe adequately in words.” <ref>Reasons for Not Reporting Peak Experiences.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 31, no. 1 (1991): 86.</ref></blockquote>
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Peak experiences can be intense. " A peak experience can produce great turmoil in the autonomic nervous system." At a certain point, Maslow became afraid that his body could not handle them. <ref>Maslow, A. H. "Lessons from the Peak-Experiences." Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2 1 (1962): 112-113.</ref>

'''A Reward for Being Good?'''

Peak experiences are sometimes described as a “reward” for “being good.” Henry Geiger says in the introduction to Maslow (1971), and while expressing his confusion about the etiology of a peak experience, “We don’t know how the peak experience is achieved; it has no simple one-to-one relation with any deliberated procedure; we know only that it is somehow earned.” (Geiger quoted in Maslow, 1971: no page number in introduction) Geiger’s statements are questionable given that Maslow himself suggested, in the same book, that peak experiences may be elicited and are most often achieved through sex, music, and exposure to natural settings. In addition, Keutzer (1978) notes that several triggers exist including music, [[entheogens]], prayer, nature moments, peaceful moments of quiet reflection, etc. In general, peak experiences are positively associated with individuals who are balanced, creative, and psychologically (Maslow, 1959) and physically healthy, and who have a more androgynous or feminine (as classified by the [[Bem Sex Role Inventory]] (BSRI)) orientation (Mercer and Durham, 1999). However there are contraindications and these would include low self-esteem, imbalanced development (i.e., lack of attention to artistic, right-brain sensibilities), high levels of anxiety, significant childhood or perinatal trauma, stress (Hood, 1977) and the ingestion of Crown Stupifiers like alcohol.

==Researching==

We may examine peak experiences by requesting narrative records. Typically a researcher will ask “what was the most ecstatic moment of your life?” or “have you experienced transcendent ecstasy” (Maslow, 1971: 168). Hoffman and Muramoto (2007), in their retrospective analysis of childhood peak experiences, asked master’s level human service class of approximately 60 individuals “Think of the most wonderful or joyful experience of your life up through the age of 14. Describe this experience and how you felt. Has it subsequently affected your life? If so, how?”

It is not possible to elicit narrative records of peak experiences from children, however it is possible to study the peak experiences of children by relying on the retrospective recall of adults. After placing “author’s queries” in newspapers, Hoffman (1998) asked:

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Can you recall any experiences from childhood—before the age of 14—that could be called mystical or intensely spiritual? Or, to put it another way: Can you recall any childhood moments in which you seemed to experience a different kind of reality—perhaps involving a sense of rapture or great harmony? As a child, you may not have recognized the experience as extraordinary or unusual, but think now from your current vantage point. I am especially interested in childhood experiences or perceptions that have endured in your memory and may have permanently affected your view of life or death, god, the universe, or the nature of human existence. (p. 114).
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It is important to note that individuals may be reluctant to report their peak experiences either out of fear of being disparaged and belittled, because they feel that the experience will “lose power” if they do, because they cannot find the words to adequately describe it, or because they feel the experience is too intimate and personal to share (Keutzer, 1978).

Hoffman and Muramoto (1998; 2007) have provided a qualitative typology useful for categorizing childhood and adult epiphanies.

==Theory==

A peak experience is essentially a gentle, spontaneous [[Crown Activation|crown opening]]. A Peak Experience is a brief period when the Consciousness is more "present" in the physical vehicle. Operationally a peak experience is a moment when the [[Consciousness Quotient]] of the [[Physical Unit]] is elevated above average or "normal" levels.

A Peak Experience may be viewed as a positive, but weak [[Mystical Experience]]. According to Maslow, everyone is capable of having a peak experience (Maslow, 1962) and in fact most people, when asked, report having peak experiences either in adult hood or childhood. Keutzer (2007) reports that 80% of a sample of college students reported peak experiences and that these reports where independent of religious activity, age, or course level!

Peak experiences are very common. <ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Authentic Spirituality. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2019. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/rocket-scientists-guide-authentic-spirituality/.</ref> However, the etiology of the Peak Experience is not well understood. There is general agreement that ''psychological health'' is a precursor, but little systematic research has been done to establish the psychological or sociological precursors. It is the hypothesis of this author that peak experiences are more prevalent in healthy families and healthy environments.

There are questions about the prevalence of peak experiences in children. As with adult peak experiences, these are probably very common, perhaps even more common than in adulthood especially when we consider the cumulative abuse most adults bear. Research on the relationship between peak experiences and childhood trauma (i.e., abuse, neglect, poverty and other factors is desperately needed.

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Little Self

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'''Little Self''' (or self with a small "s") is a term used by [[Is used by::Michael S.]] to describe your [[Is a syncretic term::Bodily Ego]], or the part of ''you'' that emerges as the synapses of your brain and central nervous system respond to the quantum embrace of your own [[Consciousness]] (a.k.a. [[Highest Self]])
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==Syncretic Terms==

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Little self cannot exist without at least minimal contact from the [[Consciousness]] of its own [[Highest Self]]

Little self is a survival structure of the human brain. It gains dominance in the psyche of the individual (i.e. it subverts [[Connection]]) when the [[Physical Unit]] perceives a real or imagined threat.

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Forced Connection

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'''Forced Connection''' is connection that occurs when [[Consciousness]] pushes itself into the body whether the body is ready or willing to receive it or not. Forced connections typically occur at times of personal, community, societal, or (now) global crises, particularly when the survival of the [[Physical Unit]], or the species, is in serious question (Book1). In cases when the only possibility of survival is increasing the level of Consciousness in the body so it can become aware, accountable, activate, and take action, Consciousness forces itself in
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==Notes==

Forced connection is not a pleasant process and it does not always work. By the time a person (or a planet, for that matter) hits rock bottom, they are so far gone that they could shade into oblivion after all.

Forced connection can be quite dangerous, both for the physical unit and for those that surround it. It is dangerous for the PU because it is hard, stressful, and comes at a time when the individual is at their most vulnerable and desperate. It is dangerous for others because sometimes the PU can snap under the emotional and psychological pressure brought about by forced awakening. When this occurs, and it will occur with increasing frequency as the planetary crises1 continues to worsen, various forms of [[Spiritual Catastrophe]] will ensue.

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