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Triumph of Spirit Archetype Deck

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The '''Triumph of Spirit Archetype Deck''' is a deck of twenty-two [[New Energy]] [[Archetypes|Archetype]] cards designed by Mike Sosteric. The desk is a [[Spiritual Appliance]], part of the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS), designed to assist an individual establish [[Right Thought]].<ref>Sosteric,Mike. ''Lightning Path Workbook Four - Archetypal Study and Flow Control with the Triumph of Spirit Archetype System''. Vol. 4. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2020.</ref>
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==Purchase Links==

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/triumph-of-spirit-archetype-cards

==The TOSAS Archetypes==

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== Additional Reading ==

A Short Sociology of Archetypes. https://www.academia.edu/44254363/ - An introduction to the sociological significance of archetypes.

From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Art, Science, and Technology of Human Manipulation,” Unpublished. https://www.academia.edu/34504691.- An theoretical and historical introduction to the source and global distribution of [[Old Energy Archetypes]]

The Triumph of Spirit Archetype System. https://www.academia.edu/45822163/The_Triumph_of_Spirit_Archetype_System. - An introduction too the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]]

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Single Vision

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The term '''Single Vision''' is the term Underhill (after William Blake) used to describe the state of [[Disconnection]]<Ref>Underhill, Evelyn. Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness. New York: Dover Publications, 2002. https://amzn.to/2C91xNY.</ref>.
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Hierarchy of Cognitive Needs

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Hierarchy of Cognitive Needs''' is Abraham Maslow's second hierarchy of needs.<ref>Maslow, A. H. “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Psychological Review 50, no. 4 (1943): 370–96.</ref> <ref>Sosteric. “Abraham Maslow’s TWO Hierarchies of Need.” Lightning Strike, 2019. https://medium.com/human-spirituality/abraham-maslows-two-hierarchies-of-need-c435329ae437.</ref> It includes the biologically rooted ''need to know'' (about the world) and the ''need to understand'' the world.
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==Related LP Terms==

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===Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Cognitive Needs===

[[Image:LPcognitiveneeds.png|500px|center|Cognitive Needs]]

No doubt Maslow based his statement of the existence and significance of cognitive needs on his clinical evidence, these needs are self-evident in every small child. The need to know is on display in children at a very early age. As Maslow says, this is the "basic desire to know, to be aware of reality, to get the facts, to satisfy curiosity, or as Wertheimer phrases it, to see rather than to be blind." (Maslow, 1943, p. 385). On the need to understand, Maslow observed that "even after we know, we are impelled to know more and more minutely and microscopically on the one hand, and on the other, more and more extensively in the direction of a world philosophy, religion, etc." (Maslow, 1943, p. 385). In other words, it was never enough to just know something, we also had to understand. According to Maslow, "The facts that we acquire, if they are isolated or atomistic, inevitably get theorized about, and either analyzed or organized or both. This process has been phrased by some as the search for 'meaning.' We shall then postulate a desire to understand, to systematize, to organize, to analyze, to look for relations and meanings"(Maslow, 1943, p. 385). Maslow notes of the need to know and the need to understand, "we see that they too form themselves into a small hierarchy" <ref>Maslow, A. H. “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Psychological Review 50, no. 4 (1943): 385.</ref>

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Ideological Bleed

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Ideological Bleed''' occurs when mystical revelation is corrupted by ideology. This corruption occurs when spiritual truths revealed in the process of inner revelation become tainted with the venal excuses and justifications of the political/economic system. A classic example of ideological bleed occurred when the mystic patriarchs of the ancient Mediterranean communities incorrectly presented the God of the cosmos as a violent, abusive, male control freak.
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==Notes==

Ideological bleed is present in many of the world's mystical texts. It can occur to a greater or lesser extent in both healthy and unhealthy Physical Units. Naive mystics exposing divine spiritual truths are prone to ideological bleed. Ideological bleed can be prevented only by awareness of the problem, awareness of any ideology present in the physical unit, and training.

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Great Architect

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Great Architect (also [[Grand Architect]]) ''' is a [[Freemason]]'s term for [[god with a little "g"]]
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==Syncretic Terms==

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==Notes==

"Most holy and glorious God, the Great Architect of the Universe, the Giver of all good gifts and graces!"<ref>Sickels, Daniel. The General Ahiman Rezon and Freemason’s Guide. New York: Masonic Publishing Company, 1865.</ref>

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Forces of Creation

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Forces of Creation''' are the fundamental forces operating as the foundations of [[Creation]]. </blockquote>

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==Notes==

The [[LP]] postulates two fundamental "forces" [[Force]] and [[Formation]] (a.k.a. [[Yin]] and [[Yang]].

"According to the Sânkhya philosophy, nature is composed of three forces called, in Sanskrit, Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. These as manifested in the physical world are what we may call equilibrium, activity, and inertness. Tamas is typified as darkness or inactivity; Rajas is activity, expressed as attraction or repulsion; and Sattva is the equilibrium of the two."<ref>Vivekananda, Swami. "Each in His Own Place." Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 5. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf

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Moral Quickening

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Moral Quickening''' is an improvement in one's moral sense, and one's applied morality, that is a consequence of intense and positive [[Connection Experience]] (e.g., [[Zenith Experience|Zenith Experience]].</blockquote>

==List==

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==Notes==

[[R.M. Bucke]] says "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.<ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness. Book Tree. Kindle Edition.</ref>

Egalitarian outcomes: 14th century female Christian mystic Julian of Norwich is insistent that "the revelations which she was given and the insights that followed from them were not for her own benefit alone...but where given for...all the ordinary mean and women of her time...Thus she wrote in English, not French or Latin, so that her book could be read not just by the aristocracy or the clerical establishment by anyone able to read English; it could also be understood by anyone who had it read aloud to them. It was not restricted therefore to those--mostly clerics, therefore mostly men--who were well educated....She writes not only for those with special religious commitments but for everyone. Neither is her book full of demands and imprecations. It is gentle, reassuring, even while it fosters ever-deepening trust in God."<ref>Jantzen Grace, Julian of Norwich (Great Britian: SPCK, 2000). p. xxi.</ref>

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Grand Geometrician

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Grand Geometrician''' is the [[Freemasons]] term for [[god with a little "g"]]
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==Notes==

"On the sixth ''day'', he created the beasts of the field and the reptiles which crawl on the earth. And here we may plainly perceive the wisdom, power, and goodness of the Grand Geometrician of the Universe..."<ref>Sickels, Daniel. The General Ahiman Rezon and Freemason’s Guide. New York: Masonic Publishing Company, 1865.</ref>

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Epiphany

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<blockquote class="definition">An '''epiphany''' is a sudden deepening of understanding, the sudden realization of a profound truth about reality, one's conduct, or one's experience, formerly not understood.<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> ''Epiphany'' is a outcome of [[Awakening Experience|Awakening]] and also a general [[Connection Outcome]].
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==Syncretic Terms==

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==List of Connection Outcomes==

This is a draft list of connection outcomes cited in the voluminous sacred and scientific literature of this planet. This is a list only. Empirical claims must be sorted out in the research and evidence cited in each outcome.

Note the extent of this list. This is an indication of [[Nomenclature Confusion]].

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==Notes==

Epiphany is an outcome of connection.

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Colonization

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'''Colonization''' is a process whereby [[The System]] is forcibly imposed on a population. Because most people do not wish to be enslaved into systems of productive relations that extract and centralize their energy, colonization is typically initiated with the use of force and violence. When violence has softened a population to a certain point, the process can be completed by implementing psychological archetypes that justify and legitimate new productive relations, and that also erase awareness of The System from the consciousness of those who are enslaved.
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===Colonization and Spirituality===

Colonization has "widely disrupted (and sometimes completely eradicated)" indigenous healing and spiritual traditions.<ref>Gone, Joseph P. “Decolonization as Methodological Innovation in Counseling Psychology: Method, Power, and Process in Reclaiming American Indian Therapeutic Traditions.” Journal of Counseling Psychology 68, no. 3 (2021): 259–70.</ref>

Colonization has subjugated a "realm of health experience in which people's well-being depends on persistent relationships to particular landscape over time. Of special relevance to decolonization, such traditions frequently assume that much of the 'natural' world is animate and sentient, and that much of the power for maintaining human well-being depends on relationship with beings that inhabit specific places in the world." <ref>Gone, Joseph P. “Decolonization as Methodological Innovation in Counseling Psychology: Method, Power, and Process in Reclaiming American Indian Therapeutic Traditions.” Journal of Counseling Psychology 68, no. 3 (2021): 259–70. p. 261.</ref>

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Addiction

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Big Questions

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Big Questions''' are the ultimate, existential questions of our being and our cosmology. Big Questions are existential or spiritual questions of existence, purpose, place, and so on.<ref>''Lightning Path Workbook Four -Archetypal Study and Flow Control Using the Triumph of Spirit Archetype System''. Vol. 4. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2020.</ref> The questions, "Who am I?" and "Why am I here?" are big questions.
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==Notes==

Sociologist Peter Berger called big questions [[Existential Imperatives]]<ref>Lundskow, George. “Marxist Class-Cultural Spirituality in Theory and Practice.” Critical Sociology 21, no. 1–2 (2005): 213–4</ref>

Big questions are answered by [[Archetypes]]. On this planet, within the current [[Regime of Accumulation]], archetypes are created in elite owned/controlled [[Symbol Factories]] and then distributed by [[Ideological Institutions]]

The '''Big Four''' big questions are:

* [[Who Am I]]?
* [[Where did I come from]]?
* [[What is my purpose]]
* [[Why am I here]]. What is, according to William James, "life's chief concern?" <ref>The latter is William James' phraseology. See William James, 1923, The Varieties of Religious Experience. New York: Penguin</ref>
* [[Why do bad things happen in the world]]?

To these big four big questions we might add any number of smaller big questions including, for example

* What is the nature of [[God]]//[[Consciousness]]]?
* What is the nature of the cosmos/creation.
* What was the path we took to get here.
* Why do bad things happen in the world

Under conditions of [[Normal Consciousness|"normal consciousness"]], big questions are often answered by institutions set up specifically to provide them (e.g. [[Religion]].) That is, when the individual [[Physical Unit|physical unit]] is not [[Connected]] to the [[Fabric of Consciousness]], organizations may arise that provide choreographed answers to these critical questions of identity and origin.

Under ideal circumstances, individuals will find a supportive social fabric that provides [[Right Thought]], [[Right Action]], and [[Right Environment]] with a view towards encouraging inner exploration, authentic [[Connection]], and personal discovery of core spiritual truths, and our shared spiritual heritage.

The ancient [[Vedas]] were provided answers to many big questions. "According to Koller, “The Vedic philosophers raised
questions about themselves, about the macrocosm around them, and their position therein. What is cognizance? What is the root thereof? Why is the wind blowing? Who set the sun in the empyrean, the giver of warmth and light? What is it that these sundry life-forms are taken forth by the earth? How are we going to renovate our lives and become whole? The commencement of conceptual thought is the quandaries of how, when, and why” <ref>Coller quoted in Kumar, Shailendra, and Sanghamitra Choudhury. “Ancient Vedic Literature and Human Rights: Resonances and Dissonances.” Cogent Social Sciences, 2020, 1–18.p. 5 https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2020.1858562</ref>

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Transpersonal Psychology

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Transpersonal psychology''' is both a [[Healing Framework]] and a [[Connection Framework]]. It is a school of psychology that studies the transpersonal, transcendent, or spiritual aspects of the human experience. Transpersonal psychology was first announced and defined with the publication of The [https://www.atpweb.org/journal.aspx Journal of Transpersonal Psychology], in 1969. </blockquote>

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==Notes==

Guided by the work of psychologists like Abraham Maslow, S. Groff, Anthony Sutich and others, this perspective was, according to the [http://www.atpweb.org/journal.asp Journal of Transpersonal Psychology website], "founded on a commitment to open-ended inquiry, experiential and empirical validation, and a values-oriented approach to human experience." Lajore and Shapiro (1992: 91) describe transpersonal psychology as "the study of humanity’s highest potential, and with the recognition, understanding, and realization of unitive, spiritual, and transcendent states of consciousness" (Lajore and Shapiro, 1992:91). Transpersonal psychologists are interested in “spiritual experiences, mystical states of consciousness, mindfulness and meditative practices, shamanic states, ritual, the overlap of spiritual experiences with disturbed states such as psychosis and depression… the transpersonal dimensions of interpersonal relationships” (David, 2000), spiritual self-development, [[Peak Experiences]] (Maslow, 1971), [[Entheogens|entheogen]] usage (Grof, 1973), and mystical experiences of living.

Perhaps more than any other area of psychology, Transpersonal psychology is culturally and theoretically diverse. Practitioners (David, 2000) cite influences ranging from western and eastern mystical systems, to shamanic systems and practice to the use of [[Entheogens]] as a significant precursor and aid to the development of their insight and practice.

==Transpersonal Psychology and Entheogens==

In 1973 Stanislav Grof (1973) cited the therapeutic application of [[Entheogens|entheogens]] as a theoretical and experimental precursor to Transpersonal psychology. His entire paper, entitled ''Theoretical and Empirical Basis of Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy: Observations from LSD Research'' used his extensive clinical and therapeutic research with entheogens to provide theoretical and empirical support for transpersonal psychology. As Grof himself notes, such luminaries as Abraham Maslow, Anthony Sutich, Jim Fadiman, and Victor Frankl “all agreed that observations related to the use of psychedelic substances in psychotheraphy (and to a certain degree those related to their abuse by the general population) are of utmost relevance for personality theory and clearly demonstrate the need for a new discipline.” (Groft, 1973: 16).

==Spiritual Emergence==

The term [[Spiritual Emergence]] was coined by Stanislav and Christina Grof (1989) in order to describe a gradual unfoldment of spirituality in a person's life. In cases where this spiritual unfoldment is intensified, uncontrolled, rapid, and unguided emergence may lead to a state of [[Spiritual Emergency|emergency]]. Spiritual emergencies, which are caused by spontaneous [[Crown Activation]], and which can be elicited using various [[Crown Activators|technologies of activation]], will occur with increasing frequency in the decades ahead. Spiritual emergencies can cause significant disruptions in psychological, social and occupational functioning.
Current psychological approaches are ill-equipped to understand and handle these emergencies. Spiritual emergencies are often misdiagnosed as neurotic or psychotic episodes, and [[Crown Stupification]] is often the only way traditional psychology, psychiatry, and medicine can control and treat the problem.

==External Links==

[http://www.itp.edu/ Institute for Transpersonal Psychology]

[http://www.spiritualschool.org/default.asp?Page=School SOPHIA. Journal of the School of Spiritual Psychology]

[http://www.atpweb.org/journal.asp Journal of Transpersonal Psychology]

[http://www.atpweb.org/ The Association of Transpersonal Psychology]

==References==

David, John ( (2000, Spring). We Keep Asking Ourselves, What is Transpersonal Psychology. ''Guidance and Counselling. '' 5 (3), 3-8.

Grof, Stanislav & Grof, Christina (eds) (1989). ''Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis (New Consciousness Reader) .'' Los Angeles: J.P Tarcher

Lajore, D. H. & Shapiro, S. I. (1992). Definitions of transpersonal psychology: The first twenty-three years. ''Journal of Transpersonal Psychology''. 24(1); 79-98.

Lukoff, David, Lu, Francis G. & Turner, Robert P. (1998) From Spiritual Emergency to Spiritual Problem - The Transpersonal Roots of the New DSM-IV Category. ''Journal of Humanistic Psychology''. 38(2), pp. 21-50

Scotton, Bruce W, Chinen, Allan B. and John R. Battista, Eds. (1996) ''Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology.'' New York: Basic Books

Whitney, Edward (1998) Personal Accounts: Mania as Spiritual Emergency. ''Psychiatric Services''. 49:1547-1548, December. American Psychiatric Association

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God with a big "G"

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<blockquote class="definition">'''god with a big "G"''' is a [[Lightning Path]] that refers to the sum total of [[The Fabric of Consciousness]]. It includes original [[Undifferentiated Consciousness]], [[Differentiated Consciousness]] and all the [[Monadic Intensifications]] that make up The Fabric.
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Flow Control

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'''Flow Control''' is a [[Connection Tehnique]]. It refers to the ability to ''control'' the thoughts that flow through the mind of the [[Physical Unit]], particularly the negative thoughts and emotions that can be amplified by powerful and intense [[Connection Experience]]s.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. ''Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection''. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St.Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017</ref> For best effect, Flow Control must be combined with [[Flow Purification]].<ref>''[[Sosteric, Mike.]] Lightning Path Workbook Four -Archetypal Study and Flow Control Using the Triumph of Spirit Archetype System''. Vol. 4. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2020.</ref> </blockquote>

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==Notes==

To engage in Flow Control

* Redirect your attention, take deep breaths and distract your self. Listen to calming music, stare at a candle, hold a single positive thought in your mind by repeating an affirmation "I am strong, I am capable, I can handle the Flow."
* Willing the Flow of Consciousness to slow down. In other words, assert mental control over your thought process. Forms of connection practice like [[Transcendental Meditation]] are designed to train you to control the flow.

For more details on the LP practice of Flow Control, see ''[https://www.amazon.ca/Lightning-Path-Workbook-Three-Workbooks-ebook/dp/B06XJGLSY7/ Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection]''.

Flow control is a critical aspect of [[Connection Practice]]. Without flow control, thoughts derived either from the unconscious contents of your mind or from expanded/accelerating flow of [[Consciousness]] from [[The Fabric]] can run out of control, cause [[Fear]] or other forms of [[Connection Pathology]], and ultimately shut down the nascent [[connection]].

Lack of flow control interferes with [[Healing]] and [[Connection]] by putting the physical unit at the mercy of uncontrolled thought processes, by stripping the physical unit of the ability to focus on specific tasks (esp. in higher states of consciousness), and by facilitating easy external behavioural control (i.e. manipulation by others).

The practice of [https://www.mindful.org/what-is-mindfulness/ Mindfulness]is a step towards the practice of Flow Control.

=== Concentration ===

* In Vedic teachings, Flow Control is conceptualized as concentration. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali<ref>Patañjali. ''The Yoga-Sûtra of Patañjali: Sanskrit-English Translation & Glossary''. Translated by Chip Hartranft, 2003.</ref>open with a discussion of the various influences which may corrupt Consciousness. The sutras advise extended and disciplined spiritual practice designed to still the bodily thought processes so that pure consciousness can shine through.
*Flow control may be facilitated by strengthening your ability to concentrate, by disciplining the mind and compelling it to "think of one thing at a time."<ref>Akhilananda, Swami. ''Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West''. Routledge, 1948. p. 85.</ref>. Certain forms of meditative practice are designed to train the mind to focus and concentrate. <ref>Akhilananda, Swami. ''Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West''. Routledge, 1948. p. 104...</ref>
*Pantanjali

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A connection experience may be facilitated via [[Connection Technique]], with a [[Connection Supplement]], and by exploiting naturally occurring [[Connection Supplements]].

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

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

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

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

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

===Causes===

'''Neurological/Biological'''

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

==Incidence==

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

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

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

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

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''Debacle''' is a catastrophic evolutionary failure. A debacle occurs usually when a species' technological, administrative, economic, and military prowess outpaces its ability to heal and reconnect, usually because an addicted elite cannot be made to release its control over The System. Debacle leads to devastating evolutionary setback. </blockquote>

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A debacle is an [[End of Stage]] (specifically end of [[Stage Two]]) risk/occurrence. A debacle occurs when a species has developed advanced economic, political, technological, and military systems without healing and a concomitant re[[Connection]]. A debacle occurs because a disconnected species is being "held back" and consequently cannot handle the powers provided by advanced technological and administrative capacity.

A debacle is characterized by ecological, economic, social, political, and military spiral into self-destruction.

Debacles typically do not wipe out a species, but they can cause an inordinate amount of unnecessary suffering, and they can set a species back several decades or more, depending on how catastrophic the debacle is. For this reason, an [[Intervention]] may be staged.

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'''Happiness''' is an outcome of [[Connection Practice]].
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<blockquote class="definition">'''god with a big "G"''' is a [[Lightning Path]] that refers to the sum total of [[The Fabric of Consciousness]]. It includes original [[Undifferentiated Consciousness]], [[Differentiated Consciousness]] and all the [[Monadic Intensifications]] that make up The Fabric.
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<blockquote class="definition">'''Lightning Path Attachment Analysis''' is a method for exploring and understanding our [[Toxic Attachment]]s. To conduct an LPAA we identify, clarify, and categorize our attachments.<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> </blockquote>

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Consciousness

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<blockquote class="definition">In the beginning, '''Consciousness''' is bliss and awareness.''<ref>Sosteric, Mike. The Book of Light: The Nature of God, the Structure of Consciousness, and the Universe Within You. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, Unpublished.</ref> </blockquote>

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==Levels of Consciousness==

Bodily Consciousness, capital "S" Self Consciousness, Capital "G" God Consciousness

each one of these has several levels.

==Notes==

Consciousness originally exists as in [[undifferentiated|Undifferentiated Consciousness]] (UC) and ego-less state. Boredom causes an [[Intensification of Consciousness]] that results in the instantiation of [[Monadic Consciousness]]] (i.e., egoic consciousness). The instantiation of the original monadic spark (a.k.a. [[God with a little "g"|God]] represents the transition from UC to [[Differentiated Consciousness]] (DC). From there, Consciousness eventually transitions to [[Emanating Consciousness]] from which all of physical creation eventually emerges.

In popular usage, the term is typically used to refer to either [[Bodily Ego]], [[Spiritual Ego]] (if theorized), or some undifferentiated combination of both.

At one time suggesting such a thing as [[Spiritual Ego]] would have been quite radical, now there is growing speculation that a non-naturalistic view of consciousness, i.e. consciousness is not tied to the material universe, is simply common sense.<ref>Chalmers, David. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Kindle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. https://amzn.to/2Vzq5HW. Also Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 83–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

<blockquote class="quotation">From a common-sense perspective, we are intimately aware of consciousness, and it is a truism that consciousness has a variety of properties (among them qualia, intentionality, and non-spatiality) that are so different from those of matter that it is difficult if not impossible to see how consciousness could ever have been produced by matter. The problems that arise here are formidable, and have given rise to what has recently become popularized as 'the hard problem' of explaining the existence of consciousness in a material universe. These problems have led some thinkers, like McGinn, to insist that we cannot explain the existence of consciousness in a material universe at all, and others, like Chalmers, to suggest that we need to revise our notion of matter to include consciousness as a fundamental property of nature, along with mass, charge, and gravitation.<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 85. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref></blockquote>

Chalmers suggests that an essential feature of Consciousness is a sense of a cognitive agent (i.e. [[Ego]]), and also that there is a felt feeling of experience."There is also an internal aspect; there is something it feels like to be a cognitive agent. "I am talking only about the subjective quality of experience: what it is like to be a cognitive agent."<ref>Chalmers, David. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Kindle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. https://amzn.to/2Vzq5HW. p. 6. </ref>

Conscious experiences range from vivid color sensations to experiences of the faintest background aromas; from hard-edged pains to the elusive experience of thoughts on the tip of one’s tongue; from mundane sounds and smells to the encompassing grandeur of musical experience; from the triviality of a nagging itch to the weight of a deep existential angst; from the specificity of the taste of peppermint to the generality of one’s experience of selfhood. All these have a distinct experienced quality.<ref>Chalmers, David. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Kindle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. https://amzn.to/2Vzq5HW.</ref> He summarizes, "when I talk about consciousness, I am talking only about the subjective quality of experience: what it is like to be a cognitive agent."<ref>Chalmers, David. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Kindle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. https://amzn.to/2Vzq5HW.</ref>

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Connection Cocoon

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Crown Stupifier

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A '''Crown Stupifier''' is a substance ingested into the body that suppresses or otherwise diminishes the functioning of the [[Eye of God Chakra]].
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==Notes==

Crown stupifiers include substances like alcohol, pharmaceuticals (psychoactive or otherwise), neurotoxins, and any other chemicals which interfere with the physiological, cellular, neural, or quantum operations of the brain. This includes, it should be noted, the slew of chemicals that you find in processed foods.

Contrast crown stupifiers with [[Connection Supplements]].

Speaking of the need to "put the brakes" on [[Nadir Experience]], particularly one where [[Flooding]] is occurring, Timothy Leary points to "Thorazine, alcohol and narcotics" as substances which "help apply the brakes."<ref>Leary, T. “The Religious Experience: Its Production and Interpretation.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 3, no. 1 (1970): 76–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1970.10471364.</ref>

Alcohol, narcotics, opiates, psychoactive antidepressents (Prozac), Flouride (a neurotoxin), processed food additives, and perhaps even frequencies of electromagnetic radiation could be investigated as possible crown stupifiers.

It is also important to note that brain operations can be very subtle and even current technologies like the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) are insufficiently sensitive to document the range of physical and quantum operations carried out in the brain. Therefore, just because an effect is not observed in the short term does not mean an effect (which may be cumulative and damaging over the long term) is not present.

Crown stupefiers are not confined to substances. The school system, which its overemphasis on the development of left brain modules and skills, television, and other forms of media that discourage critical thinking and interfere with the development of balanced brain functions, can also be considered crown stupifiers. In addition, a pathological socialization process, abusive parenting, and negative emotional experiences can contribute to crown stupefaction through the suppression of crown chakra energies.

Harold Johson provides a fascinating and highly recommended look at the destructive power of alcohol<ref>Johnson, Harold R. Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours). U of R Press, 2016. https://amzn.to/2D142T4.</ref>

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Joyful Archetype

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Joyful''' is a [[New Energy]] [[Archetype]] in the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS). Joyful represents the soul's nature and peregrination into incarnation in order to joyfully accomplish the [[Great Work]], and manifest the will of [[Consciousness]]</blockquote>

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Note, this is not the "hero's journey." Neither are you a [[Fool in School]]. That journey is a fantasy journey, an ideology subtly designed to get you to put yourself into a position of [[Less Than]]. As indicated by this archetype, you are a fully connected soul. You are a [[Master]] already. To get there, shuck off the [[Old Energy Archetypes]] that limit and disconnect.

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Chakra Pathology

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<blockquote class"definition">'''Chakra Pathology''' is pathology that either [[Chakra Corruption|corrupts]] or [[Chakra Constriction]] energy flow through the body's various chakra points. Since chakra energies are critical for healthy functioning of the [[Physical Unit]], chakra pathology may lead to disability, degeneration, disease, and even death. </blockquote>

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Chakra pathology occurs in one of two forms, either as a [[Chakra Constriction|constriction]] or [[Chakra Corruption|corruption]] of energy flow.

Chakra pathology may lead, during [[Connection Experiences]], to [[Connection Pathology]], like [[Ego Inflation]]

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<blockquote class="definition">'''The Chariot''' is an [[Old Energy Archetype]] from the [[Masonic Tarot Deck]]. In the [[Book of Slavery]], the archetype is typically used to enforce notions of power, force, and rule over others. </blockquote>

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

Will, will power, being in control, doing what needs to be done.

"Hieroglyphically the Zain expresses an arrow, and therefore it suggests the idea of a weapon, of the instrument which man uses to rule and conquer, and to attain his object."<ref>Papus, The Tarot of the Bohemians (Wilshire Book Co, 1978), https://sacred-texts.com/tarot/tob/index.htm. p. 108.</ref>

"A Conquerer, crowned with a coronet."<ref>Papus, The Tarot of the Bohemians (Wilshire Book Co, 1978), https://sacred-texts.com/tarot/tob/index.htm. p. 109.</ref>

"Man performing the function of God the Creator."<ref>Papus, The Tarot of the Bohemians (Wilshire Book Co, 1978), https://sacred-texts.com/tarot/tob/index.htm. p. 110.</ref>

"(The Chariot occupied by the Master assuming the direction of collective work.) The Initiate submits to the 'Set Square' which points to the master chosen to direct the work. The elected chief shows himself to be conciliating, sociable, always concerned with maintaining harmony. Out of the clash of warring opinions he can draw the conclusion which reveals impartially that part of truth which is implicit in these opinions.
"<ref>Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 170-1.</ref> [Seems to be suggesting insertion into a hierarchy, where the "chiefs" are conciliating and social, always striving to maintain harmony between each other.]

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

"Through the myth's images we learn that spiritual victory over evil comes when we can focus all of nature, as well as the unconscious energy embodied in Shiva himself, through the conscious will."<ref>Pollack, Rachel. Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom. Harper Collins, 1980. p. 65.</ref>

"Seen this way the Chariot shows us the developed ego; the ''lessons'' of the early cards have been absorbed, the adolescent period of searching and self creation has been passed, and now we see the mature adult, successful in life, admired by others, confident and content with himself, able to control feelings, and above all, to direct the will....His power is subordinate to his will. His hands hold no reins. His strong character alone controls the opposing forces in life."<ref>Pollack, Rachel. Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom. Harper Collins, 1980. p. 65.</ref>

===Recovery===

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Creation Practice

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Creative Practice''' is the LP term used to refer to the practice of [[magic]], or the influence of creation through the conscious application of [[Force]] and [[Formation]].</blockquote>

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==Notes==

Creation practice involves connecting with [[The Fabric]], with your own [[Highest Self]], or some other location within, and melding with, unifying, and using the consciousness and energy of that point to effect a certain task.

"...One of the principal operations of Magick is to invoke the God appropriate to the thing you want, identify yourself with Him [sic] and flood your work with his [sic] immaculate impulse." <ref>Crowley, Aleister. The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography. London: Arkana, 1989. p. 244.</ref>

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Connection Intensity

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Connection Intensity''' refers to the level of intensity of a given [[Connection Event]]. The intensity of a connection event can range from mild to intense and even cosmic.
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==Notes==

According to Lang and Thalbourne, "the intensity of mystical experiences forms a progression that starts with quite general experiences of happiness, followed by enlightenment by a higher power, and ultimately leading to union with the Absolute." <ref>Lange, Rense, and Michael A. Thalbourne. "The Rasch Scaling of Mystical Experiences: Construct Validity and Correlates of the Mystical Experience Scale (Mes)." The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 17 2 (2007): 130.</ref>

Ralph Waldo Emerson points to the varying intensity of connection experience. <blockquote>... The character and duration of this enthusiasm vary with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration-which is its rarer appearance -to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, in which form it warms, like our household fires, all the families and associations of men, and makes society possible. <ref>Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “The Over-Soul.” In The Complete Essays and Other Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Modern Library, 1950. p. 269.</ref> </blockquote>

"...the intensity can range from a few moments of rapture to several hours of shattering psychological experience."<ref>Allman, Lorraine S., Olivia de la Rocha, David N. Elkins, and Robert S. Weathers. “Psychotherapists’ Attitudes toward Clients Reporting Mystical Experiences.” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 29, no. 4 (Win 1992): 565.</ref>

Powerful events are dangerous events: "...it expands you, and if your body is not really healthy it can just blow your circuits out over and over and over again."<Ref>Bender, Courtney. The New Metaphysicals: Spirituality and the American Religious Imagination. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. p. 71.</ref> See also [[Flooding]].

Timothy Leary recounts a short duration, high-intensity connection experience induced by [[Dimethyltryptamine]]. "Last fall a minister and his wife, as part of a courageous and dedicated pursuit of illumination, took a psychedelic biochemical called dimethyltryptamine. This wondrous alkaloid (which closely approximates serotonin, the natural "lubricant" of our higher nervous system) produces the most intense psychedelic effect of any sacramental food or drug. In 25 minutes (about the duration of the average sermon), you are whirled through the energy dance, the cosmic process, at the highest psychedelic speed. The 25 minutes are sensed as lasting for a second and for a billion-year Kalpa. After the session, the minister complained that the experience, although shattering and revelatory, was disappointing because it was "content-free"-so physical, so unfamiliar, so scientific, like being beamed through microscopic panoramas, like being oscillated through cellular functions at radar acceleration."<ref>Leary, T. “The Religious Experience: Its Production and Interpretation.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 3, no. 1 (1970): 76–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1970.10471364. p. 342</ref>

Taylor and Egeto-Szazbo suggest that [[Awakening Experiencess]] range in intensity from low intensity experiences through medium intensity experiences and high-intensity experiences. <ref>Taylor, Steve, and Krisztina Egeto-Szabo. “Exploring Awakening Experiences: A Study of Awakening Experience in Terms of Their Triggers, Characteristics, Duration and After Effects.” Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 49, no. 1 (January 2017): 45–65. p. 45.</ref>

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Types of experience, from least to most intensive, Insights/intuitive glimmers, Peak Experience, Mystical Glimpse, Mystical Visions, Revelations, transcendent experiences, permanent unions.

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Internal Resistance

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'''Internal Resistance''' is resistance to [[Awakening]] and [[Activation]] caused your own confusion, guilt, shame, self-deprecating thoughts, or other negative emotions triggered when you begin to truly awaken to reality. Internal resistance can cause an individual to resist and shut down [[Connection]]. </blockquote>

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Internal resistance is the ''internal chatter'' that keeps us impotent and disempowered by telling us we are stupid, weak, worthless, and incapable.<ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Authentic Spirituality. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, Unpublished Draft. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/rocket-scientists-guide-authentic-spirituality/.</ref><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> <ref>Sosteric, Mike. ''Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection'' Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2021. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/.</ref>

'''Internal Resistance''' arises as the result of damaged [[Bodily Ego]] (damaged self-esteem, self-doubt), [[Wrong Thought]], and toxic environments that overwhelm one's ability to see a way forward. Damaged is caused, and indoctrination accomplished, via a violent and neglectful [[Toxic Socialization]] socialization process.

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Mithra

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<blockquote class="definition">In Indo/Iranian systems, the got '''Mithra''' is the upholder/protector of [[Right Action]], and the foe of [[Wrong Action]]. <ref>Boyce, Mary. A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period. New York: E. J. Brill, 1996.</ref>

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"Mithra is hailed as the foe of Sloth..." <ref>Boyce, Mary. A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period. New York: E. J. Brill, 1996. p. 29.</ref>

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Esotericism

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Esotericism''' derives from the Greek term eiso and éso which mean "inside" or "within." Traditionally, "it has been used for the insights given by teachers to elitist 'inner circles' through oral transmission." <ref>Baier, Karl. “Esotericism.” In Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, edited by Robert A Segal and Nickolas P. Roubekas. Blackwell, 2021. p. 229</ref>
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"These original meanings are reflected in several European languages in which derivations of esoterikós are used for everything that is known by only a small group of insiders with purportedly superior knowledge (see Hanegraaff 2006, 336)."<ref>Baier, Karl. “Esotericism.” In Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, edited by Robert A Segal and Nickolas P. Roubekas. Blackwell, 2021. p. 229</ref>

The term is related to the term ''occultisme''' which "was first used in 1842 in a French dictionary entry to denote the dubious hidden agendas of priests and aristocrats."<ref>Baier, Karl. “Esotericism.” In Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, edited by Robert A Segal and Nickolas P. Roubekas. Blackwell, 2021. p. 330</ref>

The term was later co-opted by "Alphonse‐Louis Constant, a.k.a. Eliphas Lévi, whose writings are seminal for modern magic and occultism, adopted the term from Ragon and popularized it. Occultism became synonymous with ancient wisdom about the mysteries of nature – with magic, alchemy, Kabbalah, and astrology as major occult disciplines..." Ironicially, Lévi and other occultists were involved in creating secret systems of knowledge intended for elite audiences and designed for social control, as the example of the [[Freemasons Tarot]] demonstrates.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “A Sociology of Tarot.” Canadian Journal of Sociology 39, no. 3 (2014). https://www.academia.edu/25055505/.</ref> Their "revision" of the term was likly an intentional effort to downplay and obscure the elitist nature of esotericism by providing a diversionary gloss over the term.

"Scholars of religion often use esotericism to categorize activities based on the practice “of reserving certain kinds of salvific knowledge for a selected elite of initiated disciples” (Hanegraaff 2006, 337). Secrecy as social and religious capital (see also von Stuckrad 2010, 54–59) involves concealed membership, secret doctrines and rituals, secret signs and codes, vows of silence, hidden meeting places, probation and preparatory periods, followed by initiations through skilled teachers or priests. Insofar as esoteric forms of group building intend to survive for more than one generation, their secret cannot be kept totally hidden within the core group. An often complex intertwining of conceal- ment and disclosure takes place."<ref>Baier, Karl. “Esotericism.” In Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, edited by Robert A Segal and Nickolas P. Roubekas. Blackwell, 2021. p. 232</ref>

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[[Mahayana Buddhism]], " the Bauls of Bengal and of certain schools of Hindu tantra can also be categorized as “esoteric” in this sense, as can European initiatory societies like the Masonic lodges, the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross, the Illuminati, the Theosophical Society, and the Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn with its different offshoots."<ref>Baier, Karl. “Esotericism.” In Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, edited by Robert A Segal and Nickolas P. Roubekas. Blackwell, 2021. p. 232</ref>

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Connection Experience

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A connection experience may be facilitated via [[Connection Technique]], with a [[Connection Supplement]], and by exploiting naturally occurring [[Connection Supplements]].

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

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

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

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

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

===Causes===

'''Neurological/Biological'''

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

==Incidence==

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

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

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

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

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Awareness

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"Consciousness is awareness, pure and simple."

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"Experience shows that the spirit is nothing but awareness. Whoever has greater awareness has a greater spirit." Rumi. <ref>Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983. p. 31</ref>

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Emotional Suppression Mechanisms

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<blockquote "definition">'''Emotional Suppression Mechanisms''' are strategies the [[Bodily Ego]] uses to suppress painful, unbecoming, or out of hand emotional responses. </blockquote>

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"...it is our very nature to repress disagreeable or unbecoming emotions or urges; and if we observe that our feelings are getting out of hand, we try to repress them. These repressions may be of voluntary or involuntary types."<ref>Akhilananda, Swami. Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West. Routledge, 1948 p. 48.</ref>

Emotional suppression, while functional in the short term, is debilitating when chronically activated. Repression of emotions, strong emotions, anxieties, depression, etc. undermines the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health of the body.

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The '''First Time''' is a [[Huichol]] concept that points to a period in pre-history when "men and animals were one." <ref>Myerhoff, Barbara G. Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians. London: Cornell University Press, 1974. https://archive.org/details/peyotehuntsacred0000myer/page/n5/mode/2up.</ref>
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==Related LP Terms==

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'''Exogenous to the LP'''

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