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'''Self-actualization''' is the psychological and emotional process of actualizing your [[Real Self]].<ref>Daniels, M. “The Development of the Concept of Self-Actualization in the Writings of Abraham Maslow.” Current Psychological Perspectives 2 (1982): 71. </ref>
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==Notes==

In LP terms, self-actualization is the process of integration of [[Bodily Ego]] with [[Spiritual Ego]] that arises as a result of ongoing and successful [[Connection Practice]].

The term "self-actualization" was coined by Abraham Maslow to refer to a ''dynamic process, active throughout life" and not a final end state.<ref>Maslow quoted in Daniels, M. “The Development of the Concept of Self-Actualization in the Writings of Abraham Maslow.” Current Psychological Perspectives 2 (1982): 66.</ref> Maslow also considered Self-Actualization to be a need

"Self-actualization is 'intrinsic growth of what is already in the organism, or more accurately of what is the organism itself.<Ref>Maslow. “The Expressive Component of Behavior.” Psychological Review 56, no. 5 (September 1949): 264. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0053630. </ref>.

Daniels notes that there is a considerable amount of terminological inconsistency in Maslow's theorization. Maslow, he argues, "never achieved a final coherent theory of self-actualization.<ref><ref>Daniels, M. “The Development of the Concept of Self-Actualization in the Writings of Abraham Maslow.” Current Psychological Perspectives 2 (1982): 61.</ref> </ref>

In Maslow's words, self-actualization is "...the desire for self-fulfillment, namely, to the tendency for him [sic] to become actualized in what he is potentially. This tendency might be phrased as the desire to become more and more what one is, to become everything that one is capable of becoming." <ref>Maslow, A. H. (1943). A Theory of Human Motivation. ''Psychological Review'', 50(4), 382. </ref>. As Maslow notes, the specific form of the needs varies from individual to individual. For some self-actualization entails working towards being the ideal mother, in others it is to be a perfection musician, and so on."

Self-actualization is the fifth of a set of [[Needs]] specified by [[Abraham Maslow]] in his [[Hierarchy of Needs]].<ref>Maslow, A. H. (1943). A Theory of Human Motivation. ''Psychological Review'', 50(4), 370-396. </ref>

There are elements of [[Ascension]] in Maslow's definition. "Maslow was always committed to the view that self-actualization is the actualization of the 'self'"<ref>Daniels, M. “The Development of the Concept of Self-Actualization in the Writings of Abraham Maslow.” Current Psychological Perspectives 2 (1982): 71.</ref> Note Maslow's secular view: "the self was always defined in a particular way - as a largely biological, but partly self-constructed,real self."<ref>Daniels, M. “The Development of the Concept of Self-Actualization in the Writings of Abraham Maslow.” Current Psychological Perspectives 2 (1982): 71.</ref> "self-actualization was always viewed in terms of the actualization of the individual's biological core."<ref>Daniels, M. “The Development of the Concept of Self-Actualization in the Writings of Abraham Maslow.” Current Psychological Perspectives 2 (1982): 71.</ref>

"The self-actualizing people I talk about are very healthy people, psychiatrically and psychologically healthy people. They could be called a superior segment of the population. Thus I, and others, have been studying not the whole human species, in an ordinary statistical sense'), not the average of the species, but a select sample, i.e., the most creative or most talented or perhaps most intelligent that we could find." <ref>Maslow, A. H. (1969). The farther reaches of human nature. ''Journal of Transpersonal Psychology'', 1(1), 5. </ref>

"BY definition, self-actualizing people are gratified in all their basic needs (of belongingness, affection, respect, and self-esteem). This is to say that they have a feeling of belongingness and rootedness, they are satisfied in their love needs, have friends and feel loved and loveworthy, they have status and place in life and respect from other people, and they have a reasonable feeling of worth and self-respect. If we phrase this negatively - in terms of the frustration of these basic needs and in terms of pathology - then this is to say that selfactualizing people do not (for any length of time) feel anxiety-ridden, insecure, unsafe, do not feel alone, ostracized, rootless, or isolated, do not feel unlovable, rejected, or unwanted, do not feel despised and looked down upon, and do not feel deeply unworthy, nor do they have crippling feelings of inferiority or worthlessness (Maslow, 1967, p. 93).

when basic needs met, move beyond self-actualization to metamotivation, meta needs (Maslow, 1967)

It is my strong impression that the closer to self-actualizing, to fullhumanness, etc., the person is, the more likely I am to find that his
&dquo;work&dquo; is metamotivated rather than basic-need-motivated. For more highly evolved persons, &dquo;the law&dquo; is apt to be more a way of seeking justice, truth, goodness, etc., rather than financial security, admiration, status, prestige, dominance, masculinity, etc. When I ask the questions: which aspects of your work do you enjoy most ? What gives you your greatest pleasures? ~1’hen do you get a kick out of your work? etc., such people are more apt to answer in terms of intrinsic values, of transpersonal, beyond-the-selfish, altruistic satisfactions, e.g., seeing justice done, doing a more perfect (Maslow, 1967, p. 102).

===Characteristics===

For an early summary of the characteristics of Self actualizers identified by Maslow, see http://knowthyself.nfshost.com/pages/books/maslow_self-actualization.html

"By early 1946, Maslow had thus uncovered two significant traits that seemed common to self-actualizing people: their intense desire for privacy and their tendency to experience mystical-like moments. He also had a hunch about a third trait: that emotionally healthy people see their world more accurately than their more anxiety-ridden peers." <ref>Edward Hoffman, The Right to Be Human: A Biography of Abraham Maslow (New York: McGraw Hill, 1999), 4395.</ref>ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Resistance to Acculturation.” Journal of Social Issues 7, no. 4 (November 1951): 26–29. p. 28.</ref>

Do not "fit in" with toxic culture. "They got along with the culture in various ways, but of all of them it could be said that in a certain pro- found and meaningful sense they resisted acculturation and maintained a certain inner detachment from the culture in which they were immersed."<ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Resistance to Acculturation.” Journal of Social Issues 7, no. 4 (November 1951): 26–29. p. 26.</ref>

passionate about changing and improving the world. Could be revolutionary and resistance if required, but did not resist and struggle for empty reasons. "not against fighting but only against ineffective fighting." <ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Resistance to Acculturation.” Journal of Social Issues 7, no. 4 (November 1951): 26–29. p. 28.</ref>

" All these people fell well within the limits of apparent conventionality in choice of clothes, of language, of food, of ways of doing things in our culture. And yet they were not really conventional, certainly not "fashionable" or "smart" or "chic." Do not act overtly unconventional, unless necessary to preserve inner sanctity. Otherwise, they go along to avoid hurting others, to maintain peace, to show respect.But able to throw off convention when going along was too annoying or expensive. <ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Resistance to Acculturation.” Journal of Social Issues 7, no. 4 (November 1951): 26–29. p. 26.</ref>

"None of these people could be called authority-rebels in the adolescent or "hot" sense. They showed no active impatience or moment-to-moment, chronic, long-time discontent with the culture or preoccupation with changing it quickly, although they often enough showed bursts of indignation with injustice."<ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Resistance to Acculturation.” Journal of Social Issues 7, no. 4 (November 1951): 26–29. p. 26.</ref>

"An inner feeling of detachment from the culture was not necessarily conscious but was displayed by almost all, particularly in discussions of the American culture as a whole, in various comparisons with other cultures, and in the fact that they very frequently seemed to be able to stand off from it as if they did not quite belong to it. The mixture of varying proportions of affection or approval and hostility or criticism indicated that they selected from American culture what was good in it by their lights and rejected what they thought bad in it. In a word they weighed it, assayed it, tasted it and then made their own decision."<ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Resistance to Acculturation.” Journal of Social Issues 7, no. 4 (November 1951): 26–29. p. 28.</ref>

"For these and other reasons they may be called autonomous, i.e., ruled by the laws of their own character rather than by the rules of society. It is in this sense that they are not only or merely Americans, but also to a greater degree than others, members-at-large of the human species."<ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Resistance to Acculturation.” Journal of Social Issues 7, no. 4 (November 1951): 26–29. p. 29.</ref>

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Right Discrimination

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"The cessation of that wrong identification is achieved by right understanding, and by no other means. Right understanding is held by scripture to be the recognition of the oneness of God and oneself. 202 This recognition is achieved by right discrimination between what is truly oneself and what is not, so one must develop this discrimination between the conventional self and ones true self. 203"<ref>Sankaracharya, Adi. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom. Translated by John Richards. 1998, 1946. https://datadump.lightningpath.org/readings/crest-jewel-richards.pdf.</ref>

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Guide Communication

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'''Guide Communication''' is communication between the [[Bodily Ego]] and one or more [[Spiritual Ego]]s percieved to related and/or providing assistance. '''Guide Communication''' is a form of [[Intramonadic Communication]] caused by [[Constricted Connection]].
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==Types of Intramonadic Communication==

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==Notes==

Dossey provides examples of Joan of Arc and Socrates as examples of folks who have relied on guide communication

<blockquote class="quotation">Some individuals describe what in today’s terminology might be called personal assistants or coaches that guide one’s decisions invisibly, from behind the curtains of consciousness, helping the individual to overcome the everyday strictures imposed by the brain-filter. Socrates was guided throughout his life by a daimon, an intelligent inner voice, in matters large and small. “What makes Socrates so extraordinary is that he seems to have perfectly fused his conscious critical intellect with his subliminal daimon,” says Grosso. “In the vast majority of human beings, the two are almost always thoroughly disjointed and disconnected, often at great emotional and spiritual cost.” <ref>Dossey, Larry. "The Brain as Filter: On Removing the Stuffing from the Keyhole." Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing 8 6 (2012): 318.</ref></blockquote>

Dossey notes that many people report "hearing voices." He erroneously takes that as the widespread experience of Guide Communication.

<blockquote class="quotation">In a survey in the 1980s of 375 college students focusing on auditory hallucinations, 71% reported they had experienced vocal hallucinations in waking life. Thirty percent reported auditory hallucinations as they were drifting off to sleep, and 14% reported vocal hallucinations as they were waking up. Almost 40% had heard their name called while outdoors. Eleven percent heard their name being called from the back seat of their car, while a similar percentage said they had heard God speak “as a real voice.” <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. 319</ref></blockquote>

It might be, but without further investigation, some could be mere hallucination.

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Path

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''Path''' is any organized and institutionalized system of [[Human Development]] that provides an authentic [[Healing Framework|Healing]] and [[Connection Framework]].</blockquote>

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Religion

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Religion''' is an [[Ideological Institution]] setup and organized by the [[Accumulating Class]]es to satisfy one or more of our [[Seven Essential Needs]] by providing [[The System|System]] friendly satisfactions.
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==Other Definitions==

We can break sociological definitions of religion into two categories ''substantive'' and ''functional.''

'''Substantive definitions''' revolve around the content (or substance) of a religion. Like, religion is the belief in spiritual beings<ref>Tylor, Edward. ''Primitive Culture''. London: John Murray, 1903. Note, Tylor's theory later criticized as evolutionary and ethnocentric (not all religions believe in or emphasize "spiritual beings" (Confucianism). Distinguished between "primitive" and "modern" spirituality, lower versus higher forms.</ref> '''What religion is.'''

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'''Functional definitions''' "describe the utility of the effect of that religion" on individuals and society.<ref>Furseth, Inger, and Pål Repstad. ''An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives''. Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006. p. 16.</ref> '''What religion does.'''

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== Notes ==

Religions satisfy our [[Cognitive Needs]] to know and understand by providing [[Regime of Accumulation]] friendly answers.

Religions are typically constructed by elite members of the [[Accumulating Class]] for the purposes of social control.

* Zoroastrianism co-opted by Aradashir.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Art, Science, and Technology of Human Manipulation,” . <nowiki>https://www.academia.edu/34504691</nowiki>.</ref>
*Co-optation of progressive Christianity by Constantine<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution.” ''Athens Journal of Social Sciences'' 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88.</ref>
*Tarot created by Freemasons as an ideological tool for Capitalists.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “A Sociology of Tarot.” ''Canadian Journal of Sociology'' 39, no. 3 (2014). <nowiki>https://www.academia.edu/25055505/</nowiki>.</ref>
*The Aztecs using their cosmological order to support, I think, a four-class political system, and a productive system with a focus on excellence and productivity. <ref>Carrasco, David, and Scott Sessions. ''Daily Life of the Aztecs''. London: Greenwood Press, 1998.</ref> Rulers, warriors, merchants, and commoners (farmers, stonecutters, caprenters, shopkeepers, clay workers candlesellers, etc.... Interesting that the Aztec religious rituals were also used to instruct the "next generation" of rulers. At the coronation ceremony, the new Aztec big-guy was metaphorically instructed about his primary responsibility, which was to maintain social caste order and social cohesion, and also to engage in Imperial wars.
<blockquote>The new ruler is warned about coming problems: "In thy time there will be disunity, quarreling in thy city. No more wilt thou be esteemed, no more wilt thou be regarded. Also war will move upon thee." But the ruler is encouraged to stand up to all troubles, for he is the living, present image of the god who governs all things: "Put forth all thy effort, give all, put forth all thy spirit. Sigh, be sad; call out in sadness to our lord, to the lord of the near, of the nigh... . Be not a fool. May thou not speak hurriedly, may thou not interrupt, may thou not confound. Take yet, grasp yet, arrive yet at the truth, for, it is said and it is true, thou art the replacement, thou art the image of the lord of the near, of the nigh....As the living image of the god who is close to all living things, the ruler's chief job is to ensure order, arrangement, and proper location so that the Aztec way of life can continue in the face of real dangers. <ref>Carrasco, David, and Scott Sessions. ''Daily Life of the Aztecs''. London: Greenwood Press, 1998. p. 136.</ref>

Aztec rituals also guided the thoughts and actions of merchants and warriors. </blockquote>This definition excludes grass roots [[Connection Framework]], spiritual systems rooted in [[Connection Experience]]. As soon as a [[Connection Framework]] is infiltrated and co-opted by members of the [[Accumulating Class]], the spiritual system transforms into a [[Religion]].

== Origins ==
[[Sigmund Freud]] suggest religious ideas arise from

# an expression of the son-father relationship (see totem and taboo, related to religions where "totem animals" become sacred)<ref>Freud, Sigmund. ''The Future of an Illusion''. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21</ref>
# the need to defend oneself against the "crushingly superior force of nature."<ref>Freud, Sigmund. ''The Future of an Illusion''. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21</ref>
# The "urge to rectify the shortcoming of civilization..."<ref>Freud, Sigmund. ''The Future of an Illusion''. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21</ref>

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The Withdrawal

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Isaac Luria... Zimzum (withdrawal/constriction), Shevirah ("breaking of the Vessels"), Shevirah, an ongoing failure to realize Tikkun (the mending of the broken vessels).
<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. </ref>

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The Sun

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While describing the Tarot Lovers card, Mathers says "Here it is yellow instead of white, showing that it is our day star, the actual physical sun whence we draw not only energy and life, but also, says the Ageless Wisdom, potential con- sciousness. The sun is not merely a center of physical force, a thing in the sky. It is the body of a Being." <ref>Mathers, S. L. MacGregor. The Tarot: Its Occult Significance, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play, Etc. Kindle Edition, 1888. p. 73</ref>

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Power

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

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Yaqona

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Yagona''' (Piper methysticum) (a.k.a. [[Kava]]) is a mild [[Connection Supplement]] used by the people of Fiji to lubricate discussion, open channels for healing, connect with the [Vu]], and draw [[Mana]] for healing.<ref>Katz, Richard. The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1999</ref></blockquote>

==List of Connection Supplements==

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"A tall, leafy plant that grows to about five feet in height, yaqona is often cultivated as a cash crop. Its long, gnarled roots are dried, pounded or pulverized, then mixed with water to form a ceremonial drink."<ref>Katz, Richard. The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1999</ref>

"Yaqona is a central ingredient in Fijian life. It is often said that “we Fijians cannot live without yaqona.” Mildly psychoactive, yaqona eventually produces a soporific effect. People become more congenial with moderate drinking; another common saying is that “without yaqona, we cannot have a good meeting,” meaning that yaqona encourages people to work together. As yaqona drinking proceeds, people become more relaxed and mellow, eventually entering a state of utter relaxation in which talk becomes less frequent and sleepiness takes over. An animated yaqona-drinking session often evolves into a still, slow-moving shadow play, lasting until the yaqona is finished. I was told by many different people that “yaqona is the best sleeping pill you can take.” Originally reserved for chiefs and for use in sacred ceremonies, everyone now drinks yaqona, and it is found not only in sacred settings but at almost every social gathering."<ref>Katz, Richard. The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1999</ref>

"In the villages, groups made up mostly of men gather nearly every evening in one house or another to drink yaqona. Starting shortly after five or six, the session can go on until late evening. People then go home to eat dinner or go directly to bed. Because it occurs in the village, this nightly social drinking retains observance of the yaqona ritual and recognition of its connection with the Vu."<ref>Katz, Richard. The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1999</ref>

Fijians use Yaqona to facilitate [[Connection]] and healing. The ceremony typically begins with an exchange of yaqona with the healer. Both the healer, the one being healed, and any others present, drink the beverage. "<ref>Katz, Richard. The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1999</ref> Drinking the beverage opens a connection to the [[Vu]].

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Sensual Ego

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'''Sensual Ego''' is a term used by [[Rumi]] to refer to the [[Bodily Ego]].
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==Notes==

Rumi pathologizes the sensual ego.

The sensual ego is blind and deaf to God. (M IV 235)

:The whole Koran describes the wickedness of egos: Study the Holy Book! Where is your insight? (M VI 4862) <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. 33</ref>

:Concern yourself not with the thieflike ego and its business. Whatever is not God's work is nothing, nothing! (M II 1063) <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. 33</ref>

:The bird that escapes from the trap of its ego has no fear, wherever it may fly. (D 7327).<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. 33</ref>

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Insight

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<blockquote class="definition">Insight is sudden understanding or discovery arising as a consequence of a weak [[Connection Event]], often triggered by '''Insight''' is the sudden realization of a truth, or the deeper realization of an already known truth, or the sudden solution to a previosuly intractable problem. Insight is a [[Connection Outcome]]. '''Insight''' is an outcome of a positive and aligned, but weak and transient [[Connection]].
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==Notes==

In chapter one of his book [[This is It]], Alan Watts comments on the association of insight with [[Connection Experience]].<ref>Watts, Alan W.. This Is It (p. 18). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. https://amzn.to/2IYr2rv</ref></blockquote>

[[William James]] notes "The simplest rudiment of mystical experience would seem to be that deepened sense of the significance of a maxim or formula which occasionally sweeps over one. "I've heard that said all my life," we exclaim, "but I never realized its full meaning until now."<ref>James, William. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature (p. 332). Kindle Edition. https://amzn.to/2SQZ7Jv</ref>

Rufus Jones: "Those who are finely sensitive to wider spheres of Reality impinging on their inner realm, and who correspond and co-operate with that More which seems continuous and conterminous with their lives, gain not only in capacity to correspond and co-operate, but also in power to overcome difficulties, and to put their lives into constructive service. We have on our hands experiences which have opened to individuals and to the race as a whole wider realms of being, experiences which have heightened the quality of life and which have given new energy of survival, and we are compelled to conclude, either that the personal self is a bottomless affair, carrying 1 Professor Royce has very well treated the social service of the Mystics in his World and the Individual, vol. i. pp. 85-87. within itself infinite unexplored chambers and undreamed of energies which sometimes come into play, or that / the personal self is bosomed on a larger Realm of Consciousness from which we draw our being into the bounds of individuality, and with which we may correspond. It has been, as we shall see, the contention of mystics in all ages that God Himself is the ground of the soul, and that in the deeps of their being all men partake of one central Divine Life. The facts, at any rate, all point in this direction."<ref>Jones, Rufus Matthew. Studies in mystical religion (Kindle Locations 386-396). Kindle Edition. </ref>

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Dependent Need Fulfillment''' is a childhood stage of human development. While in this stage, an individual is completely dependent on others (parents, teachers, extended family) for the fulfillment of the [[Seven Essential Needs]].
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Dimensions of the Psyche

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Dimensions of the Psyche''' is a phrase Stanislav Grof uses to refer to[[Levels of Consciousness]] as experienced through a human [[Physical Unit]].<ref>Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” ''Spirituality Studies'' 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. <nowiki>https://www.spirituality-studies.org/dp-volume2-issue1-spring2016/#2</nowiki>.</ref> </blockquote>

==Grof's Terms==

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==Grof's Dimensions of the Psyche==

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==Notes==

Grof proposes several layers or dimensions, transpersonal, archetypal/mythological/, ancestral, prenatal, perinatal (a few weeks before and after birth), childhood/biographical. <ref>Olivetti, Katherine. “Dimensions of the Psyche.” ''Jung Journal'' 9, no. 4 (October 2, 2015): 98–124. https://doi.org/10.1080/19342039.2015.108693</ref><ref>Grof, Stanislav.''Realms of the Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research.'' New York: Viking Press, 1976.</ref>

Later in his career, in a discussion of the cartography of the human psyche, Grof notes a model of the psyche that contains three "realms," the [[Biographical Realm]] (or dimension), [[Perinatal Realm]], and [[Transpersonal Realm]] domains. <ref>Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” ''Spirituality Studies'' 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 9 <nowiki>https://www.spirituality-studies.org/dp-volume2-issue1-spring2016/#2</nowiki>.</ref>

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Ego Inflation

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Ego Inflation''' is the over-inflation of the [[Bodily Ego]] that occurs when a damaged [[Bodily Ego]] with unmet love and self-esteem needs make a strong [[connection]]. An individual who experiences ego inflation comes to believe they are "special" or "chosen" in a way that elevates them to special status. Ego inflation is represented by unwarranted beliefs in one's intellectual, emotional, evolutionary, or spiritual superiority.
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==Connection Pathologies==

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==Syncretic Terms==

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==Non-LP Related Terms==

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==Notes==

"The opening psychic often falls prey to ego when it is assumed that only he/she can 'see' or 'heal,'..."<ref>Stevens, Petey. Opening up to Your Psychic Self. Nevertheless Press, 1983. p. ix.</ref>

When speaking about the significance and reality of mental influence over a distance, one researcher, Jule Eisenbud, U.S. psychiatrist, noted that his success at the experiments has "triggered infantile desires for power, for omnipotence, for control over others..." <ref>Vasiliev, L.L. Experiments in Mental Suggestion. Vol. 22. Hampton Roads: Charlottesville, 1963. p. x.</ref>

Ego inflation contributes to and exacerbates already existing narcissism, sometimes to the point of psychosis.

Ego inflation exacerbates the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Dunning-Kruger effect].

Aleister Crowley is a classic example of ego inflation, which moved him from reasonable interpretations of spirituality, connection, one's [[Highest Self]], and so on, to claims made later in life that was a new Messiah spreading a new religion in a new Aeon.<ref>For some discussion of this see Pasi, Marco. “Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley’s Views on Occult Practice.” In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, edited by Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr, 53–88. Oxford University Press, 2012.</ref>

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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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[[Big Questions]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Big Questions]]}}

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[[Big Questions]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::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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Genuine Self

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Genuine Self''' is a term used by Alan Watts to refer to what, on the LP, we call [[Spiritual Ego]], [[Highest Self]], [[Self]] (with a capital "S), or [[Resident Monadic Consciousness]]. </blockquote>

==Syncretic Terms==

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==See Also==

[[Acquired Self]]

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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>

==Connection Techniques==

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==Elements of Connection Practice==

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[[Flow Control]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Flow Control]]}}

==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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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>

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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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Guide Communication

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'''Guide Communication''' is communication between the [[Bodily Ego]] and one or more [[Spiritual Ego]]s percieved to related and/or providing assistance. '''Guide Communication''' is a form of [[Intramonadic Communication]] caused by [[Constricted Connection]].
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==Types of Intramonadic Communication==

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==Notes==

Dossey provides examples of Joan of Arc and Socrates as examples of folks who have relied on guide communication

<blockquote class="quotation">Some individuals describe what in today’s terminology might be called personal assistants or coaches that guide one’s decisions invisibly, from behind the curtains of consciousness, helping the individual to overcome the everyday strictures imposed by the brain-filter. Socrates was guided throughout his life by a daimon, an intelligent inner voice, in matters large and small. “What makes Socrates so extraordinary is that he seems to have perfectly fused his conscious critical intellect with his subliminal daimon,” says Grosso. “In the vast majority of human beings, the two are almost always thoroughly disjointed and disconnected, often at great emotional and spiritual cost.” <ref>Dossey, Larry. "The Brain as Filter: On Removing the Stuffing from the Keyhole." Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing 8 6 (2012): 318.</ref></blockquote>

Dossey notes that many people report "hearing voices." He erroneously takes that as the widespread experience of Guide Communication.

<blockquote class="quotation">In a survey in the 1980s of 375 college students focusing on auditory hallucinations, 71% reported they had experienced vocal hallucinations in waking life. Thirty percent reported auditory hallucinations as they were drifting off to sleep, and 14% reported vocal hallucinations as they were waking up. Almost 40% had heard their name called while outdoors. Eleven percent heard their name being called from the back seat of their car, while a similar percentage said they had heard God speak “as a real voice.” <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. 319</ref></blockquote>

It might be, but without further investigation, some could be mere hallucination.

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Deficit Mode

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

==List of Ego Modes==

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==Related LP Terms==

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==Notes==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Calling Archetype

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<blockquote class="definition">'''The Calling''' is a [[New Energy]] [[Archetype]] in the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS). Calling represents the call to begin [[The Work]] of [[Healing]] and [[Reconnection]]</blockquote>

==TOSAS Archetypes==

[[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] > {{#ask:[[Is a::TOSAS Archetype]]}}

==Related LP Terms==

[[TOSAS]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::TOSAS]]}}

'''Exogenous to the LP'''

[[TOSAS]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::TOSAS]]}}

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The Calling may also used to refer to the internal spiritual call to [[awaken]] to identity and purpose, [[activate]] the body's [[Energy System]], and participate in the culmination of [[The Great Work]] of [[Ascension]].

The Calling is typically experienced as a powerful internal urge to [[Awaken]] (i.e. figure out what's going on) and [[Atone]] (i.e. clean up for past [[Disjuncture|disjunctive behaviour]]. )

The Calling is based on an internal, biological drive, a cognitive need to know and understand things (see [[Seven Essential Needs]]. This drive can be suppressed, but is rarely destroyed. [[Spiritual Ego]] can prime this drive at appropriate junctures to encourage awakening and push for healing and reconnection.

Failure to heed The Call, i.e. resistance to the coded behaviour of awakening, has serious psychological and emotional consequences for the physical unit. If this drive is improperly ignored or improperly expressed, [[Guilt]], [[Shame]], [[Anxiety]], desperation, and other negative emotional and psychological sequelea can overwhelm the individual.

[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2%3A+2-12&version=NIV Acts 2: 1-13]. Demonstration of The Calling in bible scripture.

From ''The Cloud of Unknowing,'' a reference to a God's calling. "And so with his great grace he kindled your desire, and fastened to it a leash of longing..." (Anonymous, 1981: 116).

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Oki

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<blockquote class="definition">For the [[Huron]], the '''Oki''' are disincarnated spiritual entities. These include animals, the powerful spirits of earth, rivers, lakes, and rocks. <ref>Irwin, Lee. “The Huron-Jesuit Relations: Contesting Dreams, Confirming Worldviews.” ''Religion 22'' (1992): 259–70. </ref> Oki are contacted during dreams where they transfer [[Arendi]], special powers of healing, war, and insight, to the dreamers.
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==Related LP Terms==

[[Huron]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Huron]]}}

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[[Huron]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Huron]]}}

==Indigenous Spiritualities==

[[Indigenous Spiritualities]] > {{#ask:[[Is an::Indigenous Spirituality]]}}

==Notes==

Contacted in dreams, a precursor of which was [[Fasting]]. For additional notes on Huron dreaming, see [[Fasting]]

'''Oki''' "The earth, rivers, lakes and rocks contained powerful spirits which might aid or hinder human beings. All of these sacred beings were called oki and those who had communication with such beings or who had power from such beings might also be addressed as oki"<ref>Irwin, Lee. “The Huron-Jesuit Relations: Contesting Dreams, Confirming Worldviews.” ''Religion 22'' (1992): 259–70. p. 260.</ref>

"Dreaming was regarded as a fundamental medium of communication through which the various mythic beings, or oki, shared their power and knowledge with the Huron."

"Sacred power, or arendi, given by the oki, was manifested as any unusual or extraordinary ability or as the power to heal through the use of rituals and sacred objects obtained in dreams or visions. "

"oki often appeared as a specific animal which was identified as the familiar spirit, many of which were associated with birds and the celestial powers of the sky, others with more diverse forms such as flames, ghosts or serpents. Still others were seen as manifestations of various sacred locations or objects that might teach techniques for healing and other shamanistic acts (JR 13:227-233). Through dreams, contact could be established with any of the sacred powers, even those of the highest standing "

Oki were believed to be accessible to any individual through dreaming and visionary experience.<ref>Irwin, Lee. “Myth, Language and Ontology among the Huron.” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 19, no. 4 (December 1, 1990): 413–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/000842989001900403.</ref>

Jesuits cast the Oki as evil devils "The majority of Jesuit writers constantly denied any positive aspects to the central concept of the oki in Huron religion and thereby refused to recognize the primary sources of Huron empowerment through dreaming."<ref>Irwin, Lee. “The Huron-Jesuit Relations: Contesting Dreams, Confirming Worldviews.” ''Religion 22'' (1992): 259–70. </ref>

"The oki had life and identity which might inhabit any aspect of the physical environment, thus creating a living network through which those powers could communicate with human beings. Certain large rocks, rivers and lakes were believed to be inhabited by those powers and prayers and offerings were made to them for success and health.26 Apart from those physical aspects of the environment which were regarded as living beings, the oki also had existence as powerful mythic beings. Each animal species had an "elder brother"; which watched over all the members of its family and who communicated through dreams and visions. The highest and most powerful of the oki, those who had created the world and watched over it, could also communicate with individual dreamers. In response to the contents of these various "journeys of the soul"; by which knowledge was obtained from the oki, the dreamer would make prayer and tobacco offerings as a way of maintaining reciprocity with the powers."<ref>Irwin, Lee. “Myth, Language and Ontology among the Huron.” ''Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses'' 19, no. 4 (December 1, 1990): 413–26. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1177/000842989001900403</nowiki>. p. 419</ref>
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Graduation Invocation

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The '''Graduation Invocation''' (a.k.a. Great Invocation) is an [[awakening]], [[activation]], and [[ascension|connection]] visualization. The visualization also includes a global awakening and activation sequence.
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==Connection Techniques==

[[Connection Technique]] > {{#ask:[[Is a::Connection Technique]]}}

==Related LP Terms==

[[Stage Seven]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Stage Seven]]}}

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[[Stage Seven]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Stage Seven]]}}

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To do the GI, simply meditate on the following animation. To draw the most benefit, put yourself in the picture. Picture yourself as the individual in the middle. Focus on the light streaming into your skull. ALlow it to concentrate and expand first down through your body's energy system, and then out to the entire planet, activating and connecting others as you go. For best effect, repeat often.

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Formation Archetype

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Formation''' is a [[New Energy]] [[Archetype]] in the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS). Formation represents the formative powers of [[Consciousness]], directing the [[Emanation of Creation]].</blockquote>

==TOSAS Archetypes==

[[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] > {{#ask:[[Is a::TOSAS Archetype]]}}

==Related LP Terms==

[[TOSAS]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::TOSAS]]}}

'''Exogenous to the LP'''

[[TOSAS]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::TOSAS]]}}

==Notes==

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Chakra Corruption

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<blockquote class"definition">'''Chakra Corruption''' is damage that occurs to your chakra system as a result of [[Toxic Socialization]]. Chakra corruption occurs when your [[Bodily Ego]] corrups energy flow through the chakras in order to deal with suffering and pain.
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==Related LP Terms==

[[Chakra Pathology]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Chakra Pathology]]}}

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[[Chakra Pathology]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Chakra Pathology]]}}

'''Endogenous to the LP'''

[[Chakras]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Chakras]]}}

'''Exogenous to the LP'''

[[Chakras]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Chakras]]}}

==Notes==

Chakra corruption usually occurs when an individual experiences negativity and pain as a consequence of chakra activation. For example, a child with and active solar chakra who gets bullied at home may, instead of constricting energy flow, use the energies from their chakras to harm others at school--i.e., they may become the school bully.

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