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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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==Related LP Terms==

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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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The Blindfold

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The term '''The Blindfold''' is a metaphoric term used to refer to the limitations of [[Consciousness]] that occur as a result of the [[Toxic Socialization]] endured by humans living under the emotional, psychological, spiritual, and economic yoke of [[The System]].
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==Syncretic Terms==

[[The Blindfold]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::The Blindfold]]}}

==Related Terms==

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

==Notes==

The imposition of The Blindfold involves primarily a [[Crown Chakra]] suppression/repression. The imposition of The Blindfold results in the lowering of the [[Consciousness Quotient]] (CQ) of the [[Physical Unit]] and a subsequent reduction in cognitive, emotional, and "intuitive" functionality.

In [[Old World]], esoteric literature The Blindfold is often referred to as [[The Veil]]. Like The Blindfold, The Veil involves a reduction of [[CQ]]. Like The Blindfold, the Veil must be removed before [[enlightenment]] can be attained.

==Further Reading==

[https://www.lightningpath.org/allegories/allegory-of-the-blindfold/ Allegory of the Blindfold]

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Healing

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'''Healing''' is the process of repairing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual damage incurred by the [[Physical Unit]], either accidentally or as a consequence of this planet's [[Toxic Socialization]] process. Healing restores the [[Physical Unit]] to a condition of health, [[Alignment]], and [[Connection]].
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==Syncretic Terms Healing==

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==Healing Outcomes==

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==List of Healing Practices==

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==Notes==

The struggle begins with men's [sic] recognition that they have been destroyed." <ref>Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum, 2005.p. 68</ref>

===Jung===

"[[Jung, Carl G.|Jung]] saw the task of the therapist in helping to establish a dynamic interaction between the client’s conscious ego and the Self, a higher aspect of the client’s personality;"<ref>Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” ''Spirituality Studies'' 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 32. https://www.spirituality-studies.org/dp-volume2-issue1-spring2016/#2.</ref>

In LP terms we would say healing is facilitated via [[Connection]] with some [[Monadic Node]] or location within the [[Fabric of Consciousness]]. This could be one's own [[Spiritual Ego]] or some other relevant/help identity, like a guide, or a specialist in a specific area of trauma.

===Grof===

[[Grof, Stanislav|Grof]] notes that the first step in the healing process is the "manifestation of emotional and psychosomatic symptoms..." Only by freeing oneself of the traumatic imprints of birth and life can one heal and return to full function and [[Connection]]<ref>Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” ''Spirituality Studies'' 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 29. https://www.spirituality-studies.org/dp-volume2-issue1-spring2016/#2.</ref>

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"If the trauma that is being processed is of major proportions, such as a difficult birth that lasted many hours and seriously threatened biological survival, the emotions and behavioral expressions can be extremely dramatic. Under these circumstances, it might seem more plausible to conclude that these manifestations are the result of some exotic yet unknown pathology rather than realize that they represent a potentially beneficial process. However, properly understood and supported, even such extreme symptoms can be conducive to healing, spiritual opening, personality transformation, and consciousness evolution. The emergence of symptoms thus represents not only a problem, but also a therapeutic opportunity."<ref>Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” ''Spirituality Studies'' 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 29-30. https://www.spirituality-studies.org/dp-volume2-issue1-spring2016/#2.</ref>

Grof notes that traumatic imprints, what he calls [[COEX Systems]], may derive from one of his three [[Dimensions of the Psyche]], i.e. the Transpersonal, Perinatal, and Biographical dimensions or "realms."

=== Healing and Spirituality ===

Healing is one aspect of [[Authentic Spirituality]]. All authentic religions, all authentic spiritual practices whether they be institutionalized or indigenous, modern or ancient, concern themselves with healing. See the LP's substantive definition of [[Religion]].

: "Prior to colonial subjugation of AI (American Indian) cultural and spiritual activities, AI communities maintained therapeutic knowledge for 'doctoring' (or healing) a wide variety of maladies."<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. 260.</ref>

Indigenous cultures used [[Connection Practices]] ("chanting, breathing, drumming, rhythmic dancing, fasting, social and sensory isolation, extreme physical pain, and other elements") in " shamanic procedures, healing ceremonies, and rites of passage – powerful rituals enacted at the time of important biological and social transitions, such as circumcision, puberty, marriage, or birth of a child."<ref>Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” ''Spirituality Studies'' 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 5.</ref>

"Many cultures have used for these purposes psychedelic plants. The most famous examples of these are different varieties of hemp, the Mexican cactus peyote, Psilocybe mushrooms, the African shrub eboga, and the Amazonian jungle plants Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis, the active ingredients of yagé or ayahuasca."<ref>Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” ''Spirituality Studies'' 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 5.</ref>

Robbins, Hong, and Jennings point out that mystical perspectives go together with the healing traditions in fol and tribal worldviews.<ref>Robbins, Rockey, Ji Hong, and Aaron M. Jennings. “In the Pause and Listening to the Little People: A Folk Healer’s Journey.” ''The Counseling Psychologist'' 40, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 93–132. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000011410892</nowiki>.</ref>

Healing is a common outcome of authentic [[Connection]]. "Such transpersonal states can have a very beneficial transformative influence on the recipients and their lives. They can alleviate various forms of emotional and psychosomatic disorders, as well as difficulties in interpersonal relationships. They can also reduce aggressive tendencies, improve self-image, increase tolerance towards others, and enhance the general quality of life. Among the positive aftereffects is often a deep sense of connection with other people and nature."<ref>Grof, Christina, and Stanislav Grof. The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth Through Transformational Crises. Penguin, 1990. https://amzn.to/2UtkgP1. p. 41.</ref>

Shamanism, as practiced in ancient and modern times, revolves around the healing power of connection and connection supplements. Krippner provides an interesting survey of healing practices in various contexts, and by various actors, including shamans, priests, mediums, sorceres, witches, and the like.<ref>Krippner, Stanley. Spiritual Dimensions of Healing. New York: Irvington Publishers, 1992.</ref> For more, see the page on [[Shaman]]s

Healing, whether that be physical, emotional, psychological, or spiritual, is a critical and pervasive component of all [[Authentic Spirituality]]. It is central to traditional Sioux spirituality<ref>Rice, Julian. Before the Great Spirit: The Many Faces of Sioux Spirituality. University of New Mexico, 1998. https://amzn.to/2C9fM5E.</ref>, a key component of Alcoholics Anonymous,<ref>Wilson, Bill, and Bob Smith. The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Kindle. New York: Renegade Press, ND. https://amzn.to/2tVJ1nY.</ref> which is traditionally deeply spiritual<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World. Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984. https://amzn.to/2XKQNP5.</ref>...

Meredith McGuire points to several studies where [[Connection]] and [[Connection Experience]] have led to significant personal healing, mostly conceptualized superstitiously as attunement to agencies responsive to human communication.<Ref>McGuire, Meredith B. “Discovering Religious Power.” SA. Sociological Analysis 44, no. 2 (1983): 1–9.</ref>

[[Connection]] often leads to significant, even miraculous, healing. [[Bill Wilson]] recounts the [[Connection Experience]] that cured him of his alcoholism and activated him to create [[Alcoholics Anonymous]]. He notes that after the experience, one of his unmet needs, the need to feel love and belong, was instantly met. <ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World. Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984. https://amzn.to/2XKQNP5.</ref>

The Yoga Sastra of Hemacandra (Jain) speaks of the miraculous healing powers of connection (yoga). "Moreover, the splendour of this "Yogic dance"3 [transforms] the [seven] magic powers - phlegm, excrement, secretion, "touch" and "every [part of the body]" - into remedies4 and [develops also] miraculous powers [such as] the acquisition of an undivided sense-organ (sambhinnasrotalabhdi)."<ref>Quarnstrom, Olle, trans. ''The YogaSastra of Hemacandra: A Twelfth Century Handbook on Svetambara Jainism''. Cambridge: Harvard University, 2002. p.20.</ref>

St. Teresa of Avila speaks of the healing power of connection:

<blockquote class="quotation">God does not allow us to drink of this water of perfect contemplation whenever we like: the choice is not ours; this Divine union is something quite supernatural, given that it may cleanse the soul and leave it pure and free from the mud and misery in which it has been plunged because of its sins.<ref> St. Teresa of Avila. The Way of Perfection (Dover Thrift Editions) (p. 67). Dover Publications. Kindle Edition. </ref>
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Bobbi Parish notes that the "spiritual discoveries...and the self-esteem they gained [from [[Connection Practice]] was healing in ways standard therapy had not been."<ref>Parish, Bobbi. Create Your Personal Sacred Text: Develop and Celebrate Your Spiritual Life. Harmony, 1999. p. 21 https://amzn.to/2I4zRi7.</ref>

Deloria speaks of the centrality of healing practices in indigenous religions and notes that "the healing disciplines came originally from religious beliefs and ...practices."<ref>Deloria, Vine Jr. God Is Red: A Native View of Religion. Colorodo: Fulcrum Publishing, 2003. p. 294. </ref>

The [[LP]] [[HEALING Framework]] offers a framework for understanding the core issues of the healing process.

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Reproductive Techniques

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Reproductive Techniques''' are mechanisms by which the [[Regime of Accumulation]] reproduces its labour force. Under the extant [[Regime of Accumulation]] (and all regimes, really), this involves asserting a [[Gender Binary]] that forces women into a restrictive reproductive role.
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Red Zone

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The '''Red Zone''' is part of a four-part rating system used in the LP [[Self Assessment]] process to assess the extent to which you have "work to do" to repair the damage caused by [[Toxic Socialization]]. The yellow zone the zone of severe damage and concern. If your score is red, there are specific issues which you need to immediately address in order to avoid ongoing damage, and improve your scores.
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==List of Assessment Zones==

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==Related LP Terms==

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The [[LP]] provides a series of self assessments on the [https://www.lightningpath.org/selfassessments/ LP Self Assessments Page]

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Identity

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<blockquote class="definition">At the highest level of abstraction, '''Identity''' is our personal sense of "what-ness," and "who-ness," and purpose. What am I? I am Human. Who am I? I Am Michael. What is my purpose? I am a teacher</blockquote>

==Related Terms==

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==Notes==

Both your [[Spiritual Ego]] and your [[Bodily Ego]] have a sense of identity.

Identity isn’t something that is magically given to you by God or merely passed on in the genetic memory of your physical body. You’re identity, who you believe yourself to be, is determined entirely by your experiences and this applies from the very highest levels of identity (i.e. I am God) to the very lowest of “me-ness” (i.e. I am a musician, I am a parent, I am an author). To be a parent, you must have the experience of being a parent. To be God, you must experience yourself as God.

Identity begins to form when a [[monad]] is [[Instantiated]]. As noted in the Book of Light, a monad is born when The Fabric of Consciousness [[Intensification of Consciousness|intensifies]] to the point of [[Self Awareness]]. At that point, a new [[Spiritual Ego|ego]] is born. The new ego starts with [[The Basics]] (i.e. love, compassion, awareness, sense of bliss, sense of power) but over time choices it makes lead to [[experience]] which forms and shapes its identity.

Because identity is determined entirely by experience, the quality and quantity of experience is critical. To develop into a healthy, loving, compassionate, aware, and empowered monad, positive and empowering experiences are needed. This is true whether the monad exists solely in [[consciousness]], or whether the monad has entered into The Water ([[Second Birth]]) or taken a physical body (i.e. [[Third Birth]])

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