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Guide Network

2020-03-09T20:59:51Z

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Your '''Guide Network''' is a group of disincarnate monads who have agreed to assist you with tasks related to [[The Work]] or the [[Great Work]]. <ref>{{bolife}}</ref>
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The idea that we have spiritual guides is a common theme in indigenous and traditional religions, though they go by different names.

Typically, your guide network consists of five or six [[Monad||monads]] with an interest in you. They could be former family members (from this life or previous lifetimes), "[[angels]]," or even "subject matter experts" assisting you with special creative tasks you may have decided to try and accomplish.

Guides attach to you and your life based on mutual agreement. You and your guides choose each other based on your connection, special requirements you may have, special interests you share, etc.

Your guide network itself is not static and changes throughout the course of your life.

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Guide Network

2020-03-09T20:56:53Z

Mike Sosteric:

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Your '''Guide Network''' is a group of disincarnate monads who have agreed to assist you with tasks related to [[The Work]] or the [[Great Work]]. <ref>{{bolife}}</ref>
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==Syncretic Terms==

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

==Notes==

The idea that we have spiritual guides is a common theme in indigenous and traditional religions, though they go by different names.

Typically, your guide network consists of five or six [[Monad||monads]] with an interest in you. They could be former family members (from this life or previous lifetimes), "[[angels]]," or even "subject matter experts" assisting you with special creative tasks you may have decided to try and accomplish.

Guides attach to you and your life based on mutual agreement. You and your guides choose each other based on your connection, special requirements you may have, special interests you share, etc.

Your guide network itself is not static and changes throughout the course of your life.

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Shaman

2020-03-09T20:47:56Z

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''Shaman''' is an indigenous individual who induces [[Connection]] (in self and sometimes client) via [[Connection Practice]] and often with the aid of [[Connection Supplements]]. The goal of shamanic practice is to make a strong [[Connection]] to [[The Fabric]] for the purposes of healing, gathering information and insight (divination, clairvoyance), or harming another person.
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==Syncretic Terms==

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==Notes==

Shamanism, as practiced in ancient and modern times, revolves around the healing power of [[Connection]], [[Connection Practice]] (like drumming) and the use of [[Connection Supplements]].

Furst notes that shamanic practices the world over share certain commonalities. "Like the ecstatic trance, divine election, animal transformation, bird-like flight of the soul, knowledge of the worlds of the spirits and of the dead, mastery of fire, rebirth from the bones, the magic arts of curing, and the guardianship of the traditions and the psychic and physical
equilibrium of the community- these" <ref>Furst, Peter. “The Roots and Continuities of Shamanism.” Artscanada, 1974. p. 34</ref>. Furst also suggests that early cave paintings may have reflected shamanic journeys.

Furst suggests shaman's lived in a world where there was no distinction between the sacred and profane. <ref>Furst, Peter. “The Roots and Continuities of Shamanism.” Artscanada, 1974. p. 34</ref> In the ancient world, was connection more commonplace?

Krippner provides an interesting survey of healing practices in various contexts, and by various actors, including shamans, priests, mediums, sorcerers, witches, and the like.<ref>Krippner, Stanley. Spiritual Dimensions of Healing. New York: Irvington Publishers, 1992. </ref>

Rogers makes the interesting point that a study of shamanism should be more than just a collection of "curiosa," but may have a lot to teach us about relationship between body and mind, <ref>Rogers, Spencer L. The Shaman: His Symbols and His Healing Power. Illinois: Charles Thomas Publishers, 1982.</ref> something the western model isn't so great at doing. I would add shamanism can also teach us something about the interrelationship between the [[Physical Unit]], the community, and [[Consciousness]]/[[Spiritual Ego]].

Otomi Shaman Don Antonio suggests there are shamans and sorcerers. Shamans heal while sorcerers harm. Also, Otomi shamans believe that all people have a relationship with the spirits, but that shamans are simply more knowledgeable than the average person.<ref>Dow, James. The Shaman’s Touch. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1986.</ref>

===Healing===

In ancient times, shamanic practice was linked to the powers of women, and ancient Goddess worship.

"Nine thousand years ago in Old Europe (throughout the Balkan areas, the Mediterranean, and the Ukraine) women were the shaman rules of the agricultural city-states. Within their temples and in their fields they performed magical mind-body practices and visualized the crops healthy and plentiful. They envisioned members of their community as prosperous. The shaman women of Old Europe descended from a much older feminine tradition of sacrality that originated in the Palaolithic period, in which women symstematized magic practices to secure plentiful food sources from the plant world. They created magical practices to protect women during pregnancy, and to bring their bodies into balance after childbirth. The magical practices of Old Europe were a continuum of feminine sacred tradition that was based on growth and nurturance."<Ref>Jamal, Michele. Shape Shifter: Shaman Women in Contemporary Society. New York: Arkana, 1987. p. 5</ref>

An almost universal aspect of shamanic practice is healing. <ref>Peters, Larry. Tibetan Shamanism: Ecstasy and Healing. California: North Atlantic Books, 2016.</ref>

The Jivaro Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon recognize two types of Shaman, a bewitching shaman or a curing shaman. Both kinds take a connection supplement, natema, in order to enter the supernatural world. Amongst the Jivara, Shamanism is basically a man's job, though a few women shamans exist. <ref>Harner, Michael J. The Jivaro: People of the Sacred Waterfals. London: Robert Hale & Company, 1972.</ref>

Healing is a central component of the Mazatec shaman's practice.<ref>Wasson, R. Gordon, George Cowan, Florence Cowan, and Willard Rhodes. Maria Sabina and Her Mazatec Mushroom Velada. Flo. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974.</ref>

Healing is a central component of contemporary women's shamanic practice. <ref>Jamal, Michele. Shape Shifter: Shaman Women in Contemporary Society. New York: Arkana, 1987.</ref>

===Trance Channeling===

"Possession-trance and spirit mediumship, the latter involving verbal communication, are the most salient characteristics of the pau’s dramatic healing rituals. During these altered consciousness states, the countenance of the pau changes, taking on the wrathful appearance of their deity and speaking with a commanding voice, impatiently demanding obedience, sometimes hurling insults at those present."<ref>Peters, Larry. Tibetan Shamanism: Ecstasy and Healing. California: North Atlantic Books, 2016.</ref>

"A shaman may be defined as a man or woman who is in direct contact with the spirit world through a trance state..." <ref>Harmless, William. Mystics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. p. xi.</ref>

"In other words, it would be more correct to class shamanism among the mysticisms than with what is commonly called a religion.<ref>Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. New York: Penguin Books, 1989. p. 8.</ref>

"In Central and Northeast Asia the chief methods of recruiting shamans are: ( 1) hereditary transmission of the shamanic profession and ( 2) spontaneous vocation ("call" or "election")."<ref>Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. New York: Penguin Books, 1989. p. 13.</ref>

"The Jivaro believe that the true determinants of life and death are normally invisible forces which can be seen and
utilized only with the aid of hallucinogenic drugs. The normal waking life is explicitly viewed as "false" or "a lie," and
it is firmly believed that truth about causality is to be found by entering the supernatural world or what the Jivaro view
as the "real" world, for they feel that the events which take place within it underlie and are the basis for many of surface manifestation and mysteries of daily life."<ref>Harner, Michael J. The Jivaro: People of the Sacred Waterfals. London: Robert Hale & Company, 1972. p.134 </ref>

There are certain common elements of the shaman's experience including the sensation of a soul as separate from the body, feelings/visions of flight, metamorphosis into an animal, bird, fish, or spirit possession, reptiles, snakes (anaconda), and large felines, especially Jaguars. <ref>Harner, Michael J. “Hallucinogens and Shamanism: The Question of a Trans-Cultural Experience.” In Hallucinogens and Shamanism, edited by Michael J Harner, 155–75. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.</ref>

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Healing Framework

2019-12-04T21:01:29Z

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Alignment

2019-09-21T23:13:25Z

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'''Alignment''' is the extent to which one's self and one's physical reality is in concordance with the will and imagination of [[Spiritual Ego]].
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==Notes==

Alignment may refer to individual alignment, as when, as individuals, we are in alignment with and tuned to our own [[Highest Self]]. Alignment may also refer to collective reality, as when our institutions, our planet, and even the entirety of creation is "in alignment" with Consciousness.

Alignment is also a practice, in as much as we must practice alignment in order to achieve and strengthen [[Connection]]. Alignment is achieved via the [[Three Rs of Alignment]] which are [[Right Thought]], [[Right Action]], and [[Right Environment]].<ref> Sosteric, Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.</ref>

Tolstoy discusses the significance of alignment in Chapter XII of ''The Kingdom of God is Within You." He conceives of alignment as a process of connecting and acting in accordance with one's conscience. He considers alignment to be central aspect of authentic freedom, and the only thing that can save humanity from the [[System]] based hell that continues only by virtue of humanity's capacity for [[Hypocrisy]].<ref>Tolstoy, Leo. The Kingdom of God Is Within You (Classics To Go) EBook: Leo Tolstoy: Amazon.ca: Gateway. Translated by Constance Garnett. CreateSpace, 2016. https://amzn.to/2Dg2jtj.</ref>

St. Avila notes that achieving discipline and alignment is a necessary step on the way to Union with God. "Yet, although the soul which reaches the Third Mansions may still fall back, it has attained a high standard of virtue. Controlled by discipline and penance and disposed to performing acts of charity toward others, it has acquired prudence and discretion and orders its life well." <ref>St. Teresa of Avila. Interior Castle. Kindle. New York: Dover Publications, 2007.p. 5 https://amzn.to/2GpC7NG.</ref>

[[Spontaneous Alignment]] is possible, particularly in cases of spontaneous or induced [[Connection]].

Reality is "in alignment" with Consciousness when it is a pure and uncorrupted expression of [[Consciousness|Consciousness]] (with a capital "C").

Alignment may refer to the general state of physical reality as a reflection of Consciousness, or it may refer to specific instances/examples of alignment, as for example the alignment of [[Bodily Ego|Bodily Ego]] with [[Spiritual Ego]]. In this case, alignment refers to the extent to which the [[Physical Unit]] is acting as an “appropriate and responsive” physical unit for [[Resident Monadic Consciousness|Resident Monadic Consciousness]]. The easiest way to think about this is to think about a car. If you get into a car and you hit the gas, but the car slows down, or if you turn the wheel left, but the car turns right, the car is out of alignment (i.e. unresponsive) to the intent of the driver. It is the same with your physical body. If the RMC that "owns" the [[Physical Unit]] wants the Physical Unit to do one thing, but it does another, the body is out of alignment with RMC.

To the extent that the [[Physical Unit]] is functioning as an appropriate and responsive vehicle for the [[Resident Monadic Consciousness|resident monadic consciousness]] (RMC) we may say that the physical unit is in alignment with its RMC. A physical unit that is in alignment with its own RMC perceives, thinks and acts in accordance with the perceptions, thoughts, and desires of its own RMC (Sosteric, SA1). A physical unit which, because of (for example) [[Special:MyLanguage/Toxic Socialization|Toxic Socialization]] and [[Special:MyLanguage/Indoctrination|Indoctrination]], thinks and acts in ways that are against the nature and/or wishes of its RMC, or a physical unit that is unresponsive to the wishes of its RMC, may be said to be out of alignment.

Alignment is a requirement of [[Connection]] (see [[Connection Framework]]) of the physical unit. A physical unit that is out of alignment may have difficulty with the process of awakening and activation (for more, see LPWKB3).

Alignment of the physical unit is a key [[Development|developmental task]]. Alignment is one of the body's [[Seven Essential Needs]]. When not attained in childhood, alignment can be attained in adulthood by encouraging the physical unit with an [[Alignment Rule Set]]. The LP ARS encourages [[Right Thought]], [[Right Action]], and [[Right Environment]].

Alignment of the physical unit with Consciousness/God is a common theme in traditional spirituality of the authentic variety, though the expression of it is often overcomplicated, confused, or distorted (for more, see [https://spiritwiki.lightningpath.org/index.php?title=Talk:Alignment&action=edit&redlink=1 the discussion page].

Sociology: [[Toxic Socialization]] undermines alignment and severs [[connection]] to Consciousness.

Alignment is a significant concern for knowledgeable kundalini practitioners. As GM CKS notes, "When the Kundalini is awakened, the positive and negative qualities of the person will be magnified to a very high degree. Kundalini energy is like fertilizer. Whatever seeds are in the ground will be stimulated to grow. So whatever ancient seeds a person possesses, whether good or bad, will be magnified. This is why a person going into the spiritual path experiences intense inner battles. Therefore, it is important to practice inner purification." (Sui, 2016).

In Sufism, alignment is characterized using lover's metaphors. "...when a human becomes a perfect slave of God, then God becomes the eye and ear of that person, who becomes all light and a perfect reflection of God's qualities." <ref>Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. 155</ref>

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Ascension

2019-09-21T23:05:16Z

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'''Ascension''' refers to the ''process'' of union/merging between [[Bodily Ego]] and [[Spiritual Ego]] (or some other [[Monad|monadic]] location within the [[Fabric of Consciousness]],<ref>Sosteric. “Mysticism, Consciousness, Death.” Journal of Consciousness Exploration and Research 7, no. 11 (2016): 1099–1118.</ref> that is facilitated with persistent and consistent [[Connection Practice]].<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>
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==Notes==

Ascension - The body's consciousness, the [[Bodily Ego]], ascends and merges with its own [[Highest Self]].

In cabbalistic terms, ascension is the process of raising Malkuth (a.k.a. the Kingdom) back up to Kether (a.k.a. the Crown)

In Vedic terms connection with Highest Self is the meaning of the term yoga (union) and the goal of yogic practice.

In Christian terms, ascension/connection is described as

* baptism with the [[Holy Spirit]]. "I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." Mark 1: 8 or
* the descent of the Holy Spirit, "When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove." Luke 3: 21-22.
* Paul speaks of his "ascension" connection as the destruction of "I" (i.e. little self" and dominance of "Christ" (i.e. Highest Self). "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. " (Galatians 3: 20).
* Union, Divine Union, Spiritual Marriage, Spiritual Bethrothal, etc.

The poem [https://www.michaelsharp.org/i-amwe-are/ "I am/We Are"] is a poem about the union between Bodily Ego and Spiritual Ego that occurs as a consequence of Connection and the process of Ascension which occurs.<ref>Sharp, Michael. “I Am/We Are.” Blog of Michael Sharp, 2003. https://www.michaelsharp.org/i-amwe-are/.</ref>

The [[Dove Logo]] is a symbol of ascension/connection/descent of the Holy Spirit/Yoga/Union

Ascension results in a more aligned existence. A more aligned existence is something we strive for while connecting, but it is also the "fruit" of alignment, when alignment leads to connection. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+5%3A22-26&version=NIV Galatians 5: 22-26]

Sufism places a premium of ascension/ascent to union with God. In Sufism, ascension is often symbolized as a bird's flight to heaven, "who then settles on the celestial tree in paradise and consumes its fruit; he is then transformed with divine knowledge and engages in intimate conversations with God....Powerful visions of ascension were recorded by many other Sufis."<ref>Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. 48. </ref>

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Cocooning

2019-09-21T22:59:28Z

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Establishing a safe place where you can heal and connect.
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==Notes==

Muhammad's withdrawal from society in the cave on Mount Hira outside Mecca for the purpose of meditation was seen by later mystics as the basis for the systematic practice of seclusion...."<ref>Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. 48.</ref>

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Sufism

2019-09-21T22:57:42Z

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'''Sufism''' is a [[Connection Practice]] that emerges from Islam and the Koran.
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Sufism is "the mystical tradition of Islam." <Ref>Ernst. Teachings of Sufism. Boston: Shambhala, 1999. p. ix. </ref>

"Writings on Islamic spirituality and mysticism began to appear in Arabic over a thousand years ago." <Ref>Ernst. Teachings of Sufism. Boston: Shambhala, 1999. p. x. </ref>

"...their fundamental tenets are, that nothing exists absolutely but GOD: that the human soul is an emanation from his essence, and, though divided for a time from its heavenly source, will be finally re-united with it; that the highest possible happiness will arise from its re-union, and that the chief good of mankind, in this transitory world, consists in as perfect a ''union'' with the Eternal Spirit as the incumbrances of a mortal frame will allow;that, for this purpose, they should break all ''connexion'' (or ''taalluk,as they call it), with extrinsic objects, and pass through life without ''attachments,'' as a swimmer in the ocean strikes freely without the impediment of clothes."
<Ref>Sir William Jones, quoted in Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. 9-10.</ref>

"In treading the Path, the Sufi ascends until perfection is reached, and in the perfect sain, God and [individual ego] become one again. Abd Al-Kaim Jili <ref>Margaret Smith, Readings from the Mystics of Islam (Westport, CT: PIR Publications, 1994), https://amzn.to/2MdrfqB</ref>

"The Sufi is he who aims, from the first, at reaching God, the Creative Truth. Until he has found what he sought, he takes no est, nor does he give heed to any person. For They sake I haste over land and water: over the plain I pass and the mountain I cleave and from everything I meet I turn my face, until the time when I reach that place where I am alone with Thee." Husayn B. Mansu Al-Hallaj <ref>Margaret Smith, Readings from the Mystics of Islam (Westport, CT: PIR Publications, 1994), https://amzn.to/2MdrfqB</ref>

Islamic fundamentalists have attempted to contain Sufism. "The polemical attacks on Sufism by fundamentalists have had the primary goal of making Sufism into a subject that is separable from Islam, indeed hostile to it. This strategy permits fundamentalists to define Islam as they wish by selective use of certain scriptural texts. The novelty of this project has so far escaped the notice of most journalists and diplomats..." <ref>Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. xiv</ref>

Like early Christianity,<ref>Sosteric. “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution,” Unpublished. https://www.academia.edu/34970150/.</ref> Sufis represented a challenge to the fundamentalist and religious PTB of Islam. "By suggesting that some that people are knowledgeable enough to interpret the scripture, Sufis and others who favour esotericism challenge the monopoly on control of the culturalcapital of the Islamic tradition." <ref>Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. 38.</ref>

==Primary Sources==

The Dabistan https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=dabistan&ref=nb_sb_noss. For comments, see Ernst "Shambhala Guide..." p. 9

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Sufism

2019-09-21T22:17:02Z

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Sufism is "the mystical tradition of Islam." <Ref>Ernst. Teachings of Sufism. Boston: Shambhala, 1999. p. ix. </ref>

"Writings on Islamic spirituality and mysticism began to appear in Arabic over a thousand years ago." <Ref>Ernst. Teachings of Sufism. Boston: Shambhala, 1999. p. x. </ref>

"...their fundamental tenets are, that nothing exists absolutely but GOD: that the human soul is an emanation from his essence, and, though divided for a time from its heavenly source, will be finally re-united with it; that the highest possible happiness will arise from its re-union, and that the chief good of mankind, in this transitory world, consists in as perfect a ''union'' with the Eternal Spirit as the incumbrances of a mortal frame will allow;that, for this purpose, they should break all ''connexion'' (or ''taalluk,as they call it), with extrinsic objects, and pass through life without ''attachments,'' as a swimmer in the ocean strikes freely without the impediment of clothes."
<Ref>Sir William Jones, quoted in Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. 9-10.</ref>

"In treading the Path, the Sufi ascends until perfection is reached, and in the perfect sain, God and [individual ego] become one again. Abd Al-Kaim Jili <ref>Margaret Smith, Readings from the Mystics of Islam (Westport, CT: PIR Publications, 1994), https://amzn.to/2MdrfqB</ref>

"The Sufi is he who aims, from the first, at reaching God, the Creative Truth. Until he has found what he sought, he takes no est, nor does he give heed to any person. For They sake I haste over land and water: over the plain I pass and the mountain I cleave and from everything I meet I turn my face, until the time when I reach that place where I am alone with Thee." Husayn B. Mansu Al-Hallaj <ref>Margaret Smith, Readings from the Mystics of Islam (Westport, CT: PIR Publications, 1994), https://amzn.to/2MdrfqB</ref>

Islamic fundamentalists have attempted to contain Sufism. "The polemical attacks on Sufism by fundamentalists have had the primary goal of making Sufism into a subject that is separable from Islam, indeed hostile to it. This strategy permits fundamentalists to define Islam as they wish by selective use of certain scriptural texts. The novelty of this project has so far escaped the notice of most journalists and diplomats..." <ref>Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. xiv</ref>
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Transcendent Experiences

2019-09-18T17:30:04Z

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Unity Experiences

2019-09-18T17:29:42Z

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Flow Experiences

2019-09-18T17:29:27Z

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Dream Experiences

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Peak Experience

2019-09-18T13:28:00Z

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A '''Peak Experience''' is a mild, positive, common form of [[Connection Experience]], first recognized and named by Abraham Maslow.<ref>Maslow, A. H. "Lessons from the Peak-Experiences." Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2 1 (1962): 9-18.</ref>
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A Peak Experience is characterized by a sudden feeling of intense happiness, well-being, wonder, awe, loss of fear and defensiveness, and transcendent joy<ref>Maslow, A.H. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. New York: Viking, 1971.</ref> Davis, Lockwood and Wright (1991: 88) define a peak experience as follows. A peak experience is an experience that provides:

<blockquote> …an almost overwhelming sense of pleasure, euphoria, or joy, a deep sense of peacefulness or tranquility, feeling in tune, in harmony, or at one with the universe, a sense of wonder or awe, altered perceptions of time and/or space, such as expansion, a feeling of deeper knowing or profound understanding, a deep feeling of love (for yourself, another, or all people), a greater awareness of beauty or appreciation, a sense that it would be difficult or impossible to describe adequately in words.” </blockquote>
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'''A Reward for Being Good?'''

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

==Researching==

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

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

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

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

==Theory==

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

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

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

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

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Peak Experience

2019-09-18T13:27:31Z

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

==Syncretic Terms for Connection Experience==

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==List of Connection Experience Types==

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==Notes==

A Peak Experience is characterized by a sudden feeling of intense happiness, well-being, wonder, awe, loss of fear and defensiveness, and transcendent joy<ref>Maslow, A.H. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. New York: Viking, 1971.</ref> Davis, Lockwood and Wright (1991: 88) define a peak experience as follows. A peak experience is an experience that provides:

<blockquote> …an almost overwhelming sense of pleasure, euphoria, or joy, a deep sense of peacefulness or tranquility, feeling in tune, in harmony, or at one with the universe, a sense of wonder or awe, altered perceptions of time and/or space, such as expansion, a feeling of deeper knowing or profound understanding, a deep feeling of love (for yourself, another, or all people), a greater awareness of beauty or appreciation, a sense that it would be difficult or impossible to describe adequately in words.” </blockquote>
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'''A Reward for Being Good?'''

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

==Researching==

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

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

<blockquote>
Can you recall any experiences from childhood—before the age of 14—that could be called mystical or intensely spiritual? Or, to put it another way: Can you recall any childhood moments in which you seemed to experience a different kind of reality—perhaps involving a sense of rapture or great harmony? As a child, you may not have recognized the experience as extraordinary or unusual, but think now from your current vantage point. I am especially interested in childhood experiences or perceptions that have endured in your memory and may have permanently affected your view of life or death, god, the universe, or the nature of human existence. (p. 114).
</blockquote>

It is important to note that individuals may be reluctant to report their peak experiences either out of fear of being disparaged and belittled, because they feel that the experience will “lose power” if they do, because they cannot find the words to adequately describe it, or because they feel the experience is too intimate and personal to share (Keutzer, 1978).

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

==Theory==

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

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

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

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

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Abraham Maslow

2019-09-17T23:02:52Z

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==Notes==

Maslow had some interesting things to say about [[Connection Experience]].

<blockquote>In my first investigations … I thought some people had peak-experiences and others did not. But as I gathered information, and as I became more skillful in asking questions, I found that a higher and higher percentage of my subjects began to report peak-experiences.... I finally fell into the habit of expecting everyone to have peak-experiences and of being rather surprised if I ran across somebody who could report none at all. Because of this experience, I finally began to use the word “non-peaker” to describe, not the person who is unable to have peak-experiences, but rather the person who is afraid of them, who suppresses them, who denies them, who turns away from them, or who “forgets” them (Maslow 2012, 340-1).</blockquote>

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At first it was our thought that some people simply didn’t have peaks. But, as I said above, we found out later that it’s much more probable that the non-peakers have them but repress or misinterpret them, or-for whatever reason-reject them and therefore don’t use them. Some of the reasons for such rejection so far found are: (1) a strict Marxian attitude, as with Simone de Beauvoir, who was persuaded that this was a weakness, a sickness (also Arthur Koestler). A Marxist should be “tough.” Why Freud rejected his is anybody’s guess: perhaps (2) his 19th-century mechanistic-scientific attitude, perhaps (3) his pessimistic character. Among my various subjects I have found both causes at work sometimes. In others I have found (4) a narrowly rationalistic attitude which I considered a defense against being flooded by emotion, by irrationality, by loss of control, by illogical tenderness, by dangerous femininity, or by the fear of insanity. One sees such attitudes more often in engineers, in mathematicians, in analytic philosophers, in bookkeepers and accountants, and generally in obsessional people (Maslow 1962: emphasis added).
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<blockquote>At first it was our thought that some people simply didn’t have peaks. But, as I said above, we found out later that it’s much more probable that the non-peakers have them but repress or misinterpret them, or-for whatever reason-reject them and therefore don’t use them. Some of the reasons for such rejection so far found are: (1) a strict Marxian attitude, as with Simone de Beauvoir, who was persuaded that this was a weakness, a sickness (also Arthur Koestler). A Marxist should be “tough.” Why Freud rejected his is anybody’s guess: perhaps (2) his 19th century mechanistic-scientific attitude, perhaps (3) his pessimistic character. Among my various subjects I have found both causes at work sometimes. In others I have found (4) a narrowly rationalistic attitude which I considered a defense against being flooded by emotion, by irrationality, by loss of control, by illogical tenderness, by dangerous femininity, or by the fear of insanity. One sees such attitudes more often in engineers, in mathematicians, in analytic philosophers, in bookkeepers and accountants, and generally in obsessional people (Maslow 1962: emphasis added).</blockquote>

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Abraham Maslow

2019-09-17T17:35:05Z

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==Notes==

Maslow had some interesting things to say about [[Connection Experience]].

<blockquote>In my first investigations … I thought some people had peak-experiences and others did not. But as I gathered information, and as I became more skillful in asking questions, I found that a higher and higher percentage of my subjects began to report peak-experiences.... I finally fell into the habit of expecting everyone to have peak-experiences and of being rather surprised if I ran across somebody who could report none at all. Because of this experience, I finally began to use the word “non-peaker” to describe, not the person who is unable to have peak-experiences, but rather the person who is afraid of them, who suppresses them, who denies them, who turns away from them, or who “forgets” them (Maslow 2012, 340-1).</blockquote>

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At first it was our thought that some people simply didn’t have peaks. But, as I said above, we found out later that it’s much more probable that the non-peakers have them but repress or misinterpret them, or-for whatever reason-reject them and therefore don’t use them. Some of the reasons for such rejection so far found are: (1) a strict Marxian attitude, as with Simone de Beauvoir, who was persuaded that this was a weakness, a sickness (also Arthur Koestler). A Marxist should be “tough.” Why Freud rejected his is anybody’s guess: perhaps (2) his 19th-century mechanistic-scientific attitude, perhaps (3) his pessimistic character. Among my various subjects I have found both causes at work sometimes. In others I have found (4) a narrowly rationalistic attitude which I considered a defense against being flooded by emotion, by irrationality, by loss of control, by illogical tenderness, by dangerous femininity, or by the fear of insanity. One sees such attitudes more often in engineers, in mathematicians, in analytic philosophers, in bookkeepers and accountants, and generally in obsessional people (Maslow 1962: emphasis added).
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<blockquote>At first it was our thought that some people simply didn’t have peaks. But, as I said above, we found out later that it’s much more probable that the non-peakers have them but repress or misinterpret them, or-for whatever reason-reject them and therefore don’t use them. Some of the reasons for such rejection so far found are: (1) a strict Marxian attitude, as with Simone de Beauvoir, who was persuaded that this was a weakness, a sickness (also Arthur Koestler). A Marxist should be “tough.” Why Freud rejected his is anybody’s guess: perhaps (2) his 19th century mechanistic-scientific attitude, perhaps (3) his pessimistic character. Among my various subjects I have found both causes at work sometimes. In others I have found (4) a narrowly rationalistic attitude which I considered a defense against being flooded by emotion, by irrationality, by loss of control, by illogical tenderness, by dangerous femininity, or by the fear of insanity. One sees such attitudes more often in engineers, in mathematicians, in analytic philosophers, in bookkeepers and accountants, and generally in obsessional people (Maslow 1962: emphasis added).</blockquote>

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Nadir Experience

2019-09-16T14:42:43Z

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A '''Nadir Experience''' is a negatively felt [[Connection Experience]]. Nadir experiences are unpleasant moments of stress, anxiety, anger, confusion, fear, paranoia, and even psychosis caused when [[Connection]] occurs, and the individual is unprepared, damaged, or embedded in a toxic milieu. A Nadir experience is the opposite of a [[Zenith Experience]].

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==Syncretic Terms==

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==Nadir Experience Types==

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==List of [[LP]] Connection Experience Types==

[[Connection Experiences]] > {{#ask:[[Is a::Connection Experience Type]]}}

==Notes==

Nadir experiences can range in intensity from mild anxieties and fears through paranoia and confusion to full-blown experiences of existential despair. Profound nadir experiences are often referred to as the proverbial “dark night of the soul”.

Nadir experiences may occur spontaneously or may be "induced" when the [[Bodily Ego]] is intentionally suppressed through the use of [[Connection Supplements]]

Robert Mogar mentions nadir experiences<ref>Mogar, R. E. “Current Status and Future Trends in Psychedelic (LSD) Research.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2 (1965): 147–66.</ref> Mogar notes that nadir experiences can have therapeutic value.

William James recognizes that [[Zenith Experiences]] are only "one half of mysticism." The other half can be found, according to James, in text-books on insanity with the same sense of power, visions, missions, "ineffable importance in the smallest events," but tinged with negativity, pessimism, desolations, etc.<Ref>James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study of Human Nature. New York: Penguin, 1982. https://amzn.to/2SQZ7Jv.</ref>

Salzman<ref>Salzman, L. “The Psychology of Regressive Religious Conversion.” Journal of Pastoral Care 8 (1954): 61–75.</ref> distinguishes between progressive or regressive connection experiences. "The former is characterized by honesty, humility, tolerance, and generosity, whereas the latter is characterized by rigidity of belief, zealous proselytizing, intolerance or hatred of infidels, and propensity for aggression and martyrdom.<ref>White, William L. “Transformational Change: A Historical Review.” Journal of Clinical Psychology 60, no. 5 (May 2004): 465.</ref>

Nadir experiences need not have negative consequences and can, in fact, be growth experiences, but some people may be "destroyed" by the experience. This "destruction" may be fueled by low self-esteem or a damaged [Bodily Ego]]'s need to protect itself. "There are some who are psychologically destroyed by crises set off by apparently trivial events because their energies are devoted to preservation or bolstering of primitive protective devices oriented against the self. Not having dealt adaptively with earlier developmental crises (or having been overwhelmed by insuperable crises) they have insufficiently complex, flexible, or rich psychological structures and lack the capacity for dealing with the task of emergency self-revision. Psychoses, for example, represent such precarious attempts to hold incongruous adaptations together that the ego is either fragmented or in continual danger of fragmentation. Hence, minimal stimulation can produce crisis and new requirements must be rejected"<ref>Forer, Bertram R. “The Therapeutic Value of Crisis.” Psychological Reports 13 (1963): p. 276. </ref>

Havens conceptualizes the entry into "[[Cosmic Consciousness]]" as a process that moves through the "sudden and profound dissolving of all existing conceptual and perceptual systems..." When unprepared, or when psychopathology exists, "Such an experience can be extremely confusing and disturbing, and may be related to the intense anxiety and panic commonly associated with some acute schizophrenic episodes and bad trips with hallucinogens.<ref> Havens, R. A. “Approaching Cosmic Consciousness via Hypnosis.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 22, no. 1 (1982): 109.</ref>

A nadir experience may occur spontaneously, particularly after long periods of chronic stress, or it can result from temporary/careless/unprepared suppression of the [[Bodily Ego]], and through the incorrect, careless, and misinformed use of [[Connection Supplement]]s.

It is important to note of nadir experiences that while many people have them, and while they do represent an outcome of authentic spiritual awakening, nadir experiences are not a necessary feature of [[Realization]]. Nadir experiences exist, but only because we are damaged by a [[Toxic Socialization]] process, and only because our societies are toxic and filled with violence, greed, poverty, pain, and anguish. Nadir experiences arise as we become aware of and confront toxicity and damage. If there is no toxicity and no damage, there is no nadir experience.

==Therapy==

A knowledgeable practitioner capable of guiding the experience helps reestablish equilibrium and future orientation. "It is most adaptive in the long run when the resolution is partly conscious, deliberate, and delayed and a new relationship is integrated, preferably with a person whose authority or skill can redirect the outcome of the crisis.<ref>Forer, Bertram R. “The Therapeutic Value of Crisis.” Psychological Reports 13 (1963): p. 277. </ref>

Therapists should be trustworthy and provide safe and non-judgmental spaces to explore the roots of the crises.

Forer provides an interesting and inspiring discussion on the nature of crises and how to achieve a positive therapeutic outcome.<ref>Forer, Bertram R. “The Therapeutic Value of Crisis.” Psychological Reports 13 (1963): p. 277. </ref>

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Secularization

2019-09-08T14:21:07Z

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By "secularize" we mean to move from otherworld-liness to worldliness, to present a more distant and indistinct conception of the supernatural, to relax the moral restrictions on members, and to surrender claims to an exclusive and superior truth.<ref>Roger Finke and Roger Stark, “How the Upstart Sects Won America: 1776-1850,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 28, no. 1 (1989): 27, p. 28. https://doi.org/10.2307/1387250</ref>

Agent of Consciousness

2019-09-03T14:15:32Z

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An '''Agent of Consciousness''' is an [[Agent of Socialization]] whose specific purpose is to insert ideas and [[Archetypes]] into the individual and [[Collective Consciousness]] of this planet. Agents of Consciousness help implant/propagate specific [[Creation Template|Creation Templates]]. Agents of consciousness include parents, teachers, movie producers, directors, actors, editors, and all agents whose job it is to help, either directly or indirectly, propagate the archetypes of a creation template.
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==Notes==

The phrase Agents of Consciousness may refer to individuals or the institutions they work for. Institutional agents of consciousness include Hollywood, the media, the school system, religious organizations, and the families we grow up in. Indivdual agents include the writers, directors, advertising agents, school teachers, parents, news reporters, university professors, and others who work in the institutions.

Agents of Consciousness may insert [[Old Energy Archetypes]] or [[New Energy Archetypes]]

Agents of Consciousness may be more or less aware of the nature and purpose of the work they do.

Agents of Consciousness may wittingly or unwittingly service [[Special:MyLanguage/The System|The System]] by inserting [[Special:MyLanguage/Old Energy Archetypes|Old Energy Archetypes]] into the collective consciousness of this planet.

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Taittiriya Upanishad

2019-08-10T15:25:47Z

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==Upanishads==

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==Primary (मुख्य) Upanishads==

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<ref>Katz, Vernon, and Thomas Egenes. The Upanishads: A New Translation. New York: Penguin, 2015. https://amzn.to/2XAhN7M</ref>

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Tarot

2019-08-10T14:28:50Z

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<blockquote class="definition">The Tarot is a collection of seventy-eight picture cards, created by Freemasons during the Industrial Revolution, in order to facilitate the transition of power from Feudal to Capitalist elites.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “A Sociology of Tarot.” Canadian Journal of Sociology 39, no. 3 (2014). https://www.academia.edu/25055505/.</ref> The tarot functions as an [[Old Energy]] [[Creation Tempate]].

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==Examples==

[[Creation Template]] > {{#ask:[[Is a::Creation Template]]}}

==Notes==

The Western Tarot deck is a relatively complete reflection of the Western [[Creation Template]]. The Western Tarot is a recollection of twenty-two major "arcana" (really [[archetypes]]) and fifty-six minor elaborations on those archetypes.

The Tarot was designed by Freemasons throughout the 18th and 19th century to serve an elite agenda (Sosteric, 2014; Decker, Depaulis, & Dummett, 1996). Freemasons obscured the elite ideology and agenda by successfully presenting their work as reflective of ancient spiritual wisdom. The presentation of the Tarot as something other than a reflection of elite ideas about management and control prompted Decker, Depaulis & Dummett (1996) to suggest that the Masonic Tarot was the...

<blockquote>...most successful propaganda campaign ever launched: not by a very long way the most important, but the most completely successful. An entire false history, and false interpretation, of the Tarot pack was concocted by the occultists; and it is all but universally believed.</blockquote>

The ideological function of the tarot system is obscured by efforts to present the cards as "sacred" in some way. This original effort was conducted by Freemasons who attempted to link the tarot archetypes o ancient Egyptian wisdom. In modern times, it is innocently perpetuated by tarot aficionados. One popular tarot website informs us that the “seventy-eight Tarot cards, the archetype cards, teach us “what we need to learn and master to live an inspired life.”<ref>https://www.biddytarot.com/learn-tarot/</ref></blockquote>

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Tarot

2019-08-10T14:28:35Z

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==Examples==

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==Notes==

The Western Tarot deck is a relatively complete reflection of the Western [[Creation Template]]. The Western Tarot is a recollection of twenty-two major "arcana" (really [[archetypes]]) and fifty-six minor elaborations on those archetypes.

The Tarot was designed by Freemasons throughout the 18th and 19th century to serve an elite agenda (Sosteric, 2014; Decker, Depaulis, & Dummett, 1996). Freemasons obscured the elite ideology and agenda by successfully presenting their work as reflective of ancient spiritual wisdom. The presentation of the Tarot as something other than a reflection of elite ideas about management and control prompted Decker, Depaulis & Dummett (1996) to suggest that the Masonic Tarot was the...

<blockquote>...most successful propaganda campaign ever launched: not by a very long way the most important, but the most completely successful. An entire false history, and false interpretation, of the Tarot pack was concocted by the occultists; and it is all but universally believed.</blockquote>

The ideological function of the tarot system is obscured by efforts to present the cards as "sacred" in some way. This original effort was conducted by Freemasons who attempted to link the tarot archetypes o ancient Egyptian wisdom. In modern times, it is innocently perpetuated by tarot aficionados. One popular tarot website informs us that the “seventy-eight Tarot cards, the archetype cards, teach us “what we need to learn and master to live an inspired life.”<ref>https://www.biddytarot.com/learn-tarot/</ref></blockquote>

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Creation Template

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A '''Creation Template''' is a collection of [[Archetypes|archetypes]] (read [[Ideology]]) used to deliberately influence and control how people think about and act in the world, and how they think about and act towards themselves. Creation templates are created and recreated by individuals or groups. Once developed, the archetypes of a creation template are inserted into the individual and collective consciousness by [[Agents of Consciousness]] in a process of [[indoctrination]].
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==Examples==

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==Notes==

There are two types of creation templates, [[Old Energy Creation Templates]] and [[New Energy Creation Templates]].

An [[Old Energy Creation Template]] emphasizes hierarchy, privilege, submission, judgment, and punishment.

A [[New Energy Creation Template]] emphasizes unity, equality, prosperity for all, emancipation, personal power, forgiveness, and responsibility.

Ellens<ref>Harold J. Ellens."Introduction: The Destructive Power of Religion." The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ed. Ellens, J. Harold. Westport, CT: Praegar, 2001. 1-9.</ref> uses the term Master Story to refer to the extant and dominant creation template.

Creation templates are designed with a creative goal in mind. To understand the creative goals of Creation Template, carefully trace the source of the ideas.

Aleister Crowley defined magick as "The science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will." As such, the development and implementation of a creation template (perhaps into an [[Archetype Deck]] or an album series), is the quintessential practice of that science and art.

The extant and dominant global creation template is an [[Old Energy Creation Template]]. The [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS) represents an attempt to build a [[New Energy Creation Template]] to replace the elitist old energy creation template.

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Creation Template

2019-08-10T14:14:00Z

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==Examples==

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==Notes==

There are two types of creation templates, [[Old Energy Creation Templates]] and [[New Energy Creation Templates]].

An [[Old Energy Creation Template]] emphasizes hierarchy, privilege, submission, judgment, and punishment.

A [[New Energy Creation Template]] emphasizes unity, equality, prosperity for all, emancipation, personal power, forgiveness, and responsibility.

Ellens<ref>Harold J. Ellens."Introduction: The Destructive Power of Religion." The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ed. Ellens, J. Harold. Westport, CT: Praegar, 2001. 1-9.</ref> uses the term Master Story to refer to the extant and dominant creation template.

Creation templates are designed with a creative goal in mind. To understand the creative goals of Creation Template, carefully trace the source of the ideas.

Aleister Crowley defined magick as "The science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will." As such, the development and implementation of a creation template (perhaps into an [[Archetype Deck]] or an album series), is the quintessential practice of that science and art.

The extant and dominant global creation template is an [[Old Energy Creation Template]]. The [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS) represents an attempt to build a [[New Energy Creation Template]] to replace the elitist old energy creation template.

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Creation Template

2019-08-10T14:13:35Z

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==Notes==

There are two types of creation templates, [[Old Energy Creation Templates]] and [[New Energy Creation Templates]].

An [[Old Energy Creation Template]] emphasizes hierarchy, privilege, submission, judgment, and punishment.

A [[New Energy Creation Template]] emphasizes unity, equality, prosperity for all, emancipation, personal power, forgiveness, and responsibility.

Ellens<ref>Harold J. Ellens."Introduction: The Destructive Power of Religion." The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ed. Ellens, J. Harold. Westport, CT: Praegar, 2001. 1-9.</ref> uses the term Master Story to refer to the extant and dominant creation template.

Creation templates are designed with a creative goal in mind. To understand the creative goals of Creation Template, carefully trace the source of the ideas.

Aleister Crowley defined magick as "The science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will." As such, the development and implementation of a creation template (perhaps into an [[Archetype Deck]] or an album series), is the quintessential practice of that science and art.

The extant and dominant global creation template is an [[Old Energy Creation Template]]. The [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS) represents an attempt to build a [[New Energy Creation Template]] to replace the elitist old energy creation template.

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Primary Indoctrination

2019-08-10T14:08:16Z

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Primary Indoctrination''' is indoctrination that occurs in childhood.<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://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-two-healing/.</ref> Primary indoctrination is effective because it occurs during a period when children are genetically primed to listen to authority, when the mental capacity is too undeveloped to understand what is happening, and when the sense of self is malleable and to soft to resist. </blockquote>

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Indoctrination

2019-08-10T13:28:03Z

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Indoctrination''' is the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of ideas, beliefs, mores, and values uncritically.<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://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-two-healing/.</ref> </blockquote>

==Notes==

Indoctrination is typically implemented in order to shape thought and behaviour for the purposes of exploitation.<ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>

Indoctrination is most effective when undertaken at an early age (i.e. infancy and childhood) when the [[Physical Unit|physical unit]] is most trusting and receptive. In this regards parents are the primary (though typically unwitting) agents of indoctrination.

The indoctrination that is initiated in the home is carried forward by the school system and the mass media.

[[Primary Indoctrination]] is the indoctrination that occurs in childhood and adolescence at the hands of parents, teachers, authors, and so on. [[Secondary Indoctrination]] occurs throughout adulthood and is where [[archetypes]] learned in childhood are constantly reinforced.

The goal of indoctrination in any society is [[diminishment]], disempowerment, and intergenerational maintenance/reproduction of [[The System]].

Indoctrination comes in many forms. There is [[Spiritual Indoctrination]], [[Social Indoctrination]], [[Economic Indoctrination]], [[Psychological Indoctrination]], and [[Political Indoctrination]]

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Indoctrination

2019-08-10T13:25:21Z

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==Notes==

Indoctrination is typically implemented in order to shape thought and behaviour for the purposes of exploitation.<ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>

Indoctrination is most effective when undertaken at an early age (i.e. infancy and childhood) when the [[Physical Unit|physical unit]] is most trusting and receptive. In this regards parents are the primary (though typically unwitting) agents of indoctrination.

The indoctrination that is initiated in the home is carried forward by the school system and the mass media.

[[Primary Indocrination]] is the indoctrination that occurs in childhood and adolescence at the hands of parents, teachers, authors, and so on. [[Secondary Indoctrination]] occurs throughout adulthood and is where [[archetypes]] learned in childhood are constantly reinforced.

The goal of indoctrination in any society is [[diminishment]], disempowerment, and intergenerational maintenance/reproduction of [[The System]].

Indoctrination comes in many forms. There is [[Spiritual Indoctrination]], [[Social Indoctrination]], [[Economic Indoctrination]], [[Psychological Indoctrination]], and [[Political Indoctrination]]

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Church God

2019-08-03T18:41:59Z

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'''Church God''' (a.k.a. [[Father God]]) refers to the patriarchal personification of God offered to the masses by priests of Western ecclesiastical institutions.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. 2017. “The Trouble with Atheists.” Socjourn. https://www.academia.edu/36823156/the_trouble_with_some_atheists.docx</ref> Church God is a sexist and racist [[archetype]] used to both a) control the thinking and behavior of the masses, and b) justify wealth and privilege, in particular in the archetypal variation [[Alpha God]].
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==Further Reading==

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

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

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Church God

2019-08-03T18:31:43Z

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'''Church God''' (a.k.a. [[Father God]]) refers to the patriarchal personification of God offered to the masses by priests of Western ecclesiastical institutions.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. 2017. “The Trouble with Atheists.” Socjourn.</ref> Church God is a sexist and racist [[archetype]] used to both a) control the thinking and behavior of the masses, and b) justify wealth and privilege, in particular in the archetypal variation [[Alpha God]].
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==Further Reading==

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

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

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Undisciplined Mind

2019-07-25T17:58:46Z

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Toxic Attachment

2019-07-25T17:58:39Z

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<blockquote class="definition">A ''Toxic Attachment''' (a.k.a. an '''addiction''') is a substance, behavioural, or relationshp dependency caused by the confluence of [[Toxic Socialization]] and [[Dopamine Attachment]] (Ratkovic & Sosteric, 2019). Under conditions of [[Chronic Toxicity]], toxic [[Substance Attachments]] (a.k.a. substance addictions), [[Behavioural Attachments]] (a.k.a. behavioural addictions), and [[Relationship Attachments]] (i.e. co-dependency) can develop. Any substance, activity, or technology that can trigger a "dopamine hit" can cause a toxic attachment. </blockquote>

==Syncretic Terms==

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==List of Connection Obstacles==

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==Notes==

Toxic attachment is often identified in the spiritual literature as an obstacle to Connection. It is identified as "passion for transient objects"<ref>Attar, Fardid Ud-Din. [[The Conference of the Birds]], 2018. https://amzn.to/2JZWq5X.</ref>attachment to

Potentially "addictive" substances/activities -> Heroine, cocaine, running, shopping, Facebook/social media use, masturbation, sex, etc.

Chronic emotional and psychological anguish can make you susceptible to addiction. This is because addictive substances give your brain much needed "pleasure" fixes. When you lack the hugs, kisses, and positive nurturing support all humans desperately need, you find substances that can give you the "hits" your [[Physical Unit]] desperately needs.

Toxic attachment, (whether it is to alcohol, shopping, money, etc.) can control your thoughts and govern your daily actions. Addiction causes you, among other things, to waste psychological and emotional energy on [[Addiction Defenses]].

We lose valuable time defending our addiction, that could be used for healing and connection and instead waste in on our addictive behaviors. We defend our addictions by covering it up, by spending valuable time “servicing” the addiction, etc. Addictions can also directly undermine your body’s ability to connect. You can’t be properly connect while stupefying yourself with alcohol.

==Further Reading==

Ley, David J. "No, Dopamine Is Not Addictive". 2017. Psychology Today. January 6 2017. <https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/201701/no-dopamine-is-not-addictive>.

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Three Poisons

2019-07-25T17:58:32Z

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In Zen Buddhism, The three poisons (or the three unwholesome roots in Buddhism) refer to the three root causes of delusion and ignorance/confusion, greed, and anger/hatred (aversion).<Ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_poisons</ref> The three poisons are three [[Connection Obstacles]] that interfere with and block stronger [[Connection]].

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==List of Connection Obstacles==

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==Notes==

Along with the three poisons go three wholesome qualities, which are amoha (non-delusion)/prajna (wisdom), alobha (non-attachment) or daana (generosity), and advesa (non hatred) or mettaa (loving-kindness).

The three wholesome qualities may be a considered a subset of the [[LP]] [[Connection Framework]], specifically the [[Alignment Rule Set]] which species, in broad terms, actions, thoughts, and environments which are in alignment with, and conducive of [[Connection]].

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Passion

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

Lust, anger, greed, pride, envy, and so on, self importance, jealousy, and so on these are the awful effects produced by passion. Consequently this quality of passion is the cause of bondage. 112<ref>Sankaracharya, Adi. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom. Translated by John Richards. 1998, 1946. http://datadump.lightningpath.org/readings/viveka-sanskrit.pdf.</ref>
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Interference

2019-07-25T17:58:12Z

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"Pay no heed, then, to anyone who tries to frighten you or depicts to you the perils of the way. What a strange idea that one could ever expect to travel on a road infested by thieves, for the purpose of gaining some great treasure, without running into danger....Take my advice, then, and let none mislead you by showing you any other road than that of prayer.<ref>[[St. Teresa of Avila]]. The Way of Perfection. New York: Dover Publications, 2012. https://amzn.to/2Id75es.</ref>

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Egotism

2019-07-25T17:57:50Z

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==Notes==

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

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Oscar Ichazo

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

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

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

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

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

Predicts and argues for the merging of science and mysticism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Seedless State

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Arica School

2019-07-11T02:05:39Z

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Arica School''' is a mid 19th century [[Connection Framework]] created by [[Oscar Ichazo]].</blockquote>

==Terms==

[[Oscar Ichazo]] > {{#ask:[[Is a term::Oscar Ichazo]]}}

==List of Connection Frameworks==

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

==Notes==

The Arica school is a mystical school based on logic and science.<ref>Ichazo, Oscar. The Human Process of Enlightenment and Freedom. New York: Arica Institute, 1976.
</ref> It was developed as a self-study path to the experience of union. "...the Arica System has been developed in order to avoid the need of a person guide for all of the steps except the final two where communion with the Master is inevitable.<ref>Ichazo, Oscar. The Human Process of Enlightenment and Freedom. New York: Arica Institute, 1976. p. 32 </ref>

Ichazo pathologizes the [[Bodily Ego]] and offers strategies for "curing" it, and overcoming its "tyranny."<ref>Keen, Sam. “Breaking the Tyranny of the Ego.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU.</ref>

Allegedly "Arica" means "open door" in the Quechua language.<ref>Huneeus, Antonio. “Observations on Arica.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 63–78. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 65</ref>

Arica is named after a beautiful and benevolent town in the north of the Republic of Chile where this movement started."<ref>Ichazo, Oscar. The Human Process of Enlightenment and Freedom. New York: Arica Institute, 1976. p. 3</ref>

Attempts to provide a development framework that provides a "rational system that produces inner development from beginning to end..." <ref>Huneeus, Antonio. “Observations on Arica.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 63–78. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 69</ref> The system has nine levels. Interestingly, at the fourth level, the Arica school uses a specialized set of tarot, the twenty-two major Arcana. Here, "the elements of the traditional Tarot have been clarified for the purpose of meditation."<ref>Ichazo, Oscar. The Human Process of Enlightenment and Freedom. New York: Arica Institute, 1976.p. 88.</ref> The culmination of training is Samadhi/Satori/Union.

The Aricaa school places heavy emphasis on responsibility a the balancing axis of freedom.

Attempts to provide a "map of consciousness," to describe "the psyche, analyze its origin, precisely identify each one of its points, and trace exact maps of consciousness."<ref>Huneeus, Antonio. “Observations on Arica.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 63–78. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 67</ref>

Uses the concept of the [[Eneagon]] to diagnose and treat ego afflictions.

"I want to put an accent here. It is the last serious school that has appeared in our civilization. This is totally necessary
to happen. Arica is not the product just of my mind; it is the product of our needs, it is the product of our times; it belongs
to our time; it answers the questions of our time; and more than anything, it opens a new way to approach mysticism, a
way that is much easier because it is logical, intellectual, and reasonable."<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 176</ref>

"Now, what all mystical schools have in common is that they have the same purpose. They are built on the basis that we can understand what is divine and we can approach and realize the mystical union."<ref>Fox, Alfie. “The Challenge to Change.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 156–81. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. 176</ref>

The Arica School was supposed to help usher in a [[Meta Society]].

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The Unity

2019-07-11T02:02:49Z

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==Syncretic Terms==

[[Connection Outcome]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Connection]]}}

==Notes==

Ichazo sees "The Unity" as responsible for all great cultural advances, from Persian through Greek and into the modern world. <ref>Ichazo, Oscar. The Human Process of Enlightenment and Freedom. New York: Arica Institute, 1976.p. 13-16.</ref> "The Greeds did not have a culture until the eighth century B.C. But suddenly, all at once, Greece is born with the legend of Orpheus, the discovery of the Oneness and the ''Unity.''<ref>Ichazo, Oscar. The Human Process of Enlightenment and Freedom. New York: Arica Institute, 1976.p. 15.</ref>

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Meta Society

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<blockquote class="definition">According to [[Oscar Ichazo]], a '''metasociety''' is a "world of transformed institutions where people live for the common good"<ref>De Christopher, Dorothy. “I Am the Root of a New Tradition.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 129–54. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 129.</ref> and who relate to each other not as individuals, but by "unity," telepathic communication, peac<ref>Ichazo, Oscar. The Human Process of Enlightenment and Freedom. New York: Arica Institute, 1976. p, 71</ref> </blockquote>

==Syncretic Terms==

[[Divine World Order]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Divine World Order]]}}

==Notes==

What is a metasociety: "Well, society as we have known it until today is a collection of individuals who have a common sense of organization in terms of their survival and in terms of prosperity. Let's say that present day societies serve the indi?idual.
What we need is a new society which really understands that we must serve society in order to serve ourselves. That is,
if we proceed with individualistic or egoistic propositions, of course we are in trouble, since blind competition will lead us
to imbalance....it will be a society which is composed of all the various parts which make up humanity, respecting everyone,
you know, for their own special characteristics, their own point of view, and even, I would say, reconstructing their traditions
and making them even more meaningful than they are today. But at the same time, they should be in mutual accord with what humanity wants, so that we don't compete destructively, but, on the contrary, we cooperate. "<ref>De Christopher, Dorothy. “I Am the Root of a New Tradition.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 129–54. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 169.</ref>

"Either we become a metasociety very soon or we die. We must not believe that the metasociety is going to be a 'disco party,' and that everybody is going to be immediately blissed out." <ref>De Christopher, Dorothy. “I Am the Root of a New Tradition.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 129–54. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 148.</ref>

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Meta Society

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==Syncretic Terms==

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==Notes==

What is a metasociety: "Well, society as we have known it until today is a collection of individuals who have a common sense of organization in terms of their survival and in terms of prosperity. Let's say that present day societies serve the indi?idual.
What we need is a new society which really understands that we must serve society in order to serve ourselves. That is,
if we proceed with individualistic or egoistic propositions, of course we are in trouble, since blind competition will lead us
to imbalance....it will be a society which is composed of all the various parts which make up humanity, respecting everyone,
you know, for their own special characteristics, their own point of view, and even, I would say, reconstructing their traditions
and making them even more meaningful than they are today. But at the same time, they should be in mutual accord with what humanity wants, so that we don't compete destructively, but, on the contrary, we cooperate. "<ref>De Christopher, Dorothy. “I Am the Root of a New Tradition.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 129–54. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 169.</ref>

"Either we become a metasociety very soon or we die. We must not believe that the metasociety is going to be a 'disco party,' and that everybody is going to be immediately blissed out." <ref>De Christopher, Dorothy. “I Am the Root of a New Tradition.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 129–54. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 148.</ref>

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Oscar Ichazo

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==Notes==

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

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

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

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

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

Predicts and argues for the merging of science and mysticism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Revelation

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''Revelation''' is an [[Connection Outcome|outcome of Connection]]. It is typically the sudden realization of a profound cosmic, theological, or creative truth. Revelations occurs occurs when an individual makes a strong [[Connection]] to the [[Fabric of Consciousness]]. Revelation is typically a realization of positive truth. ''Revelation'' is a syncretic term for what, on the [[LP]], we call [[Awakening]].
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'''Revelation''' is what occurs when we connect with [[Consciousness]]/The [[Fabric of Consciousness]] and connect/download/channel.

Revelation can be likened to turning the light on in a formerly darkened room. When you turn on the light you see whatever is in the room.

"I have had experiences where so much information was made available that it could take years to sort it out."

"I have had an experience that allowed me to suddenly see the deeper meaning of the bible, the koran, or another sacred text."

"I have had an experience where I suddenly understood the true meaning of life and creation."

[[R.M. Bucke]] describes his [[Connection Experience]] [https://spiritwiki.lightningpath.org/index.php/Talk:R._M._Bucke here], which contains many revelations.

===Pathology===

Paul Tillich makes the important point that revelation is never pure. "Revelation is never revelation in general, however universal its claim may be. It is always revelation for someone and for a goup in a definite environment, under unique circumstances. Therefore, he who recieves revelation witnesses to it in terms of his individuality and in terms of the social and spiritual conditions in which the revelation has been manifested to him."<ref>Tillich, Paul. Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1955. pp. 3-4.</ref>

Revelation is not necessarily a pleasant process, especially if revelations are occurring where conditions of great [[Darkness]] still exist. Revelation can lead, on the one hand, to an invocation of [[The Beast]] and, on the other hand to [[Depression]], [[Despair]], and even [[Suicide]].

The Beast is invoked by the confluence of [[Guilt]] and [[Shame]] (two very painful emotions), and [[Fear]] of [[Judgment and Punishment]]. The experience of [[Guilt]] and [[Shame]] triggers [[Avoidance Mechanisms]] and the fear of judgment and punishment triggers [[Survival Mechanisms]]. These mechanisms, which may be triggered in the individual, group, society, or even the entire planet, preempt the control of [[Consciousness]] so that the [[Survival Programs]] of the [[Physical Unit]] may initiate attempts to avoid pain and/or survive.

Under normal conditions, acute invocation of avoidance and survival mechanisms should be considered function for the organism. Under toxic conditions avoidance and survival may become problematic. When fear and panic are invoked as the result of anxiety over [[Judgment and Punishment]] we may say that [[The Beast]] has been invoked. Notably The Beast may be invoked in the individual, the group, the society, and even the entire planet.

The only way to tame The Beast is to offer the individual, the group, the society, and even the planet unconditional forgiveness. Failure to forgive leads to increasingly desperate and violent reactions on the part of The Beast. These desperate and violent reactions cause (as the violence and desperation increases) horrific levels of pain and suffering. If The Beast is not tamed then at at a certain point (a point just before the [[Point of No Return]]) the flow of [[Consciousness]] into The Vessel must be reversed. At the point of reversal [[Consciousness]] retreats, the [[Light]] is diminished, and a [[The World]] is returned unto [[Darkness]]. The only way to prevent that return is to [[Forgive]] all [[Sins]], no exceptions.

As noted above, revelation may also lead to [[Depression]], [[Despair]], and even [[Suicide]]. This may occur when increasing awareness of [[Reality]], coupled with a powerful belief in one's [[Creative Impotence]] (a belief caused by [[The System]]), and general lack of a healthy [[Support Network]], leads to [[Depression]], [[Hopelessness]], and even [[Suicide]]. It is important for people contemplating suicide to consider that they are neither impotent and powerless (they are in fact beings of great [[Consciousness]] and great power), nor is presence on this Earth either random or unnoticeable. Like all other [[Incarnated Monads]] on this planet, they have an origin in [[God]], and a mission (a [[Purpose]]) to perform.

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Mission

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

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

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

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Mission

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

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

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

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Clarification of Consciousness

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The '''Clarification of Consciousness''' is the term used by [[Oscar Ichazo]] to refer to [[Awakening]]. To "clarify your consciousness" is to "recognize reality as it is." <ref>Lydon, Susan. “Making a Mystical School.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo, 90–103. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 92</ref>
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Arica School

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