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A '''Connection Framework''' is any organized system of thought and practice aimed at facilitating [[healing]] and inducing and strengthening [[Connection]].<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 St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, Unpublished Draft.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>
A '''Connection Framework''' is a structured system of thought and practice designed to prepare the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual systems for '''Connection''', to initiate '''safe and sustainable [[Connection Events]]''', and to stabilize and strengthen ongoing Connection to the '''[[Spiritual Ego]]''' and the '''[[Fabric of Consciousness]]'''. As the component of a '''[[Human Development Framework]] (HDF)''' responsible for restoring and maintaining [[alignment]] between the [[Bodily Ego]] and Consciousness in its various [[Aspect of Consciousness|aspects]]. The Connection Framework plays a central role in enabling full [[Human Potential]].
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==List of Connection Frameworks==
Connection Frameworks only emerge within metaphysical systems that recognize the reality of consciousness as fundamental and the human being as a dual-consciousness entity. As such, they are absent or pathologized in secular materialist systems and distorted within guilt- or karma-based spiritual ideologies. Within a coherent, healing-oriented metaphysical paradigm, Connection becomes both the '''goal and the method''' of human development.</blockquote>


The following is an incomplete list of extant and extinct connection frameworks.
===Key Terms===
 
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==Syncretic Terms==
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==Related Terms==
===Related LP Terms===
 
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===Non-LP Related Terms===


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==Notes==
==Notes==


The Lightning Path is a connection framework. See [[LP Connection Framework]].
==Notes==
1. '''Function of the Connection Framework''': The Connection Framework is responsible for guiding individuals and communities through:
 
* Preparation of the body, emotions, mind, and environment for safe Connection.
* Initiation of intentional and sustainable Connection Events.
* Stabilization and deepening of Connection to the Atman and the Fabric of Consciousness.
* Integration of insights, energies, and transformations that arise from Connection.
 
2. '''Conditional Visibility''': This framework only appears when the Metaphysical Framework includes:
 
* Recognition of consciousness as primary (not epiphenomenal).
* A dual-consciousness model of the human being (Bodily Ego + Spiritual Ego).
* A developmental metaphysics that affirms the possibility and desirability of Connection.
* A non-punitive, non-karma-based view of human suffering and evolution.
 
In materialist or theistic metaphysical regimes, the Connection Framework is either suppressed, misinterpreted (e.g., framed as divine possession), or completely excluded.
 
3. '''Components of Connection Practice''':
 
* ''Preparation'' – physical health, emotional regulation, psychological integrity, environmental safety.
* ''Initiation'' – ritual, contemplative, meditative, or spontaneous emergence of Connection.
* ''Stabilization'' – long-term practices that strengthen the Connection channel and support ego alignment.
* ''Integration'' – therapeutic, expressive, and spiritual methods for anchoring insights and avoiding fragmentation or delusion.
 
4. '''Relationship to Other Frameworks''':
 
* ''Healing Framework'' – resolves blocks (e.g., fear, guilt, shame, trauma) that inhibit Connection.
* ''Psychological Framework'' – helps interpret Connection experiences, avoid ego inflation, and ground integration.
* ''Ethical Framework'' – guides conduct before, during, and after Connection to ensure alignment and avoid distortion.
* ''Creative Framework'' – provides symbolic language and narrative structures to make Connection intelligible and communicable.
 
5. '''Barriers to Connection''':
 
* Trauma, repression, shame, fear, and ideological conditioning.
* Materialist or punitive metaphysical systems that deny or demonize Connection.
* Institutional suppression (e.g., religious excommunication, psychiatric pathologization, educational erasure).
 
6. '''Historical and Cultural Variants''':
 
* Many indigenous and mystical traditions have developed sophisticated Connection Frameworks, though often fragmented or suppressed by colonization and religious orthodoxy.
* Contemporary psychology and neuroscience are beginning to rediscover Connection phenomena under terms like “peak experience,” “mystical state,” “flow,” or “nondual awareness,” though typically stripped of ontological depth.
 
7. '''Desiderata for Implementation''':
 
* Development of Connection Frameworks requires empirical rigor, trauma sensitivity, symbolic coherence, and integration with healing and ethical systems.
* Connection must be grounded, repeatable, safe, and developmentally appropriate.
* Without proper grounding, premature or distorted Connection can result in fragmentation, dissociation, or spiritual bypassing.


[[Buddhism]], [[Monastic Christianity]], [[Shamanism]] provide connection frameworks.


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Latest revision as of 19:17, 28 October 2025

Connection Framework

A Connection Framework is a structured system of thought and practice designed to prepare the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual systems for Connection, to initiate safe and sustainable Connection Events, and to stabilize and strengthen ongoing Connection to the Spiritual Ego and the Fabric of Consciousness. As the component of a Human Development Framework (HDF) responsible for restoring and maintaining alignment between the Bodily Ego and Consciousness in its various aspects. The Connection Framework plays a central role in enabling full Human Potential.

Connection Frameworks only emerge within metaphysical systems that recognize the reality of consciousness as fundamental and the human being as a dual-consciousness entity. As such, they are absent or pathologized in secular materialist systems and distorted within guilt- or karma-based spiritual ideologies. Within a coherent, healing-oriented metaphysical paradigm, Connection becomes both the goal and the method of human development.

Key Terms

Human Development >

Human Development Framework >

Connection Framework > Healing Space, Connection Cocoon

List of Connection Frameworks

Arica School, Baha'i, Buddhism, Eupsychian Theory, Gnosticism, Holistic Nursing, Jainism, Karma Yoga, League For Spiritual Discovery, Monastic Christianity, Neo-Hinduism, Sanatana Dharma, Shattari, Sufism, Taoism, The Lightning Path, Theosophy, Transpersonal Psychology, Wicca, Yoga, Zen

Syncretic Terms

Connection Framework > Mission, Mystery School, Path of Attainment, The Way

Related LP Terms

Connection Framework > Connection Cocoon, Connection Technique, Creative Framework, Defense Mode, Healing Space, LP Assessment Tools, Perfection

Non-LP Related Terms

Connection Framework >

Notes

Notes

1. Function of the Connection Framework: The Connection Framework is responsible for guiding individuals and communities through:

  • Preparation of the body, emotions, mind, and environment for safe Connection.
  • Initiation of intentional and sustainable Connection Events.
  • Stabilization and deepening of Connection to the Atman and the Fabric of Consciousness.
  • Integration of insights, energies, and transformations that arise from Connection.

2. Conditional Visibility: This framework only appears when the Metaphysical Framework includes:

  • Recognition of consciousness as primary (not epiphenomenal).
  • A dual-consciousness model of the human being (Bodily Ego + Spiritual Ego).
  • A developmental metaphysics that affirms the possibility and desirability of Connection.
  • A non-punitive, non-karma-based view of human suffering and evolution.

In materialist or theistic metaphysical regimes, the Connection Framework is either suppressed, misinterpreted (e.g., framed as divine possession), or completely excluded.

3. Components of Connection Practice:

  • Preparation – physical health, emotional regulation, psychological integrity, environmental safety.
  • Initiation – ritual, contemplative, meditative, or spontaneous emergence of Connection.
  • Stabilization – long-term practices that strengthen the Connection channel and support ego alignment.
  • Integration – therapeutic, expressive, and spiritual methods for anchoring insights and avoiding fragmentation or delusion.

4. Relationship to Other Frameworks:

  • Healing Framework – resolves blocks (e.g., fear, guilt, shame, trauma) that inhibit Connection.
  • Psychological Framework – helps interpret Connection experiences, avoid ego inflation, and ground integration.
  • Ethical Framework – guides conduct before, during, and after Connection to ensure alignment and avoid distortion.
  • Creative Framework – provides symbolic language and narrative structures to make Connection intelligible and communicable.

5. Barriers to Connection:

  • Trauma, repression, shame, fear, and ideological conditioning.
  • Materialist or punitive metaphysical systems that deny or demonize Connection.
  • Institutional suppression (e.g., religious excommunication, psychiatric pathologization, educational erasure).

6. Historical and Cultural Variants:

  • Many indigenous and mystical traditions have developed sophisticated Connection Frameworks, though often fragmented or suppressed by colonization and religious orthodoxy.
  • Contemporary psychology and neuroscience are beginning to rediscover Connection phenomena under terms like “peak experience,” “mystical state,” “flow,” or “nondual awareness,” though typically stripped of ontological depth.

7. Desiderata for Implementation:

  • Development of Connection Frameworks requires empirical rigor, trauma sensitivity, symbolic coherence, and integration with healing and ethical systems.
  • Connection must be grounded, repeatable, safe, and developmentally appropriate.
  • Without proper grounding, premature or distorted Connection can result in fragmentation, dissociation, or spiritual bypassing.


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