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A '''Connection Practice''' (a.k.a. Connection Technique) is any technique, such as meditation, mantras, relaxation, mindfulness, drumming, fasting, hypoventilation (Dole & Kiven, 1997), etc., that can a) open and enhance your connection to [[Consciousness]]/[[Highest Self]] and b) enable better control of the Flow that ensues.  
A '''Connection Technique''' is any single technique, such as meditation, writing, etc., that helps one strengthen and purify [[Connection]].<ref>———. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-three-connection/.</ref> Connection techniques, along with [[Connection Appliances]] and [[Connection Supplements]], constitute the [[Connection Procedure]]s that an individual may use to initiate, maintain, and strengthen [[Connection]].
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==Connection Procedures==
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==Connection Techniques==
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==Syncretic Terms==
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==List of Connection Practices==
==Related LP Terms==


This is an intercultural list of connection practices. Research is included where available.
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==Notes==
==Notes==


Mystics often use language and metaphor in a special way, in an effort to trigger enlightenment in others.<ref>Organ, Troy. “The Language of Mysticism.” The Monist 47, no. 3 (1963): 417–33.</ref> [[Zen]], in particular, is built up as a [[Connection Practice]]. In my view, this is an attempt to develop a connection practice, but in fact, is based on a faulty or limited understanding/theorization of the phenomenon.
[[Connection Techniques]] are one of three different [[Connection Procedure]]s  
 
Grof uses the term "Technologies of the Sacred" to refer to [[Connection Practices]] (drumming, fasting, sleep deprivation, etc.), [[Connection Appliances]] (drums, rattles), and [[Connection Supplements]]  (Lazslo, Groff, Russell, 1999: 16).


Connection Practices combined with [[Connection Appliances]], like the [[TOSAS]], and the careful and guided use of [[Connection Supplements]] can facilitate transformative [[Connection]]
"A core aspect of shamanism identified by Eliade was “ecstasy,” an altered state of consciousness (ASC) that was used to enter the spirit world.  The ASC was induced through the effects of drumming, singing, chanting, dancing, and a variety of other procedures, including in some cases the use of psychoactive substances.  These ASC are thought to enable them to enter the spirit world and acquire supernatural powers through a vision quest experience. Other procedures used to induce these experiences included fasting and water deprivation, exposure to temperature extremes, extensive exercise and painful austerities, sleep deprivation, sleep and dreams, and social and sensory deprivation.<ref>Winkelman, Michael. “The Shamanic Paradigm: Evidence from Ethnology, Neuropsychology and Ethology.” ''Time and Mind'' 3, no. 2 (January 1, 2010): 159–81.. p. 161, <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2752/175169610X12632240392758</nowiki>.</ref>


The [[Lightning Path]] provides several neurolinguistic tools (i.e. meditations, visualization, and mantras) [https://www.lightningpath.org/tools/] that can be used at various stages in the process to facilitate greater connection.
Grof speaks of various "mind-altering techniques," like breathing, drumming, dancing, fasting, social and sensory isolation..." that can induce connection (or [[Holotropic States]], as he says).<ref>Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” ''Spirituality Studies'' 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 5.</ref> He also speaks of "systematic spiritual practice" like meditation, concentration, breathing, and movement exercises,'<ref>Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” ''Spirituality Studies'' 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 5.</ref> but separates these from "mind-altering techniques' which are presumably not systematic and not spiritual?? Perhaps this is Grof attempting to assert a Eurocentric boundary. See "The Sociology of Religion: A Decolonizing Approach" for more on this [[Boundary Problem]].<ref>Sosteric, Mike. The Sociology of Religion - A Decolonizing Approach,” n.d. https://www.academia.edu/80934448/</ref>


==Further Reading==
George Harrison's early albums appear to be experiments in using music as a technique to facilitate [[Connection Experience]] in self and others.


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Connection Technique

A Connection Technique is any single technique, such as meditation, writing, etc., that helps one strengthen and purify Connection.[1] Connection techniques, along with Connection Appliances and Connection Supplements, constitute the Connection Procedures that an individual may use to initiate, maintain, and strengthen Connection.

Connection Procedures

Connection Techniques

Syncretic Terms

Related LP Terms

Non-LP Related Terms

Notes

Connection Techniques are one of three different Connection Procedures

"A core aspect of shamanism identified by Eliade was “ecstasy,” an altered state of consciousness (ASC) that was used to enter the spirit world.  The ASC was induced through the effects of drumming, singing, chanting, dancing, and a variety of other procedures, including in some cases the use of psychoactive substances.  These ASC are thought to enable them to enter the spirit world and acquire supernatural powers through a vision quest experience. Other procedures used to induce these experiences included fasting and water deprivation, exposure to temperature extremes, extensive exercise and painful austerities, sleep deprivation, sleep and dreams, and social and sensory deprivation.[2]

Grof speaks of various "mind-altering techniques," like breathing, drumming, dancing, fasting, social and sensory isolation..." that can induce connection (or Holotropic States, as he says).[3] He also speaks of "systematic spiritual practice" like meditation, concentration, breathing, and movement exercises,'[4] but separates these from "mind-altering techniques' which are presumably not systematic and not spiritual?? Perhaps this is Grof attempting to assert a Eurocentric boundary. See "The Sociology of Religion: A Decolonizing Approach" for more on this Boundary Problem.[5]

George Harrison's early albums appear to be experiments in using music as a technique to facilitate Connection Experience in self and others.

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Footnotes

  1. ———. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-three-connection/.
  2. Winkelman, Michael. “The Shamanic Paradigm: Evidence from Ethnology, Neuropsychology and Ethology.” Time and Mind 3, no. 2 (January 1, 2010): 159–81.. p. 161, https://doi.org/10.2752/175169610X12632240392758.
  3. Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” Spirituality Studies 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 5.
  4. Grof, Stanislav. “Psychology For the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research.” Spirituality Studies 2, no. 1 (2016): 3–36. p. 5.
  5. Sosteric, Mike. The Sociology of Religion - A Decolonizing Approach,” n.d. https://www.academia.edu/80934448/