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A '''Conversation Experience''' is a sudden, powerful, but usually brief expansion of [[Consciousness]] into the [[Physical Unit]], a [[Connection Experience]] in [[LP]] words. It is a term common amongst Western Christians and is used because the [[Perceived Core]] of the experience is a perception of the power of Consciousness (perceived as God) coupled with the sudden acceptance of the existence of God/Spirit, in spite of previous, intractable, and sometimes quite hostile, resistance to the idea.
A '''Conversation Experience''' (a.k.a. Religious Conversion, Spiritual Conversion, or simply conversion) is a sudden, powerful, but usually brief expansion of [[Consciousness]] into the [[Physical Unit]], a [[Connection Experience]] in [[LP]] words. It is a term commonly used by Western Christians to describe a sudden "turning away" from a "prideful self" and the turning towards, and even union with, a powerful, perceived presence,<ref>Mahoney, Annette, and Kenneth I. Pargament. “Sacred Changes: Spiritual Conversion and Transformation.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 481-2.</ref> understood by the Christian as God, often in spite of previous, intractable and even hostile resistance to the idea.
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In [[LP]] terms, conversion is a Connection Experience that leads to temporary union with either [[Resident Monadic Consciousness]]. [[Higher Self]], or some other location within the [[Fabric of Consciousness]].


Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World.] Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.</ref> His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.  
Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.<ref>Alcoholics Anonymous. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C91R4WY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C91R4WY&linkCode=as2&tag=lightningpa02-20&linkId=eaa510d412d8411ff848b005dd7845f5 ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World.] Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.</ref> His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.  
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A Conversation Experience (a.k.a. Religious Conversion, Spiritual Conversion, or simply conversion) is a sudden, powerful, but usually brief expansion of Consciousness into the Physical Unit, a Connection Experience in LP words. It is a term commonly used by Western Christians to describe a sudden "turning away" from a "prideful self" and the turning towards, and even union with, a powerful, perceived presence,[1] understood by the Christian as God, often in spite of previous, intractable and even hostile resistance to the idea.

Syncretic Terms for Connection Experience

Connection Experience > Exceptional Human Experience, Holotropic States, Mystical Experience, Pure Consciousness Event, Religious Experience, Spiritual Experience, Spiritually Transformative Experience, Transcendental Experience

See Also

Connection, Connection Event, Connection Outcome, Connection Experience Types

Notes

In LP terms, conversion is a Connection Experience that leads to temporary union with either Resident Monadic Consciousness. Higher Self, or some other location within the Fabric of Consciousness.

Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, despite being an avowed atheist, had a powerful Conversion Experience which instantly cured him of an alcohol addiction so bad that his doctor was predicting permanent brain damage and death if he did not achieve total abstention.[2] His connection experience activated him and led him to co-create Alcoholics Anonymous.

Early iterations of AA seem to have focussed quite explicitly on the elicitation of conversion experience as a powerful cure for the alcoholic's addiction, though later this was largely pushed aside.[3]

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous acknowledges the significance and importance of "Spiritual Experience," but notes that powerful conversion experiences are not necessary for cure, and that transformations may be gradual and occur over time[4] in spiritual experiences that psychologist William James calls the "educational variety," but that on the LP we would call a Glimpse or Intuitive Glimmering.

A conversion experience may also include elements of Awakening (Awakening Experience), Activation (Activation Experience), and Ascension (Unity Experience).

Further LP Reading

Lightning Path Workbook One: The Basics. Lightning Path Press. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-curriculum/lp-workbooks/

Lightning Path Workbook Two: Healing. Lightning Path Press. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-curriculum/lp-workbooks/

Lightning Path Workbook Three: Connection. Lightning Path Press. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-curriculum/lp-workbooks/

Footnotes

  1. Mahoney, Annette, and Kenneth I. Pargament. “Sacred Changes: Spiritual Conversion and Transformation.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, no. 5 (2004): 481-2.
  2. Alcoholics Anonymous. ‘PASS IT ON’ The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A.A. Message Reached the World. Kindle. New York: AA World Services, 1984.
  3. Dick, B. The Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous. Kihei, Maui: Paradise Research Publications, 2011.
  4. Wilson, Bill, and Bob Smith. The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Kindle. New York: Renegade Press, ND.