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(2) Universal Energy, Universal Matter, Universal Life, Universal Soul As God
(3) An Eternal Universe - Uniform in Space and Unending in Time
(4) Divine practices ( Astrology Yoga & other esoteric arts)
(5) Syncretism ( Unity of all Religions ).
(6) The need for Meditation ( for generating altered states of Consciousness );
(7) Life is Cyclical- Everything is cyclical, subject to
cyclical upheavals of Time.
(8) Holistic Medicine & Vegetarianism (The patient is more important than
Doctor & Alkaline diet)
(9) Pacifism ( Anti-war activities);
(10) Reincarnation; ( The Law of Conservation of Soul )
(11) The Evolution of Man into Divinity; ( The latent Life Force evolving naturally to
Divine )
(12) The Union of Man with
Divine; ( Merger of man into
Infinite )
(13) Matter's Illusoriness; - Esse est percipii - Perception is Essence; Mind is Substance.
2. The Lord. - Since Matter and Energy can neither be created or destroyed and
sum total energy in
Universe is an absolute constant ( Universal Being ),
Lord did not create
world, He became
world. Monism --( "All is Unity" ) averrs that there is only One Essence in
universe, everyone and everything being a part of that essence. The Self is an utter Being and all these are its Becomings. New Agers view God as an Impersonal Life force, Consciousness, or Energy (e.g.,
"Star Wars Force") mainly but they also believe in His personal aspect, as
Ocean ( which is Formless ) can take
form of an iceberg! They averr that every human has a divine spark within him because all created beings are reflections of
Divine Idea. The eternal state is called by various terms among different New Age groups, i.e., God-consciousness, Universal Love, Self-Realization,
I AM, Higher Self, Brahman, Nirvana, etc.
2. The Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Christ Consciousness or
Divine Consciousness is what
New Age advocates mean by Christ. . In other words, Christ is a Divine Principle rather than an individual, such as Jesus. This idea of Christ Consciousness asserts that Jesus was only one of
Christs, but that He equipped Himself to receive
Christ Consciousness (i.e., He was a great Master who attained Christ Consciousness), as did other prophets like Buddha, Krishna, and Mohammed. New Agers believe Dr Paul Brunton who stated
Jesus spent 18 years in India absorbing Indian Mysticism and that he was initiated into
highest esoteric doctrine. 3. Human Destiny. Man is
measure of all things and is more divine than
animals & hence
salvation of
world depends upon Man. Cleansing
negative elements from
collective subconscient should be
aim of humanity. Once Negativity is cleaned from
collective subconscient,
human positive energy will shine forth and
noble ideals of
New Age will be actualised in an era of Enlightenment. Since man is intrinsically divine and perfect, his only real problem is ignorance of that fact. Gnosis means experiential knowledge and Salvation in
New Age is for man to become enlightened through this Divine Gnosis. New Age groups offer various spiritual techniques to enable individuals, and ultimately
world, to evolve into this Unitive Consciousness . These techniques may include psychotechnologies for attaining altered states of consciousness - Transcendental Meditation, Yoga, Zen, Attunement , Channeling (Spirit guides), Psychics, Acupuncture, etc.
4. The Ethical Opposites, Good & Evil - Believing in
Oriental philosophies, New Agers make
distinction between good and evil. All wickedness is weakness and Evil is imperfection. By
method of Trial and Error, we come to know what is good and what is bad for
world and we have to transcend
dualities. 5. Reincarnation. New Agers believe in
ancient Vedic philosophic concept of Reincarnation -- that through a long process of rebirths, man can eventually attain Divine perfection. They also teach
Universal Law of Karma --(( The Law of Cause and Effect ( Every effect has a cause ),
Law of Action and Reaction,
Law of Retribution ))- that what a person sows , he shall reap. This is also
doctrine of God's non-responsibility, that
Self is not responsible and it is
Ego which experiences bitter & sweet mental experiences due to its own Karma. 6.Salvation is Self-Actualisation and Sin is Ignorance - SSome theoreticians taught
concept of Man's Original Sin. New Age exponents teach
concept of man's essential goodness. Instead of systems which emphasised
human negative aspect and sin, New Age highlights that every man is essentially divine and it is a sin to call man a sinner ! However, New Agers speak of troublesome desires which are natural impulses which retard human evolution and make
Ego move away from
Self. Sin is merely ignorance of man's essential divinity. The atrophied spiritual consciousness of
normal man who lives in ignorance of his Divine Self is Sin. Like
Law of Conservation of Energy which states that Energy cannot be created or destroyed,
Law of Conservation of Soul states that
Soul can neither be created nor destroyed. Matter exists in 3 states, liquid, gaseous and solid and matter cannot be created or destroyed. Nothing ever begins to be. Similarly Life does not at physical birth begin to be. It merely enters physical conditions and assumes physical guise. It merely undergoes a parallel transformation into conditions which preexisted in other conditions. The Soul is reincarnated in different bodies in a continous succession of lives. The good or bad Karma earned in
present lifetime determines one's subsequent incarnation. Attaining higher states of Consciousness should be our aim.There are many different paths to
goal of Divine perfection and we should be tolerant of other paths.
The divine Aurobindo predicted that spiritual influences from India will trigger off a global spiritual movement.There will be Mass Incarnations ( many people divinely inspired ) who will work for World Peace and Universal Love !
I saw them cross
twilight of
Age
The massive barrier breakers of this world
The sun-eyed children of a marvellous dawn
The architects of immortality
Carrying
magic Word,
mystic Fire
Carrying
Dionysian Cup of Joy !
The four systems of Philosophy which triggered
N A M are Hinduism, a product of 5,000 years of development, Buddhism, circa 560 B.C., Taoism, circa 500 B.C & Druidism, circa 300 B.C,
religion of
Celts, which extended upto
Middle Ages.

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