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Originally Posted by conjuredUp
Okay, enlighten me.
Why is New Age "bad" to sooo many people?
Why is it such a cause of division?
Why is trusting your intuition, caring about what you put in your body, being positive, spiritual healing and knowing your potential as a human considered by so many in this forum to be less than any other "belief" structure, including belief in ETs?
Isn't it like ALL beliefs...before KNOWING settles in? Isn't it a stepping stone? And if that's the case, why make people who are on that stone feel LESS than by mocking their beliefs?
Who are the teachers of New Age philosophy that we shouldn't be listening to lest our brains turn to "fluff"?
I am VERY capable of googling, and looking up the definitions, what I want here is your opinion.
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Many people who use the term "new age" use it as a generalisation because they do not know or have a clear definition of the whole subject.
Its silliness really, akin to calling all substances "drugs" thereby robbing the topic of its complexity and the topic of its vastness.
If people use this term with you then back away very slowly whilst maintaing eye contact, they are obviously new to the topic and dont know enough to refer to it with anything other then silly little generalisations.
I enjoy partaking in the consumption of magic mushrooms from time to time, therefore i
must be a druggy
Same thing different scenario, dont mind those people. they are there to annoy you
And a quick definition ;
New Age (New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a social collective phenomenon and a spiritual nature movement that seeks Universal Truth through the Oneness of Humanity. It combines aspects of spirituality, cosmology, esotericism, complementary and alternative medicine, various religious practices, and environmentalism. It is characterized by an eclectic and individual approach to spirituality with a general rejection of mainstream dogma and religion.
New Age refers to the coming Astrological Age of Aquarius. The New Age Movement first appeared in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, gained momentum in the 1960s and 1970s, strengthened in the 1980s, and organized with the Harmonic Convergence in 1987. New Age practices and philosophies are found among many diverse individuals from around the world and range from atheism and monotheism to classical pantheism, including naturalistic pantheism or panentheism.[citation needed].
The New Age Movement includes elements of older spiritual and religious traditions combined with science, particularly Ecology, Environmentalism, Gaia Theory, and Psychology. New Age practices and philosophies sometimes draw inspiration from major world religions: Buddhism, Chinese Folk Religion, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, and Sufi Islam; with particularly strong influences from East Asian religions, Gnosticism, Indian religions, Neopaganism, New Thought, Universalism, and Western Esotericism.[1]
New Age Spirituality has led to a wide array of literature on the subject and an active niche market: books, New Age music, crafts, and services in alternative medicine are available at New Age stores, fairs, and festivals.[2][3][4][5]
Im proud to be a new ager if thats what it means.
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I am VERY capable of googling, and looking up the definitions, what I want here is your opinion.
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Ive a very bad habit of missing the last line of every post
