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Originally Posted by Jack
To dismiss the entire realm of spirituality as a "new age movement" is a form of disinformation in itself, and lays in the ranks of Religion and any other generalisation a person wishes to put onto an amazingly expansive and dynamic group of subjects. Although i have no doubt that there is much disinformation out there, im also very aware that there is plenty out there that is genuine. The trick here is to be able to determine what is fact and what is fiction. Everyone has their own ways of determining truth, I have numerous ways of doing this myself. But i know one thing for sure and that is ; once you turn your back on spirit you will never, no matter how hard you seek, find the real truth. The only reliable thing we have in this incarnation that guides us in the right direction is spirit. And my spiritual guidance has never once led me astray, and it is the only form of inteligence that i trust 100% with all of my heart.
I like Alans work, and find him highly interesting as well as extremely informative, but i do not think any one man has all the answers.
Sorry I had to keep this short, ive work in about 20 minutes. I'll come back later to expand upon my views and give a better understanding as to why i dont think that Alan Watt is right about everything. He is genuine, and his heart is in the right place. But it would be implausible to assume that he has all of the answers, and each one of them is correct.
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I'm not just dismissing anything as new age, i've extensively researched it to the point it becames obvious. So it is not dismissed, it is careful studied and shown to be so. And BTW, of course Alan doesn't have all the answers, and isn't right about everything, but I'm not basing anything on his opinions. I'm basing it on my own research from every side of the story I can get. You don't need to take anyone's word for anything. But information speaks for itself when you study the new age movement, counter-intelligence, etc.
And indeed it's all about determining what is fact and fiction. That is what I'm trying to help people do here, cause most new agers don't even know the trap they've been sucked into and think they've been woken up when they've actually just been misdirected into la-la land, fiction is quite captivating. New Age spirituality can be very alluring as it offers so many false solutions that make you feel good. And like in this thread already, I said I haven't turned my back on spirit at all, I believe in human spirit, but there is a fine line between spirituality and the new age.