| The new spirituality for the age is a celebration of | | | | growth. Belief in astrology is common amongst New |
| today's heart-centered consciousness. It promotes the | | | | Agers, but definitely not limited to them. |
| expansion of human awareness to include | | | | New spirituality encompasses attainment of happiness, |
| unconditional love and acceptance of yourself and | | | | joy and peace. Peace education is a way to lead our |
| others, and the development of your infinite potential. | | | | children into a brighter future. This teaches that Love |
| It is the journey of the soul on earth and is the | | | | creates joyous living and that we are to love and be |
| awareness that everything in life is for a higher | | | | loved. |
| purpose. It is humanity's quest to understand itself and | | | | We are to love our brothers as we love ourselves. As |
| finds its symbology through the clarity and integrity of | | | | love will transcend all problems and bring happiness |
| universal order. | | | | and joy into our lives...if it is given as it should be given |
| New spirituality was the movement of the late 1980s | | | | to all that you come in contact with. Love is also |
| characterized by an emphasis on the holistic view of | | | | forgiveness. Forgiving yourself and others will release |
| body and mind, alternative (or complementary) | | | | you to heaven on earth. |
| medicines, personal growth therapies, and a loose mix | | | | The mind must accept these concepts as true in order |
| of theosophy, ecology, oriental mysticism, and a belief | | | | for them to become a reality in your life. If you can |
| in the dawning of an astrological age of peace and | | | | grasp the concept of love in your imagination and |
| harmony. | | | | imagine yourself pouring out and exuding love to |
| The new spirituality holds that God is at once the entire | | | | everyone you come in contact with in some way, you |
| universe, and transcends the universe as well. New | | | | will receive the love of God. |
| agers know that God will draw you towards the thing | | | | The new spirituality teaches that if you believe in these |
| you want and he will draw the thing you want towards | | | | things and can see them in your imagination, you will |
| you. God has precipitated a collision between His | | | | have a happy, joyous, fulfilling and abundant life. Jesus |
| wisdom and the world's spurious wisdom (1 Cor 1-4). | | | | himself taught in this manner [of the mystic], making |
| Christ-Consciousness taught by New Agers is the | | | | constant appeal to the imagination, and many of the |
| state of awareness reached in meditation, in which | | | | devotional masters likewise encourage us in this way. |
| one realizes that one is divine and one with God and | | | | New spirituality leads you to find answers within |
| thereby becoming a Christ or an enlightened being. | | | | yourself, not from others, allowing you to peel away |
| Christ is the reference point for all reality. | | | | the layers of a lifetime of conditioning from society, |
| New spirituality represents that Personal | | | | family, education and religion. And most importantly, the |
| Transformation is a profoundly intense mystical | | | | release of the illusions of the ego. |
| experience and will lead to the acceptance and use of | | | | In contrast, Religion is often more focused on the |
| New Age beliefs and practices. Believers hope to | | | | transcendent, while the new spirituality seeks to relate |
| develop new potentials within themselves: the ability to | | | | to both the transcendent and the imminent -- seeking |
| heal oneself and others, psychic powers, and a new | | | | to bring the two together in consciousness; while |
| understanding of the workings of the universe. | | | | remembering that all experiences are really Love's |
| Meditation is practiced by all major world religions and | | | | manifestations. |
| is often described as an essential discipline for spiritual | | | | |