New Age Spirituality

New Age Spirituality is all about getting back yourbound by a negative image, wallowing in self-doubt,
power. Not that you ever lost it. Sometimes you gavedoes not permit time or energy to really care about
your power away, misplaced it, or forgot you hadanyone else. When we confront ourselves, and
power in the first place.understand the causes for our feelings of hatred and
And why does the term: "New Age Spirituality"... seemanger, we can change the feelings...or even let them
to bother some religious leaders, especially leaders ofgo. This involves taking responsibility for what we feel;
the Christian faith? After all, we are in a new age: Thebecoming more consciously aware of why we feel
Age of Aquarius. The concept of an Age exists withinwhat we do. In doing so, we are expanding our
ancient spiritual traditions, and lasts 2000 years. Itconscious awareness. To use a New Age term- we
denotes a change process, occurring during thoseare "raising our consciousness" about our unconscious
2000 years, for the evolution of consciousness, for theperceptions of who we are, and how we are
good of all. The energy which entered this plane overbehaving. Peace for the world begins with peace
2000 years ago, at the beginning of what astrologywithin ourselves. The biggest hurdle is learning how to
calls the Piscean Age...was Agape (brotherly andcreate that inner peace and balance.
sisterly love) - love of one human being for another,The best way to inner peace...is to go within. How do
simply because each is worthy of love and part of theyou go within? You meditate. If prayer is talking to God,
same human family. That energy is only now being(Divine Intelligence, Source, Creator or whatever word
accepted in any general manner. It has taken us theyou prefer to use) then "meditation" is the art of
entire Age for us to "get it."listening to God, while in an altered state of
Christ brought this love-energy to our world over 2000consciousness.
years ago, and we humans have been working on itBy going within, you connect with your God-Source,
ever since. We are just beginning to open, to sistersand you can receive all the answers to any question
and brothers everywhere. And now that The Age ofabout your life that you might pose. This is what gives
Aquarius is finally here...maybe we have developedyou back your power. For truly, you are a child of God,
that critical mass of love-energy that is needed for thisand as a child of God...a co-creator, One with the
New Age Spirituality. This time, the message expandsInfinite. You do not need a priest or a minister to
to, "not only are we brothers and sisters...we are one."intercede for you. And that scares your religious
The Piscean Age taught us, we are all connected; weleaders. They recognize that you no longer need them
must love one another as ourselves. The "other" is anin the same way you did in the past. They also
illusion. You and I are one consciousness, reflected inrecognize; they can no longer control you, through guilt
an infinite rainbow of seeming difference. All is one.or fear. Is it any wonder the words, or the concept of
The Age of Aquarius is referred to as the "New Age,"New Age Spirituality frightens religious leaders?
but there is nothing new about it. It is simply anThere is no doubt: We have left the Piscean Age,
evolution in human thinking. "New Age" thinking, askssymbolized by the sign of the fish...and have entered
that each person take responsibility for everything thatthe Aquarian Age symbolized by the water bearer. It is
happens in life...because everything in life is connected.time to take back your power. It is time to remember
We must learn to love ourselves; for out of love foryou had it all along.
ones self, comes love for others. The person who is