Another Look At New Age, Spirit Guides, etc

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I just can't pass up the opportunity of posting this article. I feel reading other reasonable points of views will be always important, especially like one from this article. The author read over countless New Age and self-help books, so I can count on her to have the experiences.

My Most Important Truths
as seen on Ofspirit.com
by Eeta Sachon


After reading hundreds of New Age and self-help books, going to countless workshops and lectures, and practicing with my new tools on a regular basis, I've decided to make a collection of the ideas and tools that have been the most profound for me.

For me the most important thing is to try to remember on a regular basis (even before you get out of bed in the morning) that you are never alone. It is true, "if you knew who walked beside you , you'd never know fear again." God, and your entire entourage of Guides and Teachers are always there. They are actually part of your energy system. That's why you need to go within to feel them and make the connection. Since you have free will, you must ask them to co-create with you. They will not intervene unless invited. Take a few deep breaths and ask Spirit to fill your heart and to feel Spirit's Love for you. Ask if there is any thing you need to know for your highest good at this time. Take a moment and listen. Then ask to be guided in all that you do that day. I also ask to see the face of God in all who cross my path. Then I give thanks.



You can do this every once in a while throughout your day. It only takes a moment or two. In the new energy we don't have to put aside a huge block of time every day to meditate . It only takes your intent and asking. Longer periods of time may be needed at your discretion. But don't use the excuse that you don't have the time to connect, because you do.

Another thing I've learned is that it is important to be grateful for EVERYTHING, even the gift that is in a yukky package. There is a Divine overview and there is a reason for everything in your life. In our humanness we may not understand it right away...that's where Trust comes in. When you are really grateful for something, that means you can't whine about it to friends and do the "Poor Me" thing. That's not really being grateful, is it? That's a tough one and you may have to vent to someone, but once you get through that whirlwind, bring yourself to that place of peace within and really give thanks with your whole heart. Know that this "not too much fun" thing that is happening to you is just bringing something up to be healed. The event or person that caused it is really doing your Soul a favor and you both signed up to do just that before you ever came here.

Gratitude works hand in hand with the next principle: whatever you give your attention to expands. It's a universal law: "Consciousness changes matter.....thoughts matter.....they create matter." We are very powerful and our thoughts as well as words and deeds are creative. So instead of worrying, think about how you would like your life to look. Instead of complaining, give thanks for what you do have. A gratitude journal really is a good idea and I write in mine every night.

Another thing I do is to try to stay conscious moment to moment. This requires being in the moment and going within a lot. When something happens to us, it is tempting to blame someone or something and to try to figure things our from that end. That does not work. It gives your power away and actually energizes the whole situation. Instead, go within and ask what needs to be healed in you. What core belief could have created this situation and how can you heal it? This is very empowering because you let go of the stuff that doesn't belong to you.

One of the most profound things that has helped me stay in a "Love vibration" instead of being angry or bitter is to realize that every person in my life is really a "piece of God", just like me. There are no exceptions. That person's essence is Godlike....really. The person pushing your buttons, according to Wayne Dyer, is a Soul Mate. He or she shows you what you need to work on and that you haven't reached Mastery in that area yet. They love you so much that when you were both Spirits talking about your contract together when you come to the Earth school, they signed up to help teach you your greatest lessons. The entire Universe backs this idea up and will give you opportunities over and over again to "get it." Every situation gives you a chance to transmute it with Love. There is a choice to see it with the eyes of fear or Love. Fear is from the Ego and keeps you separate.....Love is of God and will bring you Home.

Another idea I embrace is non-judgment, I don't judge myself and am very forgiving. I know that I am exactly where I am supposed to be on my path. Every moment in my life has been to heal my Soul and there are no mistakes. Knowing this about myself makes it easier to not judge others. Again, it comes back to trust.

I hope these ideas will help you in your day to day adventures in the Earth school. Remember that it really is an illusion. So let the illusion play out ,as Gary Zukov tells us in Seat of the Soul.

[Get Boldened]

I am not completely dismissing New Age. I think her point is that New Age has some truth to it. Essentially, we live in an illusion of cynicism, ungratefullness, and fear. As spiritualists, we have a responsbility to "transmute" what disempowers human, into "truths" so that others wake up. Or we should at least have some compassion for the future individuals who will have the same soul as ours and be energetically attracting the same types of suffering.

It is true, "if you knew who walked beside you , you'd never know fear again." God, and your entire entourage of Guides and Teachers are always there.

Cynicism. Opposite to that, one essential core factor of New Age is mercy. Everyone has a spirit guide, guardian angel, archangel michael, and some form of God listening to prayers. When the person has a hard time believing spirit guides are helping people, that is because this person is drawing from personal experiences (illusion) that no one helps without expecting something in return. You may be "cast down" here, but God always have mercy. Since the Universe is not motivated by a cynical view, spirit guides are available to each and every person. Although pseudo-realistic here, alas I do not remember the author, but I paraphrase an eloquent saying: God is so merciful He (It) constantly moves the sun, moons, and stars for everyone.

Notice, the principle of tilting or giving without expecting rewards, attract more synchronicities that are in alignment with your desires. No matter how things are currently, they always turn out for the better for everyone involved. Outlined as one of the types of manfestations, charity and good deeds automatically attract good things to you. (Some may have mistakened it for good karma. I believe there is only bad karma when strictly speaking about karma. One should be punished if he is relentlessly abusing another soul. When people hear about karma, they intuitively think of the negative connotation). In order to give good deeds, the person is not motivated to be selfish by a cynical view of the world. If the Universe rewards this behaivor, then the person must be learning something! Cynicism is illusion; illusion is not learning; not learning means you must  keep suffering.

Gratitude works hand in hand with the next principle: whatever you give your attention to expands. It's a universal law: "Consciousness changes matter.....thoughts matter.....they create matter." We are very powerful and our thoughts as well as words and deeds are creative. So instead of worrying, think about how you would like your life to look. Instead of complaining, give thanks for what you do have. A gratitude journal really is a good idea and I write in mine every night.

Another type of manifestation made novel by the Secret is gratitude. They say when you feel grateful for the things in your own life, better and better things come to your door. And when you feel grateful as if something already is in your life, it too will come knocking. If being grateful rewards you, then the Universe is acknowledging you are learning. Real people are genuinely grateful when they feel they were granted something for free or for more than they could ever invest their effort. Like the other type of manifestation, you cannot believe in cynicism (if you want this type of gratitude). You can only be grateful when you see the truth in the Universe.

Another thing I do is to try to stay conscious moment to moment. This requires being in the moment and going within a lot. When something happens to us, it is tempting to blame someone or something and to try to figure things our from that end. That does not work. It gives your power away and actually energizes the whole situation. Instead, go within and ask what needs to be healed in you. What core belief could have created this situation and how can you heal it? This is very empowering because you let go of the stuff that doesn't belong to you.

This also goes for the paragraph about people who are giving you a hard time are actually teaching you: When you fear, you indulge in the "fight and flight" response. As a result, your mind is in survival mode and it cannot find the real reason to have the same experience repeatedly. The truth is that by surpassing fear, you'd see the root problem causing you to react that way. It is most likely an original situation where you reacted with "fight and flight," but that energy will clear up, and your etheric body won't attract the same experiences anymore. (Richard Bandler's circulating method, or the Eliminating Illness technique, works directly with the etheric body to exhaust energy trapped by past "fight and flight" responses).

The essential core factors of illusion are cynicism, ungratefulness, and fear. We are here to learn to transmute all of this. Remember that the Universe is merciful, your soul is grateful, and that your mind must not treat fear as the "truth of reality." These three factors belong to that "Love vibration". Now that is the real essense of New Age.


Digressing:
So what if channelings are real or not? If everyone has spirit guides, then why can there not be spiritually helpful evolved alien beings? If white light is a soul trap set up by New Age, then why do most people experiencing NDE or the white light with LSD always come back improved? They come back with greater inner strength, growth, appreciation for life, positive outlook about death, and only positive memories of the white light? You can read their blogs on google if you do not believe me. Also, if white light were false light, enough people would probably have spoken out about bad experiences from actual NDE (not dreams). And also, I'm sure no one would have accounts of the white light back in the 7th century, but they do exist. From personal experience, white light always protected me from nightmares whereas other techniques involving violet light do not. It has appeared when I needed it. But I do not doubt a kundalini activation attracts white light, good or bad for that matter. Anyhow, I think too much shunning will be devastating because you may miss a few good ideas. If a subject is too controversial, it's best to just take what you need and leave the rest alone.