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