poniedziałek, 12 sierpnia 2013

New Age Philosophies And Their Origins

By Andrea Davidson


To understand new age philosophies, understanding that contemporary cosmic humanist movements are rooted in romantic 19th century poets is important. The poets include Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, who all rejected the Bibles God. Instead, they choose to write about a quality of spirituality that is transcendent and experienced exclusively through personal introspection.

The ideas presented by these poets did not begin to attract attention until the mid 20th century. Popular recording artists, film stars as well as eastern gurus had a part in it as they announced their New Age ideas to all throughout the world. Of late, well-known recording artists such as Madonna have claimed to embrace Hinduism, while other popular personalities notably Phil Jackson have publicly embraced Zen Buddhism. Popular actors like tom cruise and John Travolta have made their beliefs in scientology known.

This has resulted in Cosmic Humanist ideas being widely disseminated through television, movies and remarkable book sales. New Age Philosophy does not recognize naturalistic philosophies as well as materialistic ones since such explanations fail to accept the supreme supernatural. If their perspective is correct and assuming all aspects of human existence is sacred, then all things in this world have a spiritual nature.

If the spiritual aspects of life result in higher consciousness and inner truth, then humans should see all reality from a perspective of the supernatural. Cosmic humanists are directed by this perspective to a philosophy of non-naturalism, which means nothing is natural and all things are supernatural. The philosophical stance taken by cosmic humans is that the decisive reality exists in a spiritual dimension.

Cosmic humanists believe that entire reality is all about God, ranging from a the tiniest drop of sea water to all planets in the universe. This belief is supported by one of their philosophies that focuses on principles widely used, which views the earth together with the entire universe as an organism with life.

A New Age philosophy, like that of non-naturalism affects its epistemology as well as the ontology. On a basis of the knowledge theory, new age movement supporters put emphasis on why it is important for human beings to connect with their higher self. By connecting with the God-force within, people can instinctively get to know a truth without limits.

When people look within, they will find the truth but not in a way that is commonly understood. According to cosmic humans, the truth, which is made up of what one can know, is an experience or a feeling. The meaning of life is not contained in knowledge. Each person creates his or her truth in accordance to a principle that states if it feels like the truth to someone, it probably is. All the knowledge is in the God-force within people, and if they connect with that power, they tap into knowledge.

Cosmic humanists ontology is also influenced by a certain non-naturalistic philosophy. The decisive reality or substance is placed within the God-force or Christ consciousness. The core of existence is God, who is also the life force in all things. Cosmic humanist philosophy happens to be is monistic, as is the case with other new age philosophies such as secular oriented humanism, Marxism as well as Leninism. The meaning of this is that the main reality is not material but spiritual.




About the Author:



Brak komentarzy:

Prześlij komentarz