New Ageism!

UU

I recently took an online test, the Belief-O-Matic. I took it before so I decided to take it again to indicate any changes in my beliefs. Well, I got 90% in New Ageism! It sounds really good and sort of what my beliefs are.

Belief-O-Matic wrote:

What New Agers Believe?
An umbrella term for a wide range of personal and individual beliefs and practices influenced primarily by Eastern religions, paganism, and spiritualism.

•Belief in Deity
God is the impersonal life force, consciousness, ultimate truth and reality, the incorporeal, formless cosmic order personified within all people and matter. God is all and all are God.

•Incarnations
Most believe there are no particular incarnations to worship, as all in the universe are embodiments of God.

•Origin of Universe and Life
The universe, life, and matter were not created by God but "are" God. The universe and life emerged out of the creative power of the eternal universal life force.

•After Death
Some believe in continual rebirth--no death--as life is spirit. Some believe that our souls rest for a time before deciding on a new body (or bodies). Heaven and hell are states of consciousness, self-imposed, due to ignorance of God as all.

•Why Evil?
No original sin, no Satan, and no evil. Most believe people make "mistakes" when they are ignorant of the power of goodness, which is God, within themselves and others. Some believe evil is perpetuated through accumulation of past-life wrongs and spiritual ignorance.

•Salvation
Salvation lies in the realisation of oneness with the impersonal life force. Awareness can be heightened through methods that induce altered states of consciousness, e.g., hypnosis, meditation, music, drugs. Spiritual "tools" include crystals, tarot cards, amulets, channeling, fortunetellers and psychics. Some believe the salvation of humanity will occur when a critical mass is reached, when people converge in experiencing their oneness with God and with each other. This will bring a New World Order or new Planetary Order, resulting in oneness of civilization and one-world government, peace, and harmony.

•Undeserved Suffering
Suffering is the result of greed, hatred, and spiritual ignorance in a person's, or humanity's, past lifetimes, which returns as suffering (karma). Suffering is sometimes viewed as occurring for a specific purpose, to further spiritual growth and learn a life lesson. Suffering is also seen as illusory, in that it results from attachment to bodily pleasure and pain, and only the universal life force within, God, truly exists.

•Contemporary Issues
Abortion is not condemned, as there is no official doctrine. Generally, adherents are supportive of a woman's right to choose abortion.

Is anyone out here New Ageist or know about it?

Nevyn

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=211748


I suggest you look at the link above.

UU

Hmmm...sorry Thaedydal! I didn't see your thread on it also. Sometimes I'm so blind! Can you delete this thread if you want to avoid replication? I'll put my post on your thread instead.

Nevyn

no need feel free to discuss it here that thread is more of a resecource and
point of information.