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Saturday 10 August 2013

A Brief Look At New Age Philosophies

By Andrea Davidson


To get an understanding of new age philosophies, it is important to know that the present- day cosmic humanist movements have their roots in romantic poets of the 1800s. Examples of the poets include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau, who do not accept God of the bible. They instead choose to make lengthy writings concerning the quality of inspiring spirituality that is felt mostly 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.

Cosmic humanist ideas are now disseminated widely through television programs, bestselling books and films. New Age Philosophy is not in tandem with materialistic ideas as they do not explain or accept an all-knowing God. If the angle they view from is correct, and postulating that aspects of human existence are sacred, then every organism in the universe possesses 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 feel that God is the basis of all reality, ranging from the universe to a drop of the ocean. Support is given to this belief by a certain philosophy that entertains principles such as one of the most popular hypothesis. This hypothesis considers the earth as well as the entire universe as living organisms.

New age philosophies of non-naturalism affect both their ontology and epistemology. In terms of the theory of knowledge, supporters of the New Age Movement put emphasis on the importance of humans getting in touch with their higher self. By getting in touch with God-forces within, humans can intuitively know truth with no limits.

Whenever humans look within, they are likely to find the truth, the only difference being that it is not in a manner that people commonly understand. Going by cosmic humans, the truth happens to be a feeling or an experience and consists of what a person can know. Every human creates their truth according to particular principle that goes like if something feels like the truth, most likely it is. The entire knowledge exists in the god-force in humans, and they can tap into the knowledge by connecting with the force.

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.




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