Meditation and New Age folk are great

[Hello from Russia]

Lately i've been taking very seriously the criticism of new age communities/people and have studied lots of them. As well as continuing to study a lot of mainstream stuff of stage blue/red/orange folk especially to the recent bias of our forum that is more focused nowadays on analyzing politics and various cultural shinaningas we have

New age folk definetely has their own problems and limitations. But holyshit. The negative side of new age and modern neo spiritual circle is such peanuts compared to what shady rabitholes mainstream worldviews can lead you to. It's uncomparable, really.

Maybe a lot of these spiritual teachers and traditions are not perfect, but it's far better than following some stage blue bullshit or being to deep into a libertarian mindset. These can have far much more damaging consequences

And especially by doing the regular non life-purpose work, you're basically propagating all this old world bullshit, stalting our overall progress. 

I've been hesitant to focus my life-work on helping these neo holistic circles, but recently i've came to a conclusion that it is probably one of the healthiest things we have at the moment in our cultural zeitgeist. As well as it has a lot of depth. Especially if start comparing stuff

Don't know, guys. Just wanted to share all this with ya. When I look at some deeply conservative folks, I get this strong flush of fear inside my bones across all of my body of how these guys are working to destroy and stall whatever depth and beauty of being we have built up with all of our cultural evolution. And I feel so much disgust towards it, as well as deep appreciation that these god damn buddhist and yoga communities that Leo bashes on in every thread lately actually exist

Edited December 15, 2022 by Hello from Russia

[Kanddle]

There's nothing inherently wrong with them. They do have a serious problem with cultural stupidity via groupthink, but otherwise, they raise the consciousness of the people within them.

[Carl-Richard]

18 minutes ago, Hello from Russia said:

New age folk definetely has their own problems and limitations. But holyshit. The negative side of new age and modern neo spiritual circle is such peanuts compared to what shady rabitholes mainstream worldviews can lead you to. It's uncomparable, really.

Having a large scale community centered around proper traditions and institutions is very beneficial for general safety and mental health. Individualistic spirituality doesn't have a good safety net for inexperienced or unstable people. There aren't many people you can go to for guidance, and it leaves you vulnerable to spiraling out into your own world of delusions. And of course, it makes you prone to... joining cults. That is why spirituality needs to be re-integrated into society the way that religion was originally intended to be.

Edited December 15, 2022 by Carl-Richard

[aurum]

@Hello from Russia

A lot of the new age community is mostly stage Green, which is the leading edge of mainstream consciousness. You certainly could do much worse. It aims to correct a lot of the traps of Blue spirituality.

Some of the biggest traps to watch out for in these circles are conspiracy theories, anti-mainstream bais, anti-allopathic medicine bias, anti-elite bias, “my intuition says”, misinterpretations of the law of attraction, not taking enough action, and overpriced “wellness” events / courses.

[BlessedLion]

I live within a spiritual community and it made the whole thing so much more enjoyable, relaxed, and SAFE. Having people to integrate and share experiences with what missing deeply in my soul and spiritual path. 
 

Most of these people live with open hearts and strive to be better. They definitely are not perfect, nor am I, but they are loving and chill and not lost in the psychosis that is the mainstream.

I’m general they are just more pleasant to be around. Everyone I know gives you presence, warmth, vulnerability and long hugs and cuddles  

Couldnt agree more with your post