Authentic Spirituality
From The SpiritWiki
Authentic Spirituality is effective and empowering. Authentic spirituality makes a difference, not within the extended time frames of Old World Spirituality(i.e. years, decades, and lifetimes), but within short, workable, and verifiable time frames of days, weeks, and months. Techniques and principles provided an authentic spirituality will have immediate and discernible impact.
Authentic spirituality provides for empirically verifiable Awakening and Empowerment of the Physical Unit. In this context an authentic spirituality will help individuals understand the relationship of the consciousness to the Physical Unit. Authentic spirituality will understand the importance and significance of chakras, and will provide practices that encourage the descent of consciousness into, and empowerment of, the Physical Unit. These practices will always broach chakra blockages and the impact of wrong thinking and fear on energy flows through main chakras. Authentic spirituality will provide concepts and guidance that reduce Disjuncture and allow an individual to proceed towards right thought, right action, and right environment which will in turn lead to expansion of consciousness into the body and empowerment of the physical unit.
Although authentic spirituality does lead to awakening and empowerment of the physical unit, it does not necessarily, nor usually, lead immediately to peace, bliss, and happiness. Because authentic spirituality leads to an expansion of consciousness in the body, because this expansion necessarily leads to an increased awareness of the true nature of one's individual, social, political, or global reality, because our current global reality is characterized by unacceptable levels of suffering, oppression, and deception, and because consciousness itself is characterized by deep and profound levels of compassion and caring, authentic spirituality may at first lead to psychological difficulties as the individual confronts, deals with, and eventually changes their personal and social spheres to more accurately conform to the nature and expectations of their loving and compassionate consciousness. Support and understanding are critical during the initial phases of spiritual awakening as the individual uncovers indoctrination, toxicity, and slowly learns to operate outside the boundaries of the Matrix Illusion. Failure to provide adequate and sophisticated support and grounding during the sensitive initial stages of awakening and empowerment may lead to a reversal of attainment and a subsequent reduction of consciousness in the body.
See Also
The Seven Pillars
As Above in Consciousness, So Below in Matter
Sharp, Michael (2010). Authentic Spirituality. The SpiritWiki: http://www.thespiritwiki.com/index.php/Authentic_Spirituality [Accessed: July 29, 2010]
