Dispelling certain New Age and religious beliefs

 

I feel like bits and parts of Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Paganism and New Age are true while much of it is based on culture and human perception. There’s some science involved in it too, as energy cannot be created nor destroyed (if there is an afterlife). I agree that all religions can be valuable in learning about cultures, faith, community and being a good person but perhaps ignore the excessive negativity, sin, and bias. I think maybe:

(All religions + New Age): God-Source (genderless energy) Jesus, Shiva, Zeus, aliens, Ascended Masters, Spirit Guides etc. are real... but they exist primarily in the timeless cosmic dimension. Because most of us cannot sense them, we perceive them to be fictional. They are light beings that manifest as the figures we revere in mythology (or in the case of Buddha and Jesus and spirit guides, as formerly real humans who have ascended to greater levels. They are here to help humanity and anyone can learn from them (you don’t have to be Christian for Jesus to give you a message.) Nature spirits and darker earthbound souls also exist, in between the other side and physical world.

There is no hell – only one that we create in our subconscious minds based on religion and fear and what we have been exposed to. Hell is the distress we feel in the material world. Hell experiences in NDEs are temporary, giving the soul an opportunity to learn and be brave.

(Hinduism, ancient religions) Reincarnation does exist and we learn from our past life mistakes in Life Reviews. Unlike many spiritual texts, we have been aliens, animals, plants etc. not just a variety of humans. The Universe is truly limitless in learning possibilities! However, unlike New Age, we as souls have the right to spend time with our deceased loved ones as needed and not have to be separated into soul groups to constantly evolve for Source! (It’s the main problem I have with “Journey of Souls”. In a timeless world, we’re allowed to evolve at our own pace.)

(New Age) I think we as souls do choose our own lives (parents, personality, appearance, knowing that poverty/disability is possible in each life. We only see the good in our future parents as souls).  However, the theory that we choose everything about our lives is not only false, its degrading. No soul, no matter how advanced would ever want to choose being murdered, tortured, raped etc. so I theorize that some aspects are purposefully hidden from souls such as death and traumatic moments in the future like abuse, accidents etc. Otherwise they wouldn’t want to incarnate in the first place. Only God knows our fate.

(Paganism) There are several things important in paganism that dispels some New Age dehumanizing concepts. Sometimes bad things just happen. Accidents and disease are a thing and not everything is chosen in advance by souls. Otherwise how would we learn from random events? Also, against Hindu, Buddhism and New Age beliefs, in Paganism reincarnation is a gift, not something we should strive to free ourselves from. It’s as natural as living and dying and benefits everyone. Paganism acknowledges the sacredness of nature and the physical world, not just the spiritual world like New Age does.

 

 

 

In “The Pagan Book of Living and Dying” by Starhawk, several important points are made to dispel New Age concepts:

 

“The Pagan view allows for a certain degree of randomness in the universe. Certainly our actions and choices bring consequences with them, but sometimes bad things just happen. Fate is not always fair. Perhaps the randomness is the price we pay for freedom, for a world that is not completely predetermined.”

 

“Rebirth is the Goddess’s (or God’s) greatest gift to us and we embrace the wheel. The reward of a life well lived is to live again, to meet once more with those we have known and loved, and t love again.”

 

“The Goddess (or God) does not punish us; She (He) provides no Hell for wrongdoers. If we refuse Her (His) challenges or fail to meet them, She (He) simply continues to offer us the same challenges over and over again in different forms.”