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Something you'll hear a lot about is raising one's vibrational level. The concept is that everyone's "energy field" (IE, [[Life Energy|spirit/chi/lifeforce]]) vibrates at a certain frequency. Higher vibrations are supposed to enable your [[Psychic Powers]] and such nifty things. Generally speaking, prayer, meditation, eating right, and being kind and positive is supposed to raise your vibration, whereas unhealthy eating, focus on the material, and being negative lower it. |
Something you'll hear a lot about is raising one's vibrational level. The concept is that everyone's "energy field" (IE, [[Life Energy|spirit/chi/lifeforce]]) vibrates at a certain frequency. Higher vibrations are supposed to enable your [[Psychic Powers]] and such nifty things. Generally speaking, prayer, meditation, eating right, and being kind and positive is supposed to raise your vibration, whereas unhealthy eating, focus on the material, and being negative lower it. |
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Another concept you'll stumble upon sooner or later in the new age community is the concept of "indigo children" - that is, people who have incarnated on Earth specifically for the purpose of helping humanity to get its act together. Exactly how you tell who an indigo child is depends on who you ask, and the concept itself has been criticized heavily due to the "indigo traits" usually being overly generic or more likely being a sign of [http://www.springhole.net/wordpress/?p=63 something else]. The metaconcept of indigo children has branched out to include other types of souls with specific purposes, with equally shiny and colorful names such as "[[ |
Another concept you'll stumble upon sooner or later in the new age community is the concept of "indigo children" - that is, people who have incarnated on Earth specifically for the purpose of helping humanity to get its act together. Exactly how you tell who an indigo child is depends on who you ask, and the concept itself has been criticized heavily due to the "indigo traits" usually being overly generic or more likely being a sign of [http://www.springhole.net/wordpress/?p=63 something else]. The metaconcept of indigo children has branched out to include other types of souls with specific purposes, with equally shiny and colorful names such as "[[Everything's Better With Sparkles|diamond]] children" and "[[Everything's Better With Rainbows|rainbow]] children." |
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The dark side of the New Age movement is that it has attracted a glut of self-proclaimed gurus who appropriate and exploit aspects of other cultures' spiritualities, most glaringly [http://www.newagefraud.org Native American]. |
The dark side of the New Age movement is that it has attracted a glut of self-proclaimed gurus who appropriate and exploit aspects of other cultures' spiritualities, most glaringly [http://www.newagefraud.org Native American]. |
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