New age philosophy and practices are all too often stereotyped. Many people think it is all about swanning around a flat in lots of scarves, listening to music with flutes and harps, and probably smoking lots of marijuana. If you do these things, you are not necessarily being a bad or misguided person, and new age philosophy does have a strong association with such practices. However, the point is that there is more to new age enlightenment than the things mentioned above.
One of the reasons New Age believers pursue meditation or take courses in spirituality is to achieve a higher spiritual and mental state. A high, in short. No, this is not the debased concept of high that people get off party drugs, shopping, etc. Rather, it is the high of operating at a level that agrees with your spiritual and physical nature, and comes from connecting with nature and the universe as a whole. continue reading…
