discords of corporeal sense yield to the harmony of spiritual sense

the discords of corporeal sense must yield to the harmony of spiritual sense, or at least find where you are so you can find where you are not, how do we miss the divine inside and out when it is right next to us, just waiting to be found.

what does it mean to say that we must find our harmony of spiritual sense.

to live in harmony is perfection?, but not simple.

Aldous Huxley New American Library Bhagavad Gita Hinduism

Aldous Huxley in the introduction to the New American Library edition of the Bhagavad Gita interprets the Gita as not only the distillation of Hinduism but also the distillation of religion in general. Huxley claims that the theology of the Gita is relevant to all religious people not just to the Hindu because he says it presents the four basic elements of a spiritual world view.
He presents these four fundamental doctrines as what he calls the Perennial Philosophy:

"First: the phenomenal world of matter and of individualized consciousness - the world of things and animals and men and even gods - is the manifestation of a Divine Ground within which all partial realities have their being, and apart from which they would be nonexistent.

Second: human beings are capable not merely of knowing about the Divine Ground by inference; they can also realize its existence by a direct intuition, superior to discursive reasoning. This immediate knowledge unites the knower with that which is known.

Third: man possesses a double nature, a phenomenal ego and an eternal Self, which is the inner man, the spirit, the spark of divinity within the soul. It is possible for a man, if he so desires, to identify himself with the spirit and therefore with the divine Ground, which is of the same or like nature with the spirit.

Fourth: man's life on earth has only one end and purpose: to identify himself with his eternal Self and so to come to unitive knowledge of the Divine Ground."

Of course, Huxley's Divine Ground is called Brahman in the Gita. But after Huxley discusses these four aspects of religion giving examples from a variety of religious traditions, he comes to the modern world-view and conjectures about why modern people have turned away from religion - he blames industrialization and technology.

Because of technological progress, Huxley claims that a utopian vision of life on earth has driven people away from the thurst for spiritual knowledge. He writes about the doctrine of progress through technology: "These false and, historically, aberrant and heretical doctrines are now systematically taught in our schools and repeated, day in, day out, by those anonymous writers of advertising copy who, more than any other teachers, provide European and American adults with their current philosophy of life."

I think we should put Huxley's pessimistic remarks about modern technology into historical perspective. He wrote these words in 1944 at the height of World War II. The technological innovations that he was witnessing were the most destructive forces of terror that man had ever unleashed on the planet. It is no wonder, then, that he sees technology as the antithesis of the religious life.

new age religions materialism and idealism in life

Materialism and Idealism in life, the ideas of Eastern mysticism, and the concept of idealism. The history of Western systematic philosophy from Plato to the late nineteenth century may be seen as one long argument between the idealists and the materialists, an argument about metaphysics.

Metaphysics asks questions about the relationship between the physical world and the spiritual world, between phenomena and numena, between the body and the mind. The idealists claim that reality is mind. They claim that the phenomenal world is a manifestation of ideas and that these ideas exist on a transcendent level, above and of a higher status than the physical.

Whether this numenal world exists within the mind of God, within Plato's world of ideas, or within the Christian heaven is unimportant for an understanding of metaphysics. Essentially, metaphysics postulates a dual view of the universe. The materialists also postulate dualism because, although they deny the existence of a world of spirit, they take part in metaphysical discourse, claiming that there is a subject to argue about.

To make a superficial but useful analogy from contemporary technology, it's like arguments one hears today about whether software is more important than hardware. Is it the physical components of a computer that is essentially the machine or is it the code that makes it possible to operate a computer that is essentially the machine. It's a silly argument; a computer is both software and hardware (some folks add a third component, wetware - a living operator, us.) The materialists claim that we can easily conceive of a body without a mind - rocks, air, stars - but that it's absurd to assume the existence of minds without bodies - ghosts, spirits, gods.

Whereas the idealists reject material as essential because of the definition of the word "essential." Things have essences or else the word would be meaningless. Things are not just what they appear to be, but have some basic essence that can't be experienced physically.

Idealists often use arguments based on definition to defend their positions. For example, the Christian philosopher Anselm used definition to prove the existence of God in his "Ontological Proof of the Existence of God." Anselm asks his readers to imagine a most perfect being in their minds and then to postulate a most perfect being in the real world. He then asks the readers to compare the two.

How are they different? Of course the only difference is that the being we imagine doesn't exist and the being in the real world does. He then asks us to decide which being is greater. Of course, the real being is greater. Anselm then writes, that because, by definition, God is the greatest being and since the existent being is greater than the non-existent being, then we must accept the theist position, God exists.

Hinduism rejects metaphysics. There is no dualism. Both a world of spirit and a world of material are equally nonexistent. The position of the Bhagavad Gita is that metaphysics is a silly argument, both the mind and the body are illusions. The Hindu would say that when the materialist claims that we can easily imagine bodies without minds he or she is as deluded as imagining a computer without software and that the idealists are as deluded as those who claim that a computer can exist entirely made of software.

All things seem to exist in either physical or mental manifestations but they don't. All things are essentially Brahman, and Brahman is neither spirit nor flesh.

new age religion wiki wikipedia section on new age Spirituality Philosophy and cosmology

Spirituality - wiki on Spirituality "While there is no unified belief system, many spiritual practices and philosophies are common among adherents of the New Age Movement".



some important new age religion key words, are in this section that you will see crop up in new age religion discussions often.

in new age religion words like Spiritual beings
Gods, angels, Ascended Masters, elementals, ghosts, faeries, Spirit guides and the Afterlife, spirit, reincarnation and/or near-death experiences, among other terms in the section below.

"Philosophy and cosmology
Main articles: Philosophy and Cosmology
Theism
There is a general and abstract idea of God, which can be understood in many ways; seen as a superseding of the need to anthropomorphize deity. Not to be confused with pantheism.[citation needed]
Spiritual beings
Gods, angels, Ascended Masters, elementals, ghosts, faeries, Spirit guides and extraterrestrials can spiritually guide a person, if they open themselves to their guidance.
Afterlife
Consciousness persists after death as life in different forms; the afterlife exists for further learning through the form of a spirit, reincarnation and/or near-death experiences. There may be a belief in hell, but typically not in the traditional Christian sense or Islamic sense of eternal damnation. Universalist views of the afterlife are common.
Age of Aquarius
The current time period is claimed by some astrologers to be the dawning of the Age of Aquarius correlated to various changes in the world and some claim that the early 1960s was the actual beginning of the Age of Aquarius, though this claim is highly contentious. Common claims about the developments associated with the Age of Aquarius include, but are not limited to, human rights, democracy, innovative technology, electricity, computers, and aviation. Esoteric claims are that the Age of Aquarius will see a rise in consciousness.
Astrology
Horoscopes and the Zodiac are used in understanding, interpreting, and organizing information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters.[28]
Teleology
Life has a purpose; this includes a belief in synchronicity—that coincidences have spiritual meaning and lessons to teach those whom are open to them. Everything is universally connected through God and participates in the same energy.[29] There is a cosmic goal and a belief that all entities are (knowingly or unknowingly) cooperating towards this goal.
Indigo children
Children are being born with a more highly developed spiritual power than earlier generations.
Interpersonal relationships
There are opportunities to learn about one's self and relationships are destined to be repeated until they are healthy.
Intuition
An important aspect of perception – offset by a somewhat strict rationalism – noted especially in the works of psychologist Carl Jung.
Optimism
Positive thinking supported by affirmations will achieve success in anything;[34] this is based on the concept that Thought Creates. Therefore, as one begins focusing attention and consciousness on the positive, on the "half-filled" glass of water, reality starts shifting and materializing the positive intentions and aspects of life. A certain critical mass of people with a highly spiritual consciousness will bring about a sudden change in the whole population.[35] Humans have a responsibility to take part in positive creative activity and to work to heal ourselves, each other and the planet.
Human Potential Movement
The human mind has much greater potential than that ascribed to it[37][38][39] and is even capable of overriding physical reality.
Spiritual healing
Humans have potential healing powers, such as therapeutic touch, which can be developed to heal others through touch or at a distance".