# THE NEW-AGE RELIGIONS

This page is nothing special. These are all common ideas and opinions. They have no direct relationship with panoramic sensing.

Parent Page : A Focused or Panoramic God

In these modern times anything resembling God is almost taboo. Our Western herd mentality doesn't trust in God.

The creative thinking of Nietzsche, Darwin, Freud et al., broke the old walls down, but then we found our individual egos, and we were fascinated.

And so we developed all the new-age religions teaching new forms of herd mentality – believing in 'finding yourself', self-realisation, self-development, unifying mind-body-spirit – until we are superior beings in a state of pure and universal consciousness.

Some new-age methods can undoubtedly unlock hidden potential and help us connect with forgotten or unrealised talents and energies and help bring our lives in balance.

But panoramic sensing IS a forgotten, unrealised potential and talent, and evolution's basic balance in life.

## Finding your Real Self

Our modern culture is going through a stage of looking for anything which avoids any from of sacrifice or subservience to a superior energy.

So, we're left with psychology mixed with bits and pieces of Hindu, Buddhist and other Asian religions and philosophy, the higher self, the real self, and a few prehistoric nature Gods from Celtic and Greek pantheism.

Some of these methods are horrific. They often have cool sounding names. See Oponopono and Gaia for a couple of modern relatively common-sense methods.

It is irrelevant to give summaries here. There is something essential missing from almost all new-age theories. They originate from a time when an almighty spiritual essence was just taken for granted, it was present in everything we did and thought, it was part of our mind-set.

Another part of that mind-set was that in those times we lived for and because of our social group.

People simply weren't as self-centred as they are these days.

Self-realisation is self-centred.

Einstein told us everything is energy and light. Perhaps in another million years humans will evolve to perceive themselves and others as a 'real self' full of light and energy. Perhaps we could all discover the power of love... perhaps...

But it's ridiculous. Right now we could be doing what every animal does, experiencing safety in the wholeness of panoramic reality.

## Leadership

It's largely a question of leadership. Nowadays with self realisation as the ultimate aim, the leaders attain this merely by having followers. The followers have their herd mentality, and so everyone finds a sense of confirmation and identity.

## Panoramic Related Practices

Focusing on the present moment is directly related to panoramic sensing, but when you are fully aware of the present moment, you will find you are sensing in a panoramic way.

Modern
Mindfulness Mindfulness is a misinterpretation of the original Pali word. See Right Awareness for details.
exercises usually focus on the breath or body, and the aim is some sort of self-realisation. Panoramic awareness could be called sensefulness; it is the active awareness of the environment around us, and it is inherently a selfless state of being.

Quakers Christian based 1600s reformation movement with strong emphasis on waiting for the spirit
are the only group i know who just sit and wait. But normally these days they practice with closed eyes and closed windows.

Interstingly all religions originated outside out-of-doors i.e. the same place that panoramic sensing originated. As religions became organised they started practising in churches and temples – indoors where outside disturbances are excluded and panoramic sensing is superfluous.

## Animal Gurus

Animals teach freely, they ask for nothing back. Animals teach us a surprisingly simple method as ancient as life itself – the panoramic experience of direct awareness, oneness and selflessness.

Animals and young children know how to use their senses in their panoramic capacity. Animals and young children would make the best new-age gurus.

The teaching tradition is safe in their hands, safe from pompous and abstract theories, safe from the 'true self' and its superior egoism.

Please read A Focused or Panoramic God

Sub-pages
Our Animal Gurus
Leaders and Followers
Life is a Game
Focusing on the present moment
Oponopono and Gaia

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