Spiritualism is a metaphysical belief, a philosophy that includes entities such as the soul, life after death, deities, reincarnation, etc., and religious connotations elaborating on the nature of the relationship between the material and the immaterial aspects of human life. Although it is a broad phrase covering various ideologies and activities, Spiritualism suggests there is more to life than our five senses can detect. Furthermore – the essence behind neo-spiritualism elucidates that spirit is the only unchanging reality settled in every individual soul from which instinct, intuition, and intelligence crop spontaneously to make the mind aware and, after that, conscious.
Neo-spiritualism is a phrase used to define a modern approach to spirituality that integrates both contemporary ideas and practices. It is a philosophical study of the existence of an immaterial reality that is supreme and ultimate. The spirit possesses the supreme ability to make living creatures aware and conscious of going beyond perception and the intellect into a spiritual realm.
It is a non-religious philosophy that penetrates beyond the body and the sensory perception into seeking your true Self, transcending the body and mind into that realm of the spirit of “WHO YOU ARE” and experiencing and realizing the same.
The spirit here is aware energy, which is pure, non-dual, non-identified, non-attached, and unaware of its true Self. However, it can make your mind – aware, conscious, and alive to know and experience consciously or subconsciously all we know about the universe and its existence.
Neo-spiritualism does not include any religious or esoteric themes. It elaborates on how we connect in unity and continuity as one thread within which creator and creation are the same. It claims mental reality is an illusion created by the mind to experience a life of dualism, relating one opposite to another, for the mind to choose, for it is me and mine. Further, Quantum Physics advocates the same theory that Indic scriptures have always claimed in their pre-historic Vedas – Advaita (not two) Vedanta (end of knowledge) prescribing all that exists in the universe is non-dual Brahman (that which expands). Today, Quantum Mechanics declares the same as quantum waves of formless energy, which grows and is that immaterial aspect representing nothing in the nothingness of the universe – (Shunyata). All existences in matter and consciousness are but illusions (Maya) exhibiting the ‘Dance of Natraja’ to appear and disappear.
Energy possesses many abilities, from physical, mental, and electrical to nuclear. The supreme ability makes the human mind first aware and then conscious of our external and internal existence. This superior ability makes the mind spontaneously aware before thoughts, triggering consciousness, sub-conscious and unconscious thinking. The mind first needs to become aware and only then conscious of what it thinks. My books narrate the abovesaid as the superconscious section of the mind, which we claim to be the soul. I reiterate that it first ignites the mind, checks, and guides by witnessing thoughts, and also spontaneously provides immediate energy awareness- when we exclaim – Bingo – I’ve got it, or Eureka.
In neo-spiritualism, the spirit or energy is aware and conscious, distinguishing between living and non-living. Also, the highest intensity of this supreme energy is in humans, who conceptualize and experience everything we know – from stars to subatomic particles. This supreme energy leads to the conclusion that many spiritual gurus have declared you are that potential God-Guru and the Self, depending on what intensity of aware energy you acquire, experience, and realize.
This neo-spiritualism theory beyond religion has wide acceptance worldwide, especially since the youth are now less prone to religious traditions and rituals. They are more SBNR pursuing various methods and practices of spirituality in their path of exploring self-awareness and self-experiencing to realize what the Self is all about rather than fear supernatural beliefs. The neo-spiritual theory of knowing who you are beyond body and mind and how the body and mind engage with the true Self for that transcendence.
We can access the domain of the spirit through various methods and practices we refer to as ‘spirituality’ such as meditation, mantras, yoga, tai-chi, vipassana, and many other spiritual practices that lead towards that interconnectedness to all that exists sensitively and not in sentimentality. The essence here is you are a potential part of that universal spirit going through human experiences, and this purity needs to realize itself in unity and continuity. Spirituality endeavors to make you self-aware of your actual existence. Living through biological and mental levels determines the quantitative value of what you are, and that spiritual level determines qualitatively – who you are. There is a subject-object relationship, which tries to balance the material with the spiritual. However, the world is imbalanced today because of being excessively materialistic.
Ultimately, we come down to what is being spiritual. In short, every spiritual seeker’s journey is to transcend from lower (ego) consciousness to higher (divine) consciousness. Therefore, gaining a better understanding of life and the universe while forging a more incredible bond within the spiritual realm in higher consciousness are common goals in Spiritualism.
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