A Brief Look At New Age Philosophies

By Andrea Davidson


To understand new age philosophies, understanding that contemporary cosmic humanist movements are rooted in romantic 19th century poets is important. The poets include Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, who all rejected the Bibles God. Instead, they choose to write about a quality of spirituality that is transcendent and experienced exclusively through personal introspection.

The writing by these poets did not attract attention until the 1960s. Some of those who contributed to this included film stars, eastern gurus and popular music artists, who made the new age ideas public across the world. Most recently, popular musicians like Madonna have joined the Hinduism religion, with other embracing Zen Hinduism openly, like Phil Jackson. Tom Cruise, John Travolta as well as other well known film stars have shown belief in Scientology.

This has resulted in Cosmic Humanist ideas being widely disseminated through television, movies and remarkable book sales. New Age Philosophy does not recognize naturalistic philosophies as well as materialistic ones since such explanations fail to accept the supreme supernatural. If their perspective is correct and assuming all aspects of human existence is sacred, then all things in this world have a spiritual nature.

If the spiritual aspects of life result in higher consciousness and inner truth, then humans should see all reality from a perspective of the supernatural. Cosmic humanists are directed by this perspective to a philosophy of non-naturalism, which means nothing is natural and all things are supernatural. The philosophical stance taken by cosmic humans is that the decisive reality exists in a spiritual dimension.

Cosmic humanists believe that entire reality is all about God, ranging from a the tiniest drop of sea water to all planets in the universe. This belief is supported by one of their philosophies that focuses on principles widely used, which views the earth together with the entire universe as an organism with life.

A New Age philosophy, like that of non-naturalism affects its epistemology as well as the ontology. On a basis of the knowledge theory, new age movement supporters put emphasis on why it is important for human beings to connect with their higher self. By connecting with the God-force within, people can instinctively get to know a truth without limits.

When people look within, they will find the truth but not in a way that is commonly understood. According to cosmic humans, the truth, which is made up of what one can know, is an experience or a feeling. The meaning of life is not contained in knowledge. Each person creates his or her truth in accordance to a principle that states if it feels like the truth to someone, it probably is. All the knowledge is in the God-force within people, and if they connect with that power, they tap into knowledge.

The ontology of the supporters of cosmic humanism branches a certain philosophy that is not naturalistic. The ultimate reality or substance is in the hands of Christ consciousness or God-force. God happens to be the core of existence, with all living things revolving around him. So many of the new age philosophies are monistic, the likes of Marxism, Leninism and secular-based humanism.




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