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Why do things that carry the label 'New Age' have such a bad rap?
Are there any New Age works that are worth checking out?
Pic maybe related

>> No.14982216

>>14982197
because it is the same rehash of judeo Christianity, but exotic and they fail to be good meditators. For theists, meditation is ''being in the present moment'' which is the opposite of what samadhi is.

>> No.14982224

>>14982197
It’s untraditional “be your own guru” garbage and syncretic nonsense adhered to by hippies and cat ladies. Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya btfo it pretty hard recently
https://youtu.be/4P8xLjGPFS8

>> No.14982250

>>14982197
Bashar is a laugh and a bit interesting but dunno if he wrote a book

>> No.14982253

Anyone who has seriously followed the bread crumbs of new age has found mentall illness

>> No.14982258

>>14982224
>framed picture of Ramanuja

dropped

>> No.14982273

>>14982197
So someone called you a basedboy and now you're bitching about in /lit/?

You really are a basedboy

>> No.14982281

>>14982258
kek, i spotted that too, he part of the guadiya vaishava lineage so it makes sense.

>> No.14982290

>>14982224
>Acharyaji
Fucking based and redpilled

>> No.14982367

>>14982273
>reddit spacing
>delusions
take your meds

>> No.14982372
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14982372

all transcendent thinking is cancer
stop larping

>> No.14982376

>>14982197
>kid pix augurs

>> No.14982491

>>14982224
based video, thanks anon

>> No.14982512

>>14982491
Glad to help. His whole channel is great, if you like that I’m sure there’s a ton of other stuff on there for you too

>> No.14982515

>>14982197
The term new age seems so broad as to be worthless. It's just an arbitrary classification for a fuckton of beliefs that arguably contradict one another. It seems made up for convenience rather than any practical usage.

>> No.14982535

>>14982197
Nothing older than the "new" age, they have been going on about it for centuries. During Nero's reign the dawning of the Age of Pisces was seen as its herald. Madame Blavatsky, Crowley, L. Ron Hubbard, et c. all declared that a new age was upon us. The Golden Dawn, for example, tells us with its very name what it was dedicated to...

>> No.14982549

>>14982372
All TALKING about transcendental thinking is larping...

>> No.14983454

>>14982273
>basedboy
lurk moar

>> No.14983486

>>14982515
It literally means the Age of Aquarius, which began (or will begin) at some undefined point. If the constellations had more precise boundaries, then we'd know if we were in it or not.

>> No.14983526

>>14982197
>not anally probed
Sorry to tell you mate, but since most of our thoughts stem from our gut, the probe is going there.

>> No.14983534

>>14982372
Interesting. I almost responded to your text because of the psychological effects an image had on me.

>> No.14983560

>>14983534
>almost

>> No.14983756

>>14982197
>Why do things that carry the label 'New Age' have such a bad rap?
The movement was taken over by California hippies in the 1990s. It was turned into a mush of unfiltered pseudo-mystical self-help claptrap.
>Are there any New Age works that are worth checking out?
Anything and everything by Crowley. If nothing else, he was a genuinely great writer.

>> No.14983769

>>14982258
Its literally his lineage.

>> No.14983775

>>14983560
Post =/= text.

>> No.14983800

>>14982372
>all transcendent thinking is cancer
the truth is literally the opposite of this

>> No.14983825

>>14983775
still replied tho

>> No.14983864

>>14982512
>>14982491
You should watch this if you haven't.
It's his best video and sums up his ideas quite well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlcC4Cj9fWI

>> No.14984052

Basically it defies the pseudo-authority of tradition, so traditionalists hate it.
Its modern spirituality, so many fedora-types hate it too.

A criticism of newage is commercialization, but not all expressions are infected by it.

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>>14982197
>>14984052
This is the actual image

>> No.14984421

>>14983775
Damn you dumb

>> No.14984431

New Agers are pretentious fags. Occultism is just shitty philosophy for people who think abstract ideas are magical

>> No.14984442

>>14983486
So new age is just crowleyite shit?

>> No.14984463

>>14982197
>Quaker
Whaled and innerlightpilled

Not the liberal(not Quaker) ones though

>> No.14984464
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14984464

I like Wicca and making my own rituals just for the sake of it. I don't care what others may think to be really honest.

>> No.14984479

>>14982281
Source? I saw someone else say he was Vishishtadvaita, it wouldn't make sense for him to have a Ramanuja picture if he was Gaudiya Vaishnava

>> No.14984504

>>14984464
What do you like about it? If it’s the mystic/ritual elements, I’d say occultism is a lot more comprehensive.

>> No.14984551

>>14982197
>tfw crpytovajrayana RHP Chaos magi
I'm going to make it thru boys...

>> No.14984597

>>14984479
I dunno but this was his Guru
http://www.scsmath.com/docs/sridhar_maharaj.html

>> No.14984630

>>14984597
and this was his guru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaktisiddhanta_Sarasvati
Who is one of the masters of Gaudiya, so looks like it's true.

>> No.14984649

>>14984504
It relaxes me. It makes me feel calm and in peace with the universe. I do rituals with glasses, water, bells... It's like meditating. Occultism is interesting too. Of course hermetism and other branches are more complex and serious business. But making my own rituals just feels more appealing to me.

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>>14984479
>>14984630
Also ramunaja is in no ways at odds with Guadiya, i'm not sure why you say that, most people see it as a continuation with anattempt to bring in other aspects of the bhakti movement.