New Age & Metaphysical Myth, Misinformation, Inspiration & Truth – Idealism vs. Realism

We certainly appreciate the value of inspirational 

messages that are rooted in truth. However, at the

present time, an over-abundance of spiritual 

misinformation is flooding the metaphysical

market by those whom we call the New Age

Cheerleaders.

They're usually well-meaning, but denying the 

reality that adversity is an unavoidable part of 

everyone's life, that it has a divine purpose, and 

instead promoting false promises is a disservice 

to consumers. Ultimately, a lot of the excitement 

and hype only serves to increase book sales and 

seminar profits and can do more damage than 

good.

Throughout the past 20 plus years of being involved

in the self-help, New Age, and metaphysical industry,

we've seen it time and time again: participants of

inspirational seminars and devotees of rosy passages

in best-selling "spiritual" books grab hold of the

false claims that the "experts" offer ("the perfect

relationship and infinite abundance are right around

the corner for you-it's your birthright!") and end up

being disappointed after all the hype has faded. Too

many "experts" claim, "...you can ‘create' whatever

you want and be whatever you want." Based on our 

extensive research, we've found this to be false.

Further popular myths in the New Age movement include

the following: "The era we are in is more ‘potent'

than ever. Therefore, we are more able, than ever

before, to create what we want--we can have it all;"

"We are moving from a time of ‘cause and effect' to

a time of ‘resonant causation,' which means that we

can now create whatever we want through the power of

intent;" "It's possible to dodge the karma you don't

feel like dealing with through the power of

forgiveness;" "Astrology and numerology aren't

applicable to those who have increased their

vibration through love and wisdom."

Many of the Cheerleaders claim that fate doesn't 

exist or that it is only applicable for select parts 

of life. In our opinion, they lack the right to deny 

the theory of destined life conditions until they 

first disprove the predictive sciences of numerology 

and astrology.

Hypothesis or theory can't be proven, it can only 

be invalidated. Numerology and astrology have yet

to be shown scientifically invalid. In order to 

accomplish this, two things are necessary: long-

term, objective observation of the circumstances 

in the lives of many people and extensive 

personality and predictive work involving these 

ancient sciences.

Until then, the Cheerleaders are denying a more 

than 2000 year esoteric tradition (which has been

wrongfully dishonored by the world's organized

religions--one of the greatest spiritual injustices

in recorded history--and greatly distorted by the

17th/18th century Age of Reason/Rationalism)

involving the prediction of life circumstances

through numerology and astrology. In doing so and

promoting their baseless promises of the power to

"create" anything anyone wants and erase life

challenges, they lead astray those seeking wisdom.

However trendy it is these days to reject the idea 

of predestination (events that are unavoidable), our

research shows that fated circumstances (rewarding

and challenging) are part of everyone's life. Since

1992 we've scrutinized the numerology and astrology

charts, and observed the representative circumstances 

(past and present) of thousands of people.

Furthermore, whether a person believes in karma 

nd fate or not, they are still bound by it, as

we constantly witness.

Once you see, as we have, the constant repetition of

numerological and astrological patterns entirely

corresponding to circumstances in peoples' lives,

it is easy to stop rejecting the concept of fate.

Furthermore, though we are grateful for our guides

and angels in spirit form and regularly work with

Archangels, just because certain information feels

good, is quoted by someone famous, or is "channeled"

doesn't mean it's true for this dimension.

Additionally, the so-called divine messages of many

popular metaphysical teachings too often get distorted

through the human filters called the ego-self and

conscious mind. The "I made millions/cured my

disease/met the perfect mate; you can do it too!"

messages beg for provisionssuch as, "...however, it

may not be your karma and fate to accomplish what I

did, so I can't guarantee the same success I've

had..."

We respectfully and compassionately would like to

remind New Age inspirational authors and speakers

that fate, dharma, and karma must be included in

New Age communications (even if they are just

indirectly alluded to). Otherwise, as we've seen,

fictional inspirational communications can

unfortunately send people down the primrose path

of illusion and leave them utterly disappointed,

not to mention further discredit the New Age 

movement.

Instead of misleading people into thinking they can

erase their tough karma and create anything they want,

we feel more emphasis should be placed on the

following philosophy: much of life is karmic and

fated, the "good" and the "bad," there's no avoiding

what is meant to be, but there's good news: you have 

free will to react the way you choose to your life's

predestined events and make the most of your time here

on earth.

What exactly is the benefit of working with predictive

numerology, astrology, and past life regression aside

from constantly seeing fate in action? The benefits

include self-knowledge, spiritual growth through 

awareness, wisdom, the ability to plan for the future,

the understanding that order exists in the universe

and that there are no victims, that life is void of

randomness, and that there is meaning to everyone's

life.

In doing so, you'll also find that the ancient mystics

and Gnostics were right: Fate cannot be cheated, but

it can be viewed in a way that makes life a heck of a

lot easier.

Why do we repeat what we do about destiny and free will

over and over? We feel these ideas are very valuable

and that it's our duty to share this sacred information

and to expose New Age myths and misleading practices.

We want to share what we and multitudes of mystics

throughout history have found as truth because with

awareness comes clarity, and with clarity comes a more

rewarding life.

Scott Petullo

http://www.mystictwins.com/

http://www.holisticmakeover.com/

Stephen Petullo

http://www.holisticmakeover.com

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