by John Ashbrook
The new age is upon us, and attitudes are changing. For many people, a new way of thinking is emerging. This new way is, of course, based on spiritual principles, and although these principles are basically simple, they are revealing the new light of our expanding consciousness. We are beginning to experience a deeper, more meaningful understanding of life’s purpose. We are truly awakening to the guidance of our higher selves. Here are several topics and comments on their meanings in the spiritual light of new-age thinking.
LEADERSHIP: The new-age leader makes decisions that are good for the majority over the long run. Long-range vision will be emphasized over short-term fixes. The new-age leader knows that trying to please everyone eventually leads to pleasing no one. Popularity is not the goal of the new-age leader. Servicing the ego is out while serving his or her following is the call of the times. People will respect their leaders based on integrity, fairness, and personal fortitude.
Leaders will be chosen for their devotion and sense of duty to doing what is right for everyone, not just the powerful few. The idea of politics being an ambitious career for those who thirst for power and control will give way to humble public service.
COMPETITION. Competition will always exist, but in the new age, there will be less emphasis on the “glory” of winning and the “horrors” of losing. Instead, more importance will be placed on good character and how one plays the game. Competition will be seen as a venue of learning. Since winning will cease to be the only measurement of one’s value, healthy camaraderie will develop, leading to more and more collaboration.
In the new age, this concept of working together to achieve a common goal that everyone involved will benefit from (win) will become the rule rather than the exception. Egos will cease to rule the game.
PROSPERITY. Prosperity in the new age will take on expanded meanings. Wealth will be measured by more intangible factors such as happiness and personal fulfillment. Money, power, and material possessions will no longer be the ultimate aim of the ambitious; instead, a more balanced view of success will be strived for.
Freedom, health, and peace of mind will become more and more important to the individual’s idea of success and abundance. Stress will no longer be accepted as the byproduct of making money. Prosperity will be a balanced combination of work and play that will provide fulfillment in pleasure as well as accomplishment. Prosperity will mean not having to “control” every aspect of life because of fear or ego. In this way, we learn to let go and truly live. That is prosperity.
HEALTH. In the new age, health will be seen more and more as an issue of spirituality. The connection between a person’s spiritual state and their physical state will become very obvious. External circumstances will be blamed less for health problems. Everyone will understand that all disease is the physical manifestation of a spiritual problem that needs to be recognized and worked through. Doctors will understand that physical symptoms are symbolic of spiritual disorder, and a big part of the treatment will be counseling the individual regarding these personal spiritual matters. This “combination” of technology and psychology will foster prevention. People will become more in touch with their spiritual selves, and the fear of being helpless victims of disease will begin to disappear from our lives. This will take time, but we are definitely headed in the right direction.
CHILDREN. We are heading toward a time when an individual’s soul development will be recognized in early childhood. The psychological problems that hinder our lives as adults will eventually not exist for our children. We now know that the parents’ spiritual state is symbolic and reflects the child’s. So, some of a parent’s bad or negative traits exist within the soul of their children. This is because our children are naturally attracted to parents who will set the right example.
As adults struggle with and overcome their own spiritual distortions, they will recognize these problems in their children. They will set the example because the children will see how their parents face and deal with distortions and fears. The child learns to deal with their own problems by observing their parents.
So, the healthy parent who does not ignore or escape from dealing head-on with their own problems teaches their children to face and overcome rather than retreat and hide. As each generation makes spiritual progress at an earlier age, there will come a time when all spiritual imbalances will be dissolved at a very early age, and children will be free from the limiting spiritual immaturity that exists in all of us to one degree to another at this time in history. There is much work to be done, but eventually, it will be heaven on earth.
