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Newsletter Nr. 981
Amsterdam, May 23rd, 2022


THE AUTHENTICITY OF ADI DA SAMRAJ - Spiritual Choices, Part 1 - BRAD REYNOLDS

Ken Wilber’s book Spiritual Choices: The Problem of Recognizing Authentic Spiritual Paths to Inner Transformation (1987), edited with Dick Anthony and Bruce Ecker, outlined what is called “Anthony’s typology,” an integral metric or measuring system based on research conducted at the Center for the Study of New Religious Movements (directed by Jacob Needleman) in conjunction with the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California… This work helped initiate a reevaluation in the rise of new religious movements from the 1960s and 1970s, and the deficient exposure of several Gurus and Spiritual Teachers during the 1980s and 1990s (and beyond). It continues to be relevant in today’s new millennium as spiritual traditions from the mystical East and Asia are integrated into Western sensibilities by bringing the practices of yoga, meditation, tantra, and Guru Yoga to the modern world.

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