Though numerous other understandings of human nature exist within the New Age movement, all agree that some form of the divine exists within the self, and all similarly look to practices of self-development as central to cultivating knowledge of that divine essence.
This fact reveals one of the most important commonalities across all New Age approaches: the New Age possess a strong belief in individual human evolution.
Evolution within the New Age worldview does not mean biological evolution in the Darwinian sense. Rather, New Agers believe that individual human beings ideally evolve over their lifetime (and multiple lifetimes), achieving greater and greater awareness of their divine natures.
Footnotes:
Excerpts from a very interesting article on 'New Age Human Nature and the Purpose of Existence' I came across. Makes good reading.
This fact reveals one of the most important commonalities across all New Age approaches: the New Age possess a strong belief in individual human evolution.
Evolution within the New Age worldview does not mean biological evolution in the Darwinian sense. Rather, New Agers believe that individual human beings ideally evolve over their lifetime (and multiple lifetimes), achieving greater and greater awareness of their divine natures.
Footnotes:
Excerpts from a very interesting article on 'New Age Human Nature and the Purpose of Existence' I came across. Makes good reading.
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