relationshipswithfamily,friendsandemployers/employees.
Whenconsideredonalargerscale,theydefinesocieties.
It shouldbe oflittlesurprisethat theworldviewwhich
is emerging calls into question many of the things Western
societyholdstobetrue:
MYTH # 1 Humanity has reached the pinnacle of its
development.
Esalen co-founder Michael Murphy, drawing upon
comparativereligiousstudies,medicalscience,anthropology,
andsports,has madeaprovocativecasethattherearemore
advancedstagesofhumandevelopment.Asapersonreaches
these advanced levels of spiritual maturity, extraordinary
capacitiesbegintoblossom —oflove,vitality,personhood,
bodilyawareness,intuition,perception, communication, and
volition.
First step: to recognizetheyexist.Most people donot.
Then,methodscanbeemployedwithconsciousintention.
MYTH# 2 Wearecompletelyseparatefromeachother,nature,
andtheKosmos.
Thismythof"other-than-me"hasbeenresponsibleforwars,
the rape of the planet, and all forms and expressions of
human injustice. After alt, who in their right mind would
harm another if they experienced that person as part of
themselves?StanGrof,inhisresearchofnon-ordinarystates
of consciousness, summarizes by saying "the psyche and
consciousness of each of us is, in the last analysis,
commensurate with "All-That-Is" because there are no
absoluteboundariesbetweenthebody/egoandthetotalityof
existence."
Dr.LarryDossey'sEra- 3 medicine,wherethethoughts,
attitudes, and healing intentions of one individual can