Wholism and the New Age

And woe to those who choose “death.”

This is a very seductive idea. But does this picture feel right to you? It encompasses a lot of the old thinking and pulls people in through fear and separation. It taps into a lot of ego needs and pain-based needs. Physician, heal thyself.

We first have the duality of light vs. dark, the totalitarian and simplistic thinking dividing things and people into polar opposites — no grays, just black and white. People are good or bad, light or dark. Period. There is no in-between. We also have the old separatist thinking of Us vs. Them, the Good Guys vs. the Bad Guys. (If we wanted to give it a Western touch, we could add white and black hats — just so people could tell at a glance who was who.) We also strongly have the element of fear: if you don’t choose life, you get death. It pushes people’s fear buttons big-time. (If you’re not good, you’ll get coal in your stocking; “so you’d better be good for goodness’ sake….”)

And, after it has pushed all the big fear and separation buttons, it then gives a pay-off, the Reward, by pushing the ego-need button. The need to feel good about oneself. And not just good — superior. Superior to others. A savior. A “lightworker,” separate and above others (except for those other lightworker members of your exclusive clique). Who needs a country club when you can have your own New Age substitute version? This, for many, is an enticing notion, coming out of pain and need, but, unfortunately, at the expense of others: others must be seen as in the dark and needing to be saved in order for the “lightworker” to be exalted. For anyone with low self-esteem, who feels alienated from others and has deep-seated

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