Adrian
asked
Rose Rosetree:
Hi Rose! I just read "Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening." One thing I loved was how you talked about "Church Wenters." The way you wrote about people who *used* to go to church gave me a totally new perspective that made so much sense to me. How did you get so informed on religious life? If it's not too personal, do you have a history as an evangelical?
Rose Rosetree
Thanks, Adrian.
As I often remind folks at my blog (where we have a ton of lively Comment Conversations), I am not a theorist.
That means, what I write about -- including in "Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening" -- comes from my experience.
What experience? To date, my experience includes having facilitated 38,500 personal sessions of Energy Spirituality®. (Later today, for instance, three new sessions are on my schedule. That adds up to a lot of learning.)
Besides sessions, I teach online workshops, complete with highly interactive forums. Also I maintain a leading-edge group that's organized exclusively to help some of my clients who have moved into Age of Awakening Enlightenment, folks who want to know more about how to keep on growing within Spiritual Enlightenment.
Besides all that, there's my educational blog, "Deeper Perception Made Practical." Just about daily we have lively comment exchanges, educational exchanges. This year, at this monitored blog, we averaged at least 1,000 new comments monthly.
In short, I teach and learn. Outside of my work, I stay informed about social and political news, so that I can do my part to contribute to society.
THUS, WHEN I DO WRITE ABOUT TRENDS IN SOCIETY...
All that writing is based on real-life experience with real people. A lot of learning and listening!
So, Adrian, I can't tell you specifically how I came to notice the trend that I wrote about in that book, the trend I call Church-Wenters. (In contrast to Churchgoers.)
Except that I did discover that. And found that trend really fascinating.
THEN KNOWLEDGE INFORMED MY WRITING
Supplementing that knowledge, what else happened? During the years I was writing and editing this self-help book, I did a fair amount of research to substantiate what I'd learned anecdotally: concerning the sharp drop in church attendance among many former Evangelicals, now "Exvangelicals."
As you know, "Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening" explores the ongoing mystery of why so many have dropped out of formal religious affiliation. Solving that mystery adds up, one chapter after another.
YES, CHURCH-WENTERS REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT MYSTERY
In my view, at least, Adrian. As for why I wrote about that?
Look, many of my readers are mostly interested in what's promised in the subtitle to that book: Your Complete Program for Spiritual Awakening and More.
Yet a completely different reason to read this book, and to keep on reading, is the desire to find answers to that consequential mystery:
* A mystery that unfolds, chapter by chapter.
* A mystery that involves how, as I've come to understand, human consciousness has subtly changed since the Shift, such as humanity's new "Consciousness Positioning Superpower."
WHY DOES ALL THAT MATTER?
All of us can adapt well to living now, in the Age of Awakening. Thus far, though, most people are not doing so well. So much human happiness -- and effectiveness in life -- are being squandered.
Seems to me, by highlighting that particular mystery as a sub-theme in this book for self-help in the Age of Awakening, I can encourage readers to keep on reading.
Who doesn't love a good mystery, especially the chance to gain clarity about an ongoing mystery that affects quality of life... where every single one of us is living right now?
As an author, I figured that solving the Church-Wenters Mystery just might be more appealing than "How can I adapt well to the Age of Awakening?"
Let's face it. For now, that second question brings up a controversial topic which means nothing to most people. Yet who among us doesn't know a single churchgoer... or ex-churchgoer?
And who doesn't wonder, deep down? Is there only one right way to please God?
Finally, for those of us spiritual seekers who long to use of our full potential, who among us doesn't wonder, deep down, "What can help me to progress, to make authentic progress, spiritually?"
As I often remind folks at my blog (where we have a ton of lively Comment Conversations), I am not a theorist.
That means, what I write about -- including in "Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening" -- comes from my experience.
What experience? To date, my experience includes having facilitated 38,500 personal sessions of Energy Spirituality®. (Later today, for instance, three new sessions are on my schedule. That adds up to a lot of learning.)
Besides sessions, I teach online workshops, complete with highly interactive forums. Also I maintain a leading-edge group that's organized exclusively to help some of my clients who have moved into Age of Awakening Enlightenment, folks who want to know more about how to keep on growing within Spiritual Enlightenment.
Besides all that, there's my educational blog, "Deeper Perception Made Practical." Just about daily we have lively comment exchanges, educational exchanges. This year, at this monitored blog, we averaged at least 1,000 new comments monthly.
In short, I teach and learn. Outside of my work, I stay informed about social and political news, so that I can do my part to contribute to society.
THUS, WHEN I DO WRITE ABOUT TRENDS IN SOCIETY...
All that writing is based on real-life experience with real people. A lot of learning and listening!
So, Adrian, I can't tell you specifically how I came to notice the trend that I wrote about in that book, the trend I call Church-Wenters. (In contrast to Churchgoers.)
Except that I did discover that. And found that trend really fascinating.
THEN KNOWLEDGE INFORMED MY WRITING
Supplementing that knowledge, what else happened? During the years I was writing and editing this self-help book, I did a fair amount of research to substantiate what I'd learned anecdotally: concerning the sharp drop in church attendance among many former Evangelicals, now "Exvangelicals."
As you know, "Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening" explores the ongoing mystery of why so many have dropped out of formal religious affiliation. Solving that mystery adds up, one chapter after another.
YES, CHURCH-WENTERS REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT MYSTERY
In my view, at least, Adrian. As for why I wrote about that?
Look, many of my readers are mostly interested in what's promised in the subtitle to that book: Your Complete Program for Spiritual Awakening and More.
Yet a completely different reason to read this book, and to keep on reading, is the desire to find answers to that consequential mystery:
* A mystery that unfolds, chapter by chapter.
* A mystery that involves how, as I've come to understand, human consciousness has subtly changed since the Shift, such as humanity's new "Consciousness Positioning Superpower."
WHY DOES ALL THAT MATTER?
All of us can adapt well to living now, in the Age of Awakening. Thus far, though, most people are not doing so well. So much human happiness -- and effectiveness in life -- are being squandered.
Seems to me, by highlighting that particular mystery as a sub-theme in this book for self-help in the Age of Awakening, I can encourage readers to keep on reading.
Who doesn't love a good mystery, especially the chance to gain clarity about an ongoing mystery that affects quality of life... where every single one of us is living right now?
As an author, I figured that solving the Church-Wenters Mystery just might be more appealing than "How can I adapt well to the Age of Awakening?"
Let's face it. For now, that second question brings up a controversial topic which means nothing to most people. Yet who among us doesn't know a single churchgoer... or ex-churchgoer?
And who doesn't wonder, deep down? Is there only one right way to please God?
Finally, for those of us spiritual seekers who long to use of our full potential, who among us doesn't wonder, deep down, "What can help me to progress, to make authentic progress, spiritually?"
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What is it like to be the founder of Energy Spirituality? Do you like being "first" at something, or is it challenging in some way that other people don't notice? I have been learning about leaders during challenging times and I think you would fit the bill. I have such respect for your work in the world especially because of how leading edge it is. Do you find generally that people respect your work?
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