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  • project ascentialism by silverRadiance
    Ascentialism may be viewed as the divine and universal doctrine of humanity. Ascentialism promotes a self discipline that removes the lower aspects within mankind, such as ego, glamour, illusion and harmfulness. Along with three years of personal interests and various forms of interaction research was gathered. For the purpose of this essay however, five interviews were undertaken with individuals whom participate within the Ascentialism movement within the Gauteng area. Religious utopian movements are based on religious ideals; religious utopias are often described as Gardens of delight. Implying an existence free from worry in a state of bliss and enlightenment. Most New Age practices and beliefs may be characterized as a form of alternative spirituality or alternative religion. Ascentialism, thus may be defined as a utopian movement. Ascentialism in the context of its followers lives promotes, to mention but a a few , three main factors : ascentialism as a means of clarity, as it provides spiritual insights and comforts to the events in and around the individuals life, bringing about mental clarity to the position of the individuals life and any relevant aspirations. Secondly ascentialism promotes self disapline and inner peace, several doctrines within the ascentialsit perspective promote high standards of self conduct within and without the enviroment of the individual, this self disapline in return reults into inner peace, ascentialism thus promotes a lifestyle of rationality, love-wisdom and piety. Thirdly, due to the clarity, inner peace and self –discipline that Ascentialism promotes, results into the third factor of Ascentialism being an immediate utopia around the individual, the force of love-wisdom generates abundance and bliss consciousness around the individual and manifests the appeal to strive for a common good: once one witnesses the grace of group consciousness in tuned to the greater prosperity of humanity, one then notices that a utopia is not a reconstruction of society but rather a synergy of intention towards equality, prosperity and individualism. Critiques of Ascentialism include the challenge of diversity, the involvement of a capitalist market and the challenge of commitment to self mastery. Yet the most defining and striking aspect of Ascentialism is the enlightenment that God resides in each and every persons mind, the human condition of intellect and its evolution through the rise of consciousness, since Being bipedal, leads to questions of what mankind’s unrevealed abilities are, this aspect according to Ascentialism’s “as above so below” is the next challenge of science, to prove that God equals the mind and that humans are the reflection of the supreme being.