Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability is now a religion?!

Generally speaking, when a person considers themself spiritual (but NOT religious), believes in the healing energies of crystals, is pretty sure there is some sort of Higher Power, bases responsible/ life changing descision making off of the outcome of laying down painted cards, or astronomical events, that said person is considered to be a "New-Ager." The term New Age refers, in most cases, to themes and practices of the occult; i.e. Tarot Cards, tea leaves, magick, witchcraft, etc. These concepts and practices are actually NOT new in anyway. They have just made-over and repackaged as something more marketable directed at a focus group of people looking for answers in their life.

"So what the heck are Lohasions," you ask? It is a term derived from an acronym created by marketers on the West Coast—LOHAS, as in Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. There is an actuall marketing group called the Natural Marketing Institute who have recently held a LOHAS convention and have determined that 17% of the U.S. are Lohasions.

Growing up, I fell into this category. I was given the freedom from my parents to explore spiritual truths about life and, of course, found them in the same things my own mother did. I "read" tarot cards, practiced meditation, dabbled in I Ching, Buddishm, Taoism, and even Wicca. I never would have considered myself a New-Ager, however. No, I thought of myself as spiritually liberated and ahead of the curve. Not tied down to restrictive oppressing dogmas that organized religion had to offer.

I've left all those "truths" behind. I traded them for the one thing that made the least sense of them all. A man who claimed to be the son of God, who died on a cross, and who's followers went to their own deaths under testimony that he rose from the dead. Obviously, I'm talking about Jesus. If you are reading this, and you yourself are into the New Age scene, or Lohasion movement, or Occult practices, check Jesus out. If you're really looking for truths in life that feel right in your gut, then check Jesus out. Curious? Want to at least see if I'm wrong? go here for The Question and the Answer.