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The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (or MSIA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit religious corporation, incorporated in California on June 25, 1971. Before incorporation, the group was founded in California in 1968 by John-Roger (formerly Roger Delano Hinkins).
- Emotion in Non-Human Animals
- Lessons For Us Humans
- Three Illustrative Cases
- Understanding Others, Understanding Ourselves
Emotion is displayed by animals all around us. Dolphins and orcas—both highly social species—demonstrate playfulness and loneliness, cheerfulness and affection. Elephants, who also live in close-knit groups, give every appearance of joy and sorrow. They seem to mourn their dead, and unfortunately experience something close to post-traumatic stress ...
There are several important lessons to be drawn here. First, it’s likely that numerous species feel their way through life because, as Charles Darwin asserted, differences between species are a matter of degree, not kind. Second, non-human animals are individuals with personalities. In Balcombe’s words, they have biographies, not merely biologies. ...
A trio of anecdotes points up what I mean. The first is what primatologist Jane Goodall experienced in the Gombe forest in the midst of her celebrated study of chimps in the 1960s. One particular day, she recalls, “Lost in awe at the beauty around me, I must have slipped into a state of heightened awareness. It seemed to me that self was utterly ab...
The late, great neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp believedthat “at the basic emotional level, all mammals are remarkably similar.” I suspect that, the more we learn about fish, birds, reptiles, cephalopods, and even insects, we will recognize further elemental similarities of feeling. As rapidly as our species is despoiling and destroying nature, we mus...
The Spiritual Benefits of Our Relationship with Animals. That animals touch us in a deep, central place is not a modern-day phenomenon, but one that pervades the history of the human-animal relationship. We sense that we can benefit spiritually in our relationship with animals, and we are right.
- Mary Lou Randour
This descriptive study of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA) centers on the cultural ethos of the group. Information presented here was gathered by participant observation, interviews, examination of MSIA literature, and statistics provided by the organization.
Jul 5, 2024 · Philosophical inquiry into the existence of animal souls dates back to ancient times. Aristotle, in his work De Anima (On the Soul), proposed that all living beings possess a soul, but he…
While we observe the transition from the New Age to the Next Age -- or argue whether this transition exists at all -- the study of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA), an international new religious movement founded in California in 1971, is particularly interesting.
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After a life-changing event in 1963, John-Roger was given the spiritual keys to anchor what he termed the “Mystical Traveler Consciousness” and five years later began openly sharing the teachings of the spiritual heart in informal settings such as people’s homes.
