Author: BECKA A. ALPER, MICHAEL ROTOLO, PATRICIA TEVINGTON, JUSTIN NORTEY and ASTA KALLO Source: Pew Research Center Publication Date: 7 December 2023 Link: Spirituality Among Americans
Stephan:
Americans are leaving affiliation with organized religion but, and I consider this very good news, they are increasingly recognizing nonlocal consciousness and that all living beings have a measure of consciousness. This is central to seeing all consciousness as interconnected and interdependent and that we exist in a matrix of consciousness. This has nothing to with religion in the sense various religions conceive of consciousness. The good news is that this emerging view will. make it possible for the American culture to recognize that fostering wellbeing at every level is the key to creating a new culture that recognizes the matrix and demands that social policies reflect the matrix. It is also important that science is beginning to recognize that consciousness is causal and fundamental, and that this will help this cultural change to occur.
In recent decades, Americans have become less likely to identify with an organized religion. Yet a new Pew Research Center survey shows that belief in spirits or a spiritual realm beyond this world is widespread, even among those who don’t consider themselves religious. The survey finds that:
83% of all U.S. adults believe people have a soul or spirit in addition to their physical body.
81% say there is something spiritual beyond the natural world, even if we cannot see it.
74% say there are some things that science cannot possibly explain.
45% say they have had a sudden feeling of connection with something from beyond this world.
38% say they have had a strong feeling that someone who has passed away was communicating with them from beyond this world.
30% say they have personally encountered a spirit or unseen spiritual force.
Overall, 70% of U.S. adults can be considered “spiritual” in some way, because they think of themselves as spiritual people or say spirituality is very important in their lives.
