Welcome to the Lightning Path

The Lightning Path

The Lightning Path is a progressive educational and research institute.
Our mission is the development and implementation of new theoretical and pedagogical paradigms
capable of shifting our thinking, raising our collective consciousness,
and ushering in what psychologist Abraham Maslow referred to a Eupsychia, or the good society.

We work towards this goal by focusing on key truths of human development
and key aspects of modern life to determine avenues for rapid and effective improvement.

Our Beliefs, Vision, and Values

We Believe

We believe that health is a state of complete physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being and is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. We define spiritual well-being a state of connection between Bodily Ego and Spiritual Ego

Our Vision

We see a world filled with healthy, happy, empowered and fulfilled human beings, a Eupsychia as psychologist Abraham Maslow called it,[1]“Eupsychia—The Good Society.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1, no. 2 (1961): 1. working together to improve lives, transform environments, and save the planet.

Our Values

We understand that new paradigms and systems must be of the highest calibre. We undertake our mission in a peaceful, progressive, non-violent, ethical, honest, inclusive, scientifically grounded, open, and transparent way.

What We Do

Theory and Research

We develop paradigm-shifting theories and the research to back them up.

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Education

We create curriculum that changes how people see the world and themselves.

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Consultation

We help create environments that nurture health and full human potential.

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Therapeutic Guidance

We develop (and offer) therapies that heal and actuate full human potential.

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From the SpiritWiki

The SpiritWiki

Building new paradigms is difficult, changing the world even more so. In order to have even a hope, we need to facilitate rapid paradigmatic evolution. The Lightning Path does this, in part, with the SpiritWiki.

The SpiritWiki is the canonical repository of all things Lightning Path. It contains definitions, semantic linkages, and scholarly citations all designed to help build a solid foundation for education and transformation.

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Connection

Spirituality is a funny concept, and there is a lot of misconception about what being spiritual actually means. Is it submission to a higher power? Is it about experiences in nature?

On the LP we adopt the perspective of Abraham Maslow and William James,[2]James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study of Human Nature. New York: Penguin, 1903. https://archive.org/details/varietiesreligi03jamegoog/page/n6/mode/2up and others and define spirituality as rooted in mystical experiences of unity, oneness, and Connection. A primary goal of the LP is to facilitate healing and reconnection.

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Eupsychia

What does a healthy society look like? What do we even call such a society? Humanistic Psychologist Abraham Maslow had some important ideas about that.

Eupsychia is Abraham Maslow‘s term for a “psychologically healthy culture–rather than just another materially based Utopia.[3] Maslow, Abraham. “Eupsychia—The Good Society.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1, no. 2 (1961): p. 2 As we noted in our theoretical section, Eupsychia is a society in which all our Seven Essential Needs

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Footnotes

Footnotes
↟1 “Eupsychia—The Good Society.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1, no. 2 (1961): 1.
↟2 James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study of Human Nature. New York: Penguin, 1903. https://archive.org/details/varietiesreligi03jamegoog/page/n6/mode/2up
↟3  Maslow, Abraham. “Eupsychia—The Good Society.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1, no. 2 (1961): p. 2
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