Am I New Age or what?

In my opinion there is and was really no other choice ever but to mix ‘n match practices and philosophies. Partially because “you” and your thoughts and beliefs are an alchemy of the moment you are in; your history, your culture, your memories, your attitude, the philosophies you’ve been exposed to, your genes, etc. With mass communication nowadays we are all more of a melting pot so syncretism is more apparent. But ancient practices likewise. Including so-called “pure practices”. The Tao Teh Ching did not just jump out of a vacuum. Taoism was mixing and matching elements of Chinese shamanism from the start. Should we try to tease that out? And we could go further back. This gets fun. Trying to find the pure essence of a form. But ultimately you are turned inside out in your search … for true essence is Nameless, no?

The best we can do is intelligently co-create our own Integral Path, which I believe is mostly a matter of getting out of our own Way. :)