Consciousness Lifestyles 2026 will give you the latest estimate of what’s increasing, what’s decreasing. Plus, you’ll read – for the first time ever – practical ways to tell which consciousness lifestyle YOU have. Even if you never made a conscious choice about this, you do have one.
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Welcome! This will be our fifth annual estimate of the popularity of different “Consciousness Lifestyles” in America. (If you live elsewhere in the world, current estimates may well be similar.)
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Continuing!
Every human adult with normal mental functioning, does have a consciousness lifestyle. Therefore, percentages supplied in our annual Consciousness Lifestyle Estimates can prove quite useful. Helping you to understand more about the society in which you’re living right now.
When first-drafting this article, guess what I felt? Dread. Fortunately, the news is better than I expected. Sigh of relief!
And hey, before getting down to business, I have a very human story to share with you.
The Context for “Consciousness Lifestyles” Is How You ACT HUMAN
Something unexpected happened — and also didn’t happen — to me last night. I think this minor incident illustrates why consciousness lifestyles are so important.
- Important for your spirituality and mine,
- For our culture.
- Because we can transform the most everyday social occasions into gentle social connections. If we can summon up even the slightest interest in strangers.
Yesterday I went to Nordstrom’s Rack in search of a warmer winter hat and scarf. Although the selection wasn’t great, the discounts were fabulous. I nabbed a gray cashmere beanie and a plush scarf. That scarf was black and made of mostly acrylic but enough wool to feel “real,” if you know what I mean.
Then Came Time to Stand in Line at the Checkout Counter
At 5 p.m. the wait took 20 minutes. At this store, a long wait wasn’t unusual. What was?
Not a single person in line was talking with any other person, except for one pair of friends who gabbed together nonstop. In my usual way, I did small things to reach out to those around me: Looking at folks, smiling sometimes, trying (and, in this case, completely failing) to strike up a single conversation. Meanwhile, what were my fellow shoppers doing?
-Most were avidly focused on their mobile phones.
-Two strangers were still shopping. Urgently. Exploring every single impulse item near them in the checkout line. These women never even talked with each other, though obviously they had much in common.
– Were most of these folks in line paying attention to objective reality? Except for the chatty friends and the two frantic shoppers, maybe not.
– Had they ever tried to “Be Here Now“? That’s not a bad way to live sometimes!
Back in 2021, I published a blogpost on “Collective Attention Deficit Disorder.”
Compared to what was happening then, what I witnessed yesterday was even worse than five years ago.
Seems to me, your society (and mine) needs more people who take an interest in our fellow humans. When folks live with a self-actualizing consciousness lifestyle, that comes automatically.
Folks, feel free to share your experience of this kind of thing. Where you live and work, do you notice many strangers who acknowledge you or other people? Do many of them seem as interested in people as their mobile phones?
Anyway, there’s some context. My companions in line might have had any of the not-great consciousness lifestyles you will read about here – except for the first one, the Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyles. Blog-Buddies, let’s explore all the consciousness lifestyles prevalent now.
What Are “Consciousness Lifestyles”?
At any given time, you have some everyday habits about how you use your spiritual awareness, your consciousness. Years ago I began to study consciousness lifestyles. Because they were emerging. Earlier, there hadn’t been any consciousness lifestyles. Adult humans were either:
- Okay [Now all these folks do have a consciousness lifestyle.]
- Not okay, due to alcoholism or taking drugs. [Now all these folks do have a consciousness lifestyle.]
- Not okay, due to severe mental health problems. [No consciousness lifestyles.]
How much simpler life was then! At least regarding how people used their consciousness, prior to December 21, 2012. The First Consciousness Era on Earth, which I like to call “The Age of Faith” lasted from the onset of human life until that normal-seeming date in 2012.
- What’s the big deal with that date? Nothing less than a worldwide Shift into the Age of Awakening – that’s what happened. Learn more about that in the link just provided.
- What if you’ve encountered mostly psychic-type info on the Shift? This next link can help you to question common myths about what really changed. Versus what didn’t!
Know it or not, like it or not – and you may come to like it very much – you are living in the Second Consciousness Era on Earth. Knowing some of the basics about today’s consciousness lifestyles can help you. In fact, my emphasis here will be practical. You’ll see.
More Consciousness Lifestyle Basics
Your consciousness lifestyle is a pattern, a subconscious habit. These “lifestyles” aren’t about what you eat or how you exercise. These “lifestyles” involve your consciousness. How do you routinely position your consciousness vibrationally? (Please, click on the link just provided if you’re not yet familiar with what this next term means: “Positioning consciousness vibrationally.”)
As a matter of fact, I’ve been blogging about consciousness lifestyles ever since 2014. (About a year after the Shift.) Working with Energy Spirituality clients and students, I learn more every year about consciousness lifestyles. Even if you’ve read all the previous installments of this annual series, you’re likely to learn something new today. And not just the current popularity estimates. Or the first-time published help for telling which consciousness lifestyle you’re living in now.
Does Our Culture Recognize Consciousness Lifestyles Yet?
Or Even Recognize that the Shift Happened, and We’re All in the Age of Awakening?
Sadly, not yet. Energy Spirituality® has grown into a leadership role. Still, I’m just one blogger. If my articles and books help you, please spread the word. If you comment on social media, that sure would help.
For perspective, right now I’ll google “Consciousness Lifestyles”. Wouldn’t it be helpful if the media reported on this? Or if today’s famous self-help leaders had relevant wisdom to offer you!
On the day I first-drafted this article, how many hits on my Google for consciousness lifestyles? 2.6 THOUSAND hits.
By contrast, how many hits for:
The latest news about Taylor Swift – 375 MILLION hits on my Google
And the latest news about Jay-Z – 355 MILLION hits on my Google
The latest news about Beyonce – 64.9 MILLION hits on my Google
In this article you’re going to learn plenty about the different consciousness lifestyles. Which just might be a bit more relevant to your emotional growth, your spiritual evolution, and your happiness.
What Is My Standing to Research Consciousness Lifestyles 2026?
For starters, I survived 2025. 😉
Even though my life is really good, 2025 was my second toughest year as an adult. (For perspective, my worst year ever was 1975.)
Anyway, I’ve had a front row seat, monitoring consciousness lifestyles since 2014. For more about standing, all four of the main specialties of Energy Spirituality are relevant to consciousness lifestyle research. To learn even more about my credentials, this next link documents some facts that may surprise you about my standing.
Now for Our Consciousness Lifestyle Research
Your consciousness lifestyle shapes your quality of life. Silently influencing all your relationships and the culture you live in. Which makes the knowledge in today’s article . . . a hidden factor that matters a lot.
Whichever consciousness lifestyle you have right now — that brings consequences. Either limiting your life or allowing you to use more and more of your full potential in life. So choose well, developing your chosen consciousness lifestyle.
Consciousness Lifestyles 1. A Highly Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle
19% of Americans in January 2026
For convenience, I’m grouping together all the following as “Highly Self-Actualizing” Consciousness Lifestyles:
Human-Based Spirituality & The New Strong &
TraditionalEnlightenment &
Age of Awakening Enlightenment
Read about each one in detail at the links just provided. In general, all count as self-actualizing.
A Highly Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle: Example
Suppose that you’re talking about the weather with one other person. It’s you and Hypothetical Gladys. You say, “We had a little light snow this morning.”
Regardless of how Gladys responds, you remain yourself. Her behavior is informative, about her.
So you reply to her words appropriately, as best you can.
What’s It Like to Be You?
With a Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle, your sense of self is strong and unusually integrated, compared with the other consciousness lifestyles we’ll summarize in Consciousness Lifestyles 2026. That means, in every social situation and under any circumstance, you feels like youself, deep down.
- A starter experience of personal integration happens in Human-Based Spirituality.
- That integration takes a big leap forward once somebody learns how to live The New Strong.
- After you receive Enlightenment Validation for Age of Awakening Enlightenment, you have the opportunity to grow at top speed. Helping to shape how you grow and learn as the person you are.
- Alternatively, after you receive Enlightenment Validation for Traditional Enlightenment, you won’t grow at all, personally. However, this is the more blissful version of Spiritual Enlightenment, where a person feels connected to God 24/7.
Regarding these four consciousness lifestyles, the first two result from making small choices, here or there. However, the last two consciousness lifestyles are a gift. When you’ve evolved enough to reach Spiritual Enlightenment, God gives it to you. Choosing the version that your soul prefers.
Why do you think Spiritual Enlightenment can only be a gift?
By all means, COMMENT below with your thoughts and questions about the role of free will in developing self-actualizing consciousness lifestyles.
The Advantages
Your connection to objective reality is strong.
If you’re not sure what I mean by “connection to objective reality,” just ask.
It’s standard for you to learn from your life every day, both what happens in objective reality and gaining more clarity subjectively. Note: This has nothing to do with theorizing with religious ideas, etc. More like, direct-and-vivid experience.
How About Emotional Growth, Spiritual Awakening, etc.?
Every self-actualizing consciousness lifestyle gives you an advantage for succeeding at any project you choose for personal development.
- Whether to break a bad habit
- Or start a new habit
- A Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle can also help you succeed at improving your health, your finances, your love life, etc.
Whichever Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle you’re in, you’ll grow faster than people with any other consciousness lifestyle.
Are you curious about what I’ve found in general with Energy Spirituality® clients who are living either in Human-Based Spirituality or The New Strong or Age of Awakening Enlightenment or Traditional Enlightenment? Just ask.
The Problems
You may over-estimate other people. How come?
Regardless of your consciousness lifestyle, it’s natural to assume, “That person is just like me.”
Wow, an all-time high so far, 19% of Americans, January 2026! But that still isn’t 100%, is it? So, pay attention to what, specifically, the people you meet say and do. It’s informative!
With a Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle, How to Improve?
There’s no general advice for somebody doing as well as you. Fortunately, you have a real-live Enlightenment Coach who offers personal sessions. My experience includes familarity with all the self-actualizing consciousness lifestyles. Might I suggest, then?
If you feel stuck, book an Enlightenment Coaching session and tell me you’d like to move forward on your path. I’d love to cocreate help for you.
2. Spiritual Addiction
45% of Americans in January 2026
The Spiritual Addiction Consciousness Lifestyle: Example
Suppose that you’re talking about the weather with one other person. It’s you and Hypothetical Gladys. You say, “We had a little light snow this morning.”
More likely, you’ll say something like,
- “How are your energies doing?”
- Or, “I’m vibing you out, and the news isn’t good, etc.”
If you like, ask for me to give you an example of Energy Talk that happened last week. It shocked even me. (Though Sam was being perfectly polite. He simply leapt from objective reality to energy in a way that expressed his consciousness lifestyle.)
The Advantages
You feel so smart, so wise. Probably you feel quite superior to people whose consciousness lifestyle is different from yours.
In this consciousness lifestyles, an individual’s interests usually amount to a short list of topics. Often idealistic seekers of truth, these folks may specialize in just one of the following. Although it is also possible to have many “spiritual” or “energetic” or “psychic” ideas. For example:
- Translating human experience into a supposedly superior language: Substituting Energy Talk, Psychic Talk, or Religion Talk.
- Living as a proud stoner.
- Making an effort to come across as very relaxed, perhaps assisted by CBD or other mind-altering substances.
- Taking many “spiritual” breaks daily for mindfulness.
- Chatting up one’s spirit guide or other favorite discarnate being. Often requesting guidance in daily life. Obeying that “sacred” guidance, as if this makes the person “spiritual” or “enlightened.” (Not so.)
- Practicing psychic development. Frequently consulting Tarot cards. Looking for signs and synchronicities. Alternatively, conspiracy theories may be the person’s point of reference for what is true versus what’s false.
- Often “upgrading” everyday experience, making it meaningful in terms of a spiritual or religious belief system, such as “Tony Robbins says,” or “What would Jesus do?”
- As a matter of principle, doubting facts. Scoffing at science. Despising “what ordinary people believe” . . . about just about anything.
- Doing all you can to live at a higher vibration.
- Attempting detachment or witnessing, due to certain Enlightenment teachings that possess what this spiritual teacher would call “Low Truth Value.”
The Problems
In terms of personal development, you’re stuck. Despite having the exact opposite opinion about how you are progressing in life.
- Without knowing what’s happening with positioning consciousness . . .
- While feeling perfectly “normal,”
- Spiritual Addiction prevents any person from making good contact with human objective reality.
Instead, you might be far more interested in astral life than in human life. (Again, without necessarily having a clue this is happening.)
Would any of you like me to go into more detail about how a person in Spiritual Addiction would typically make contact with objective reality? Just ask.
With the Spiritual Addiction Consciousness Lifestyle, How to Improve?
The good news is, I have developed a method for you to move into a self-actualizing consciousness lifestyle, Human-Based Spirituality.
This method works really well and is very specific. Your best way to learn how to improve is to book a personal session with me for Enlightenment Coaching – that is, aiming to use your full potential in life. Your main idea for the session would be something like, “Tell me about my consciousness lifestyle, and how to improve it, if possible.”
Please, please, do not do the ever-popular WORK ON MYSELF approach. If anything, you might move deeper into the Consciousness lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction.
Might I suggest,? Don’t put off getting expert help. Over time, the Consciousness Lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction can become really entrenched. One possibility is developing the no-exit Consciousness Lifestyle of Extreme Spiritual Addiction.
3. Psychological Overwork
3% of Americans in January 2025
The Psychological Overwork Consciousness Lifestyle: Example
Suppose that you’re talking about the weather with one other person. It’s you and Hypothetical Gladys. You say, “It triggered me how we had a little light snow this morning.”
The Advantages
As somebody living in Psychological Overwork (even if, perhaps, you’re unfamiliar with this term), what’s an advantage? You’re perfectly willing to talk with this stranger, Gladys. She may turn out to be an interesting case. Most people are, one way or another.
Personally, you view small talk about weather as kind of Rorschach Test, an inkblot test. Whatever Gladys says to you, you’re asking yourself, “What is she really trying to say?”
Many people are quite disturbed. Even a short conversation can allow you to make a pretty accurate diagnosis of what’s wrong with Gladys.
Understandably, then, the consciousness lifestyle of Psychological Overwork can make you feel superior. So knowing, so wise!
Of course, you know you’re progressing. Even if you don’t feel perfect yet — And that’s okay!
Note: You might wish to share your reaction to the popular phrase, “And that’s okay.” Either ask what I think or share your thoughts on this cliche from pop psychology.
The Problems
Living in your own world of intellectual superiority. Finding “ordinary” objective reality is just too tedious for words. The same goes for people who aren’t sufficiently aware, psychologically.
With the Consciousness Lifestyle of Psychological Overwork, How to Improve?
The good news is, I have developed a method for you to move into a self-actualizing consciousness lifestyle, Human-Based Spirituality. This simple approach works really well, and is very specific. What’s your best way for you to learn this method? Book a personal session with me for Enlightenment Coaching. Your main idea for the session might be something like, “Tell me about my consciousness lifestyle, and how to improve it, if possible.”
Please, please, do not try the ever-popular WORK ON MYSELF approach. Akin to “Be my own psychologist.”
Incidentally, do you know why “Be my own psychologist” isn’t good for much? Other than busywork! Ask for my opinion.Then you can go ahead to analyze that!
No matter how talented you are at analyzing people psychologically, here’s a caution. It isn’t possible to think your way out of this limited, limiting consciousness lifestyle.
Might I suggest? Don’t put off getting this practical help. Over time, the consciousness lifestyle of Psychological Overwork can become really entrenched. Maybe limiting you for keeps.
4. Spiritual Shutdown
4% of Americans in January 2026
Spiritual Shutdown, the Consciousness Lifestyle: Example
Suppose that you’re talking about the weather with one other person. It’s you and Hypothetical Gladys. You say, “We had a little light snow this morning.” You could talk about the weather – only the weather -for half an hour. Afterward you’d feel like you’ve had a very satisfying conversation.
Even if Hypothetical Gladys is your next-door neighbor, and you’ve known her 10 years.
The Advantages
In the Consciousness Lifestyle of Spiritual Shutdown, staying safe matters most of all. Not changing. Being down to earth. People who talk about other things could be crazy. Or even dangerous. In this example, suppose that Gladys is also living in the Consciousness Lifestyle of Spiritual Shutdown. She might sprinkle her conversation with little asides and questions. Testing you, without appearing to be testing you. (She thinks.)
To Gladys, it’s very important to get clear about you and your loyalties. Gladys may believe ardently in the power of forgiveness. After this conversation, she may pray for your soul. Gladys may believe it’s righteous, having contempt for people whose lives are just plain wrong.
With this consciousness lifestyle, you value stability. Being dependably normal. Seeming normal to everybody who matters. That should be THE priority for everyone, yes?
Living down-to-earth could be really important to you. For many in your consciousness lifestyle, what else counts as a plus? Following an Age of Faith religion, such as living as an Evangelical. As though, for instance, every word of the Bible is literally true. Talk about stability!
Probably, folks in Spiritual Shutdown are the most confident people you know. They’re always positive that they’re right about things.
The Problems
Those in Spiritual Shutdown are the last to let go of old ways. Holding fast to beliefs from the Age of Faith. Besides, that, what makes this consciousness lifestyle especially distinctive?
Metaphorically speaking, folks in Spiritual Shutdown are like Swiss cheese — the only kind of cheese I know that has big holes built right in. Except that, regarding these folks, the holes symbolize one or more of the following:
- An extreme lack of curiosity.
- Unacknowledged holes in their understanding.
- Big gaps in their desire to pay attention.
- Unless you talk about literal things, familiar things, oops! That person may draw a blank.
- What does that mean, “draw a blank”? Look blank and say nothing. Maybe treat you as though you don’t even exist. As if you’ve just fallen off an edge of the flat Earth.
How Can You Improve Upon This Consciousness Lifestyle?
On the bright side, you can move out of this consciousness lifestyle. It’s not automatically a no-exit way of life.
5. The Astrally Compromised Consciousness Lifestyle
1.5% of Americans in January 2026
The Astrally Compromised Consciousness Lifestyle: Example
Suppose that you’re talking about the weather with one other person. It’s you and Hypothetical Gladys. You say, “We had a little light snow this morning.” You hardly care about her answer. You’ve gone through the motions, which is plenty.
The Advantages
If you’re in the Astrally Compromised Consciousness Lifestyle, you learn from energies within you. More than learning from your fellow humans. Why wouldn’t that be the case? Inwardly, you share life with 1 or more astral companions. These take turns at speaking for you, looking out through your eyes. These friendly astrals are educating you.
What’s your sweet little secret? One or more discarnate astral entities have been given permission by their human – you – to “Come on in. And stay for the rest of my life.”
The Problems
It will be hard to find people you trust . . . unless they have the same consciousness lifestyles. Also you’re unlikely to grow much, either emotionally or spiritually, for the rest of your life. Still, your life is so very interesting!
How Can You Improve Upon This Consciousness Lifestyle?
Sorry, but no. With the Astrally Compromised Consciousness Lifestyle, let’s be clear. By now you are sharing your sense of self with one or more astral beings. Akin to signing lifetime leases for permanent lodgers who will dwell in your home for keeps. Of course, these astrals stay in your aura, not your living room. Even if you move to a new apartment, they’ll move in right along with you.
This is one of two no-exit consciousness lifestyles. It will last for the rest of your life. You might as well enjoy this unusual experiment.
6. Extreme Spiritual Addiction
27.5 % of Americans in January 2026
The Consciousness Lifestyle of Extreme Spiritual Addiction: Example
Suppose that you’re talking about the weather with one other person. It’s you and Hypothetical Gladys. You say, “We had a little light snow this morning.” Whatever!
Technically, What’s the Pattern in Your Consciousness?
If you’re in Extreme Spiritual Addiction, you may notice very little about the inner lives of other human beings. Likewise, may not you care much about what you’re doing, with human speech and actions. Everything feels like an illusion, especially if you’re in that Fourth or Fifth Stage of moving into that consciousness lifestyle.
Yes, I have noticed a typical progression, when folks move into the consciousness lifestyle of Extreme Spiritual Addiction. If you would like me to share the details, just ask.
The Advantages
In the initial stage of this progression, you feel high all the time. As for noticing people’s energies, you’ve become incredibly great at that. Yet how many people recognize that new greatness in you? Precious few.
Mostly that would be other people with your same consciousness lifestyle, whatever your name is for that. For instance, you’re:
- Among the chosen ones.
- In “Enlightenment.”
- Holier than God!!!
Ergg, it’s the second of the two no-exit consciousness lifestyles. It is also the only contagious consciousness lifestyle. What makes it contagious? If other people have one or more sexual encounters with you, a person in Extreme Spiritual Addiction.
The Problems
The only humans who really understand you have your same consciousness lifestyle.
As for how you happen to feel about the others? Unimpressed. Humans are such a lower life form, compared to your special angels. (Or whatever you call them.)
Some people admire you; they’re impressed by your wonderful sparkly vibes. But many other people steer clear of you, like you’re some kind of phony. What a sad problem they have, not recognizing those who are spiritually superior!
Meanwhile you go through the motions. Your wonderful team takes care of more and more about your life, as you settle into this consciousness lifestyle where you feel really special.
Congratulations on Reading this Consciousness Lifestyles Update for 2026
Regardless of what’s happening with others, you can make this your takeaway: Most of you readers can still develop a self-actualizing consciousness lifestyle. Then you can make a positive contribution to your society. And to Collective Consciousness.Why not make this your priority in 2026?
Thanks to free will, you and I can powerfully pursue our ideals. However, we’ll only use our full potential if we’re living with a self-actualizing consciousness lifestyle. (Good reason, I’d say, to share this blogpost.)
To be sure, some people you know may believe there is no such thing as empath. (10.8 MILLION hits just now on my Google.) How long will it be before they care about consciousness? Let alone care about anyone’s consciousness lifestyle?
Perhaps some or your friends may figure that personal development is something to pursue later. Like, after retirement. Because now it’s so much more important to play Candy Crush. Or to binge-watch the trendy shows. (Or to feel very “evolved” by doing a ton of Energy Talk.)
Look. In today’s research article, you’ve learned about the popularity of different consciousness lifestyles? Altogether, these findings are an improvement over last year.
Compare Today’s Findings with Previous Annual Estimates
By now, making these annual estimates has become a tradition for this Energy Spirituality® Blog. Compare for yourself.
- Consciousness Lifestyles 2025
- Consciousness Lifestyles 2024
- Consciousness Lifestyles 2023
- And Consciousness Lifestyles 2021
In Conclusion
Are you heartened by this year’s estimate? I am. Here’s a comparison with the numbers from last year.
1. Highly Self-Actualizing
- 19% of Americans in January 2026
- 14% of Americans in January 2025
My interpretation as the Founder of Energy Spirituality®: Improvement. More people are doing what it takes to move into a highly self-actualizing consciousness lifestyle.
- 45% of Americans in January 2026
- 38.7% of Americans in January 2025
My interpretation: Today’s culture encourages practices that bring on the Consciousness Lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction. We need improvement to the quality of our Enlightenment Establishment. Particularly helpful would be developing good skills of energetic literacy!
Still, the Consciousness Lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction isn’t permanent. Always hope!
- 3% of Americans in January 2026
- 15% of Americans in January 2025
My interpretation: Due to each individual’s new Consciousness Positioning Superpower, in the Age of Awakening, what could be happening? Many wisdom seekers who are stuck in the consciousness lifestyle of Psychological Overwork: They have been having a subtly different experience since 2025.
Unknowingly, they’ve been drifting in consciousness. Often they’ve drifted away from perceiving at a HUMAN Vibrational Frequency to an ASTRAL Vibrational Frequency. That would account for many seekers of psychological wholeness . . . moving into the Consciousness Lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction. Just yesterday, I facilitated a session for a beautiful seeker of truth who has likely been doing exactly that.
- 4% of Americans in January 2026
- 5% of Americans in January 2025
My interpretation: Improvement! It is, perhaps, becoming less fashionable to remain stuck in the Consciousness Lifestyle of Spiritual Shutdown. Less fashionable every year since the Shift into the Age of Awakening!
It would be so easy for 1% of last year’s total in Spiritual Shutodwn to have moved into Spiritual Addiction or Psychological Overwork.
5. The Astrally Compromised Consciousness Lifestyle
- 1.5% of Americans in January 2026
- 1.3% of Americans in January 2025
My interpretation: Good news: Certain fads for energy healing and self-knowledge – fads that move folks into the Astrally Compromised Consciousness Lifestyle – appear to be decreasing in popularity.
6. Extreme Spiritual Addiction
- 27.5 of Americans in January 2026
- 26% of Americans in January 2025
My interpretation: Since this is a no-exit consciousness lifestyle for life, I wouldn’t have hoped for a decrease this year. I’m relieved that only 1.5% of America’s population has added to our estimate.
Two years ago I published an article that reassured me that this consciousness lifestyle really does end with the rest of a human incarnation. Then the eternal soul learns, and the regular human sense of self returns. This info comforted me greatly. You might want to take a look too.
What’s Most Important of All about Consciousness Lifestyles?
Regardless of what’s happening with others, your choices matter. For sure, you can make it your priority to develop a self-actualizing consciousness lifestyle. In 2026 you can make a positive contribution to the percentage of excellent consciousness lifestyles in your society.
Thanks to free will, you and I can powerfully pursue our ideals. Yet know it or not? We’ll only use our full potential in life if we’re living with a self-actualizing consciousness lifestyle. (Good reason, I’d say, to share this blogpost.)
Adapting to the Second Consciousness Era on Earth can help society, as well as our personal consciousness lifestyles. To solve social and political problems, it isn’t enough to pursue ideals from the Age of Faith, such as Be Positive, Pray More, Be Kind. These obsolete ideals cannot stop the rise of fascism in many parts of the world. Even for the sake of your consciousness lifestyle, it can help to learn how to live well in the Age of Awakening. These two how-to books can help:
Thanks for reading today’s consciousness lifestyle news, everyone.
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So interesting to read about Consciousness Lifestyles 2026.
Continuing to make the gentle social connections with strangers that you mention, Rose, seems really important.
Like “Use it or lose it” with writing and reading, it might apply to small talk too.
Laughing, it just might.
Thanks, ALLISON, for all these comments.
In particular, I like this turn of phrase, my bolding:
“Continuing to make the gentle social connections with strangers that you mention, Rose, seems really important.”
Many people today are so detached from reality – as is noted in the statistics in this blogpost about Consciousness Lifestyles 2026.
Even with a Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle, you could be caught up in worries or whatever and if somebody enters the room, then says, “Hi,” you would jump INTO your skin.
BTW, with the expression, “jump OUT of your skin,” I think that from a consciousness perspective, when startled, a person does jump INTO her or his body, INTO his skin.
Since right before, consciousness was temporarily positioned in an astral version of that person’s body, being a mild experience of some of that Invisible Astral Travel which you can read about at this latest link.
People today may startle more easily for that reason. Due to humanity’s new Consciousness Positioning Superpower.
So I really applaud your use of the word gentle, ALLISON.
Rose, I let out a surprised sigh when I read the proportion of people in Spiritual Addiction.
To my chagrin, I’ve noticed people using the term “vibe” and “energy” more often over the last 2 years in the UK.
Oh, MATT, it’s encouraging that you recognize, an insistence on Energy Talk is not a good thing.
I’ve been tracking this problem since the New Age Years. And yes, even before there were consciousness lifestyles (such as the consciousness lifestyle of Spiritual Shutdown), I’ve recognized that Energy Talk was a problem.
In a separate article, in 2019, I called out “Chakra Crazy-Talk.”
You Blog-Buddies might get a kick out of that perspective, too.
Another article, from 2017, warns folks with a different angle on this same topic, “Energy Talk? Avoid “Only Good Vibes”.
Matt, when I hear folks say, “I like his energy,” etc., I sigh. Though not, as you sighed, evidently, with relief at hearing the truth recognized: Of course, dwelling on energies isn’t good for us.
Only I’ve been sighing for decades, now, at the foolishness of it. Instead of boasting about their Stage 1 Energetic Literacy, these seekers of truth could learn how to develop Stage 3 Energetic Literacy. I, for one, could teach them how.
In this context, Matt, I think of two people I’ve known, professionals who work together, “Gladys” and “Sam.” Back in the day I would see them from time to time. At one point, both of them had moved into Age of Awakening Enlightenment.
Yes, I researched them from photos, so I did a thorough job (to myself) of facilitating Enlightenment Validation.
Because I was friendly with Gladys, I took her aside and told her that she had moved into Age of Awakening Enlightenment.
From what she said, it seemed that she liked the idea . . . but didn’t really believe me. After all, I was not a member of the “Enlightenment Establishment.” Whereas she was in a profession that earned her the social status of being part of the Enlightenment Establishment.
Gladys’ friend Sam was even more of a status snob, as I knew from experience. So I didn’t bother to tell him that he’d moved into the consciousness lifestyle of Age of Awakening Enlightenment.
A couple of years later I bumped into them again. Were they still living in the consciousness lifestyle of Age of Awakening Enlightenment?
Sadly, no.
Both were now living in the consciousness lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction.
It was as though they had traded in an elegant Lexus for a shiny, bumpy, little red wagon.
Finding current photos of them, I researched both Gladys and Sam in detail.
Yep, both were now living in the consciousness lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction. At the level of chakra databanks, both were arrogant now, so proud of how they translated life experience into Energy Talk. Like this was really “spiritual.”
They say, “Misery loves company.”
Similarly, “Followers of obsolete fads sure do love having plenty of company.”
I hear phrases like “I love your energy” and “I think our personalities vibe well with each other’…….
Such foolishness! Have you ever wondered, “Are many people followers, rather than leaders?”
There’s your answer.
So many people excitedly discovering they are energy sensitive: Being so proud of how special they are, since THEY are able to notice energies.
And reading, on platforms like Substack and Facebook, more of these hackneyed ideas. Liking all this Energy Talk so much!
Heck, it isn’t so very advanced. Ever since 1980 – the start of the New Age Years – everybody who wishes to be energy sensitive can become energy sensitive.
As you can read in “Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening,” from 1980 until the Shift on Dec. 21, 2012, what changed to make this possible? The Psychic Barrier was thinning exponentially. This is what made it possible for people to become energy sensitive.
MATT, when I encounter people who are, excitedly, doing Energy Talk, sometimes I recognize this as a step of spiritual growth, and wish these people wouldn’t stay stuck there.
Other times, I remember a cartoon by Gary Larsen about penguins who are so VERY proud of their leadership and individuality.
The image at the last link comes from a page-a-day calendar from February 2007. Mitch and I enjoy these calendars.
I remember first seeing that cartoon on that page-a-day calendar with cartoons by the great Gary Larsen. Oboy!
Like the French proverb, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” – the more things seem to change, the more things are the same as ever.
Rose, for new readers of this blog, I am guessing they might ask a question like, doesn’t focusing on vibes and energy mean that someone is a more positive and better person?
Excellent question, MATT. I invite all you readers to comment as yourself, and also to bring questions that would occur to beginners.
This is a really good one.
Doesn’t just about everyone wish to become a better person. But when somebody tells you how to do that, it’s smart to consider the source of the advice.
For instance, is the source a spaced-out person who can hardly talk straight?
Interesting point about jumping into your skin, Rose (Comments #110-113). Thank you for the consciousness perspective!
I wouldn’t want to startle anyone with small talk, and who knows where they have been (worrying, etc).
They also may not have been expecting a stranger to talk to them.
Credit to you for gentle😊.
I have some advice for you as a professional Enlightenment Teacher. Not famous for that, but with an excellent track record at doing that, helping others to move into Spiritual Enlightenment.
ALLISON, I pause to thank you.
Gently enough, mainly exuberantly. 💚
If you like, book a session with me for Enlightenment Coaching. When I ask you for your first idea for the session, say you’d like to find out how your current path is doing.
That path could be “focusing on vibes and energy.”
I won’t generalize. I’ll research your chakra databanks, so you’ll find out for yourself about how you’re doing things like:
* Root Chakra Databank for Connection to Objective Reality
* Third Eye Chakra Databank for Spiritual Growth
Rose, I’d like to thank you for the brief teaching tale about Sam and Gladys.
My reaction was that it’s still important to heed what is stated in your book The New Strong and that I completely avoid energy talk in The Age of Awakening.
You’re welcome, MATT. Isn’t it weird how the pull of “Being cool” is stronger for some people than the pull of truth or clarity about life or even the experience of stronger connection to God?
Like it isn’t fancy enough. Isn’t astral enough!
Astral experience lights a person way, while experimenting with the consciousness lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction.
Folks can become addicted to The Romance of the Astral, with all the allure of its astral flash.
I did have a bit of a chuckle, MATT, when reading the part of your Comment #143 where you wrote, “I completely avoid energy talk in The Age of Awakening.
I avoid that so much, it hadn’t even occurred to me that I was avoiding it.
In addition to ideas that apply pretty universally, the reasons to avoid Energy Talk, that smart readers can find in “The New Strong” and also in “Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening,” guess what?
I have a pretty compelling additional reason to not be impressed by Vibe Talk, etc.
You see, I teach energetic literacy. Personally, in service to Energy Spirituality® clients, I have learned skills for using 44 Stages of Energetic Literacy.
Regarding today’s popular Energy Talk, which people seem to think is so advanced? It’s just Stage 1 Energetic Literacy. Kindergarten-level aura reading.
Akin to a cute little kid bringing home a crayon drawing, and believing that showing it on Mommy’s refrigerator isn’t nearly good enough. Like, “It belongs in the Louvre.”
One of the ways Energy Spirituality® has helped me so much, Rose, is learning about Energy Talk and how to improve my speech by using Human Talk instead.
I would be interested to hear about the example of Energy Talk that happened last week please.
When I had my first Energy Spirituality ® session with you, Rose, I was living the Spiritual Addiction Consciousness Lifestyle.
Your method for helping clients move out of this Consciousness Lifestyle is very effective.
In fact, not only was I able to move into the Human-Based Spirituality Consciousness Lifestyle, after having many Energy Spirituality ENERGY HEALING sessions and many Energy Spirituality ENLIGHTENMENT COACHING sessions, I moved into Age of Awakening Enlightenment.
Moving out of the Spiritual Addiction Consciousness Lifestyle improved my life by leaps and bounds.
So much more fun and joy in my life, plus much more effective at whatever I aimed to accomplish.
Wonderful share of your experience, VIOLET!
Thank you so much.
Here comes the Teaching Tale, as requested.
One evening recently I walked past a group of about 10 people who had just attended an open house, aiming to sell the former home of a family I’d known for 30 years.
Knowing the woman who’d receive the proceeds of the sale, I wanted that house to sell, and to get a good price. So I paused in my walk and greeted the recent attendees of that open house.
“I know the family who are selling that house. They are lovely people.”
Happened to be true.
A few people responded predictably, with comments like, “Nice to hear that.”
Last came “Sam.” He looked really-really excited and said the following. (This I’ll paraphrase as best I can.)
You know, VIOLET and other Blog-Buddies, I think most of us would prefer to buy a home that belonged to likeable people. But that doesn’t go so far as to expect what Sam said, does it?
I’d call that a pretty strong example of Energy Talk.
Now to share something that may seem minor but might prove helpful to some of you readers. Much as I really, really, liked your comments here, VIOLET, I couldn’t help but notice something.
Maybe you never even thought about it, but I find a teaching opportunity, so here goes.
In Comment #151, there was a reference to the “Spiritual Addiction Consciousness Lifestyle.”
The term of art used in Energy Spirituality® is “the consciousness lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction.”
Consistently, the names of other consciousness lifestyles were referred to in the same kind of original terminology.
Look, I’m all for originality, usually. That said, one exception is the terminology that has been thoughtfully chosen at this website for terms of art and trademarks from Energy Spirituality®.
It can make a big difference, using the exact same terminology originated here. Already I’m walking uphill to gain recognition for these important terms.
Creative variations worked beautifully for the violinist Paganini, but for SEO they are counter-productive.
Here’s an example. For years I simply referred to “Spiritual Addiction” as a term of art for Energy Spirituality.
Finally I googled on “Spiritual Addiction” and found something discouraging but important.
How many hits on my Google for “Spiritual Addiction”? Just now, 330 MILLION hits.
Only, for my purposes, those hits are BAD news. Recovery programs claimed that term long before I came on the scene. Nothing from Energy Spirituality® appears on my first page of hits – or likely anywhere else at that Google search.
That’s when I picked myself up and started to think about what I was trying to use as a term of art.
“Spiritual Addiction” is a consciousness lifestyle, that’s the point. So I began using an alternative:
How many hits will I get right now, using the updated term of art: the “consciousness lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction”?
128 hits come up. For me, VIOLET and other Blog-Buddies, that’s a triumph.
Seriously!
Because all of those hits are about the consciousness lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction. Not recovery, not religion, etc.
I’m a novice at SEO, hardly an expert, but I’m pretty sure that . . .
If, VIOLET, you had made the exact same comments you contributed here . . .
AND you used the Energy Spirituality terms of art, rather than your own creative variations . . .
AND you had commented on either Medium or Substack, in addition to – or instead of – commenting at my website.
Then your references to consciousness lifestyles would likely have been picked up by search engines like Google.
Maybe worth pondering?
The main thing, VIOLET, is how much I like and feel grateful for your Comments #150-153.
Hi Rose responding to Comment #27. Thank you for the distinction and the reminder.
They don’t have to like me, think like me, but they’re capable of understanding … because we all agreed to make objective reality the priority.
Practical perspective from you, ADRIAN.
Consciously, people may not even know what objective reality is. Let alone may they understand that the best way to grow emotionally and spiritually is to have a default to position consciousness at objective reality.
Automatically, paying attention to objective reality will position that person’s consciousness at a HUMAN Vibrational Frequency. Not an ASTRAL Vibrational Frequency.
Since we’re considering consciousness lifestyles here, let’s think together about the default vibrational frequency for people in different consciousnss lifestyles.
In the Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle of Age of Awakening Enlightenment, what is a person’s default vibrational frequency for paying attention to life?
It’s a Human Vibrational Frequency.
In the Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle of Age of Traditional Enlightenment, what is a person’s default vibrational frequency for paying attention to life?
It’s the Divine Vibrational Frequency.
Keep in mind, lest you readers start drooling over this one of the two types of Spiritual Enlightenment available now . . .
In Traditional Enlightenment an incarnated soul stops growing, and has no personal sense of self that matters. Whereas Age of Awakening Enlightenment is exactly the opposite.
In the Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle of The New Strong, what is a person’s default vibrational frequency for paying attention to life?
It’s a Human Vibrational Frequency.
In the Self-Actualizing Consciousness Lifestyle of Human-Based Spirituality, what is a person’s default vibrational frequency for paying attention to life?
It’s a Human Vibrational Frequency.
In the Consciousness Lifestyle of Spiritual Addiction, what is a person’s default vibrational frequency for paying attention to life?
It’s an Astral Vibrational Frequency.
In the Consciousness Lifestyle of Psycholgical Overwork, what is a person’s default vibrational frequency for paying attention to life?
It’s an Astral Vibrational Frequency.
In the Consciousness Lifestyle of Spiritual Shutdown, what is a person’s default vibrational frequency for paying attention to life?
It’s a Low Human Vibrational Frequency.
In the Astrally Compromised Consciousness Lifestyle, what is a person’s default vibrational frequency for paying attention to life?
It’s an Astral Vibrational Frequency – with no possibility for the rest of that person’s life, no possibility of positioning consciousness at a Human Vibrational Frequency.
In the Consciousness Lifestyle of Extreme Spiritual Addiction, what is a person’s default vibrational frequency for paying attention to life?
It’s an Astral Vibrational Frequency – with no possibility for the rest of that person’s life, no possibility of positioning consciousness at a Human Vibrational Frequency.
Please share your reactions, any questions, any BUT-BUT-BUTs.
I’ve never written about this idea before, not anywhere, about having a default way of positioning consciousness that is an automatic consequnce of a person’s consciousness lifestyle. Even I feel a little startled reading these Comments #178-188, and I’m extremely familiar with aura-researching every one of these consciousness lifestyles.
Hi Rose responding to Comment #32. Yes, at work in life, I do find myself having to reword things v.e.r.y. literally for some people before they understand.
Most of time it’s just to accomplish a simple thing.
I’ve also learned from experience, to not waste my time and try to build a rapport or tell my jokes.
Let’s take a moment to celebrate the wisdom and compassion you’ve expressed in the last couple of comments here, ADRIAN.
It’s true that the approach you just summarized will work if one of the people you’re talking to has a consciousness lifestyle that is not one of the Self-Actualizing ones. However . . . how can I put this next part without divulging somewhat personal information that I happen to have about you, ADRIAN?
Let’s suppose that a person’s work – Gladys’ work – involves teaching students who don’t speak English as a first language.
These kids often struggle with understanding everyday things that the other person says.
Blog-Buddies, have you ever traveled to a foreign country where you didn’t speak the language?
Imagine if your parents moved to America and so it’s an ongoing problem, trying to understand what other people are saying. Let alone expressing effectively what YOU have to say.
Suppose that Gladys’ job involves teaching these not-yet-great speakers of English. Of course, it will be important to word things v.e.r.y. literally and simply, helping these immigrants to understand.
Of course, it will be important to aim small. Aim to accomplish just one simple thing at a time.
Later Gladys can build upon that understanding. But things that a fluent English speaker can comprehend easily? These are beyond the present language ability of Gladys’ students right now.
Simple, simple, simple!
Furthermore, it makes no sense to tell jokes. That only adds an extra burden to the hard work of understanding the conversation.
And what about tring to build a rapport in Gladys’ usual way?
Of course that would be inappropriate, since the “usual way” involves establishing a relationship with fluent speakers of English.