What are you favorite New Age clichés?
May 6, 2011 7:43 AM Subscribe
What are you favorite New Age clichés? I'm compiling a list of new age cliches, please contribute.
Here's a start: "It is what it is." "It's all good."
Here's a start: "It is what it is." "It's all good."
You might want to be more specific about what you're looking for. This question seems overly broad to me.
posted by empath at 7:45 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by empath at 7:45 AM on May 6, 2011
I think this is chatfilter, but I will say I always liked the idea of having "it is what it is" on a tombstone.
posted by sweetkid at 7:50 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by sweetkid at 7:50 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: Wherever you go, there you are.
posted by the essence of class and fanciness at 7:51 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by the essence of class and fanciness at 7:51 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
So far these are all just hippie mantras. Is that what you're going for?
posted by norm at 7:52 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by norm at 7:52 AM on May 6, 2011
Response by poster: Hippie mantras would probably do it.
posted by markcmyers at 8:38 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by markcmyers at 8:38 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: Don't sweat the small stuff...It's all small stuff.
Just do it.
posted by Thorzdad at 8:44 AM on May 6, 2011
Just do it.
posted by Thorzdad at 8:44 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: "Everything happens for a reason."
(Ugh.)
posted by AngerBoy at 8:47 AM on May 6, 2011 [7 favorites]
(Ugh.)
posted by AngerBoy at 8:47 AM on May 6, 2011 [7 favorites]
Best answer: "It's not the destination, it's the journey."
posted by pluckysparrow at 8:53 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by pluckysparrow at 8:53 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: The Lululemon manifesto has some real doozies.
posted by Metroid Baby at 8:55 AM on May 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Metroid Baby at 8:55 AM on May 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Ah, you beat me to it, Metroid Baby.
Also, anything that vaguely refers to "energy," and "vibrations," in pseudo-scientific terms.
I always hated "Just Breathe."
What's the alternative there, "Just Pass Out"?
posted by Kitty Stardust at 9:09 AM on May 6, 2011
Also, anything that vaguely refers to "energy," and "vibrations," in pseudo-scientific terms.
I always hated "Just Breathe."
What's the alternative there, "Just Pass Out"?
posted by Kitty Stardust at 9:09 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: "It will all come together in the fullness of time."
posted by BostonTerrier at 9:28 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by BostonTerrier at 9:28 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: You have to take care of yourself 1st
No one can make you feel bad without your consent
Live, Love, Laugh
posted by theora55 at 9:41 AM on May 6, 2011
No one can make you feel bad without your consent
Live, Love, Laugh
posted by theora55 at 9:41 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: oh, and
"the Universe will take care of it."
hah!
posted by BostonTerrier at 9:42 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
"the Universe will take care of it."
hah!
posted by BostonTerrier at 9:42 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: 'Nurture yourself'.
Also, quoting Sting's 'If you love somebody, set them free'. Someone actually did this whilst dumping me once, and I think I went literally slackjawed.
posted by mippy at 9:42 AM on May 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
Also, quoting Sting's 'If you love somebody, set them free'. Someone actually did this whilst dumping me once, and I think I went literally slackjawed.
posted by mippy at 9:42 AM on May 6, 2011 [4 favorites]
Best answer: Calling people "old souls."
Like... as opposed to what?
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 10:10 AM on May 6, 2011 [3 favorites]
Like... as opposed to what?
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 10:10 AM on May 6, 2011 [3 favorites]
Best answer: "Be the ball."
If you want a film that cheerfully loathes those sorts of things, I recommend Disturbing Behavior.
posted by adipocere at 10:24 AM on May 6, 2011
If you want a film that cheerfully loathes those sorts of things, I recommend Disturbing Behavior.
posted by adipocere at 10:24 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: "The universe wants you to have all you desire."
posted by jokeefe at 10:28 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by jokeefe at 10:28 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: Anything to do with positive or negative vibrations. Bad energy or good energy. Oh, and "it's all an illusion". And of course the usual screamingly reductive notions about "karma".
posted by jokeefe at 10:32 AM on May 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by jokeefe at 10:32 AM on May 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
I spent way too much time as a teenager with West Coast hippies.
posted by jokeefe at 10:33 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by jokeefe at 10:33 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: [Hippy-centric]:
Get high on life.
Make love, not war.
Go with the flow.
Don't let the man keep you down.
I'm ok. You're ok.
posted by Glinn at 10:37 AM on May 6, 2011
Get high on life.
Make love, not war.
Go with the flow.
Don't let the man keep you down.
I'm ok. You're ok.
posted by Glinn at 10:37 AM on May 6, 2011
AngerBoy: ""Everything happens for a reason."
(Ugh.)"
I don't think that's new-agey, it's more Christian/religious.
posted by radioamy at 10:38 AM on May 6, 2011
(Ugh.)"
I don't think that's new-agey, it's more Christian/religious.
posted by radioamy at 10:38 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - it's actually a (probably poorly translated) ancient Chinese saying....but then again aren't most "new age" philosophies actually bastardizations of non-Western cultures?
posted by radioamy at 10:41 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by radioamy at 10:41 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: Holding space for someone or something.
posted by saffronwoman at 10:54 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by saffronwoman at 10:54 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: These are all quotes from the Twitter feed of one particular friend who's a filmmaker in LA:
"The magic is happening."
"life is a mystery"
"Peace & blessings"
posted by MsMolly at 11:10 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
"The magic is happening."
"life is a mystery"
"Peace & blessings"
posted by MsMolly at 11:10 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Anything to do with mysterious "toxins" inside your body. As in, this. And this.
posted by media_itoku at 11:30 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by media_itoku at 11:30 AM on May 6, 2011
Cairns and rock circles/medicine wheels. I heard somewhere that the Sedona, Arizona forest service employs a full time ranger to dismantle them.
Raising children "without boundaries". Children actually need them. See also Indigo Children.
Urban myth or fact? Crystals inserted as rectal suppositories to maximize the absorption of their energies into the body. Closer to fact where I come from, I am sad to say.
posted by No Shmoobles at 1:06 PM on May 6, 2011
Raising children "without boundaries". Children actually need them. See also Indigo Children.
Urban myth or fact? Crystals inserted as rectal suppositories to maximize the absorption of their energies into the body. Closer to fact where I come from, I am sad to say.
posted by No Shmoobles at 1:06 PM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: "What if they had a war... and nobody came?"
"Visualize world peace"/"Visualize whirled peas"
posted by flex at 2:38 PM on May 6, 2011
"Visualize world peace"/"Visualize whirled peas"
posted by flex at 2:38 PM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: The world will end in 2012. And calling women Goddesses.
posted by amycup at 5:08 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by amycup at 5:08 PM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: Do the Right Thing!
The Best is yet to come.
What goes around comes around.
Nude is not Lewd.
Happy as you choose to Be.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 5:17 AM on May 7, 2011
The Best is yet to come.
What goes around comes around.
Nude is not Lewd.
Happy as you choose to Be.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 5:17 AM on May 7, 2011
You have to love yourself before anyone can love you.
posted by byanyothername at 8:54 PM on May 7, 2011
posted by byanyothername at 8:54 PM on May 7, 2011
This is my truth. Tell me yours.
posted by Pallas Athena at 3:37 PM on May 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Pallas Athena at 3:37 PM on May 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
Oh, and a reallllly annoying New Agey woman I once worked for used to say, when approving someone's idea or piece of news, "I'm at peace with that."
drove.me.batshit.
posted by Pallas Athena at 3:39 PM on May 8, 2011
drove.me.batshit.
posted by Pallas Athena at 3:39 PM on May 8, 2011
"He has a really positive energy about him."
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 1:25 PM on May 9, 2011
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 1:25 PM on May 9, 2011
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posted by Jon_Evil at 7:43 AM on May 6, 2011