This material world is unreal, a sort of fantasy or dream of some kind. Ultimately, salvation consists in escaping from matter. New Agers tend to put a little more value on this world than do Hindus and Buddhists. We are one with God. Our unity with all reality is emphasised.
Individual personality is underplayed.
Meaning Meaning in life comes through realising who we are in our oneness with the divine spirit. There are no criteria for judging true from false religious experience. Our significant learning comes from withdrawal from the world, looking within, getting in touch with our real selves, the divine within. Hinduism, Buddhism and New Age share a distrust of reason. It is neti neti, not this, not that'.