Developmental theory would suggest, in fact, that the Mass and the sacraments as they are presently conceived and practiced are the very source of the enervation and confusion in the Catholic Church. Recent developments in personal growth center around the issue of staying awake. We are discovering that we are all partly asleep. So, a starting point of the process is to know when you are awake versus when you are in trance, and it turns out that this is not always easy. One you become aware of that difference, however, the next stage is to enjoy being awake more than being in trance.
Wakefulness is an inclusive state of awareness.
It does not leave anything out. It befriends darkness as well as light. When people use programs that include these practices, they experience deeper and deeper releases of old emotional patterns. These releases are sometimes felt consciously, but they just as frequently occur without the intervention of the conscious mind. As people experience these releases, they grasp in their whole bodies a connection between spiritual and physical energies.