Author Archives: mysticexperiences.net
LISTEN…BE ALERT
All human beings have the capacity to listen and know what they are. Those who do, who persist as if drawn; paying attention, accepting, unable to resist; sometimes suddenly, sometimes slowly, but ever surely, will know what they are. After … Continue reading
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AN OXYMORON?
“Any effort dedicated to making humans better humans is not spiritual. Being human IS the problem. Being better at it is a spiritual oxymoron, a dead end. “Sufficit rem.” Mysticexperiences.net
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MYSTICISM AND CONSCIOUSNESS
What Does Mysticism Have To Teach Us About Consciousness? By Robert K.C. Forman, The Forge Institute and Program in Religion, Hunter College, CUNY. Originally published in Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1998, pp. 185–201. Excerpts: “A key … Continue reading
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DESTROYING HUMAN MISCONCEPTIONS
“My life and my work is just that – to destroy all your misconceptions. Just trying to destroy one concept and giving it another name will not take anybody to reality.” – Sadhguru, Mystic’s Musings
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DOES GOD EXIST?
Does God exist? No. But for some, for the time being, yes. No, because the name God is a human word and in Reality, where all things are perfect and known, there no names. (If you are a mystic you … Continue reading
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IS THIS BLOG COMING TO ITS NATURAL END?
This Blog is coming near to its end I think. It seems to have fulfilled its primary purposes. I started it because I wanted to clarify and understand my experiences of what I call, The Mystical Experience of Reality. I … Continue reading
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MY SPIRITUALITY, EXPERIENCE AND DESTINY
“As for the human race, it is being taken care of better than it can take care of itself. All is well.” Q: The ancient Vedantic scripts that attempt to explain human existence say there are two approaches, philosophical, and … Continue reading
Enlightenment
“The most difficult thing about enlightenment is that it is too simple.” – Sadhguru, Enlightenment: What It Is
TRANSCENDENCE DEFINED
“Transcendence: Beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience …” Oxford University Dictionary mysticexperiences.net
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THE SPIRITUALITY EXPERIENCE
“Spirituality is an experience. It is not a religion, a belief, a faith, a hope or a dogma … It is all existence.” mysticexperiences.net
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THE SPIRITUAL NATURE?
“By the formal, rational, rules of science, which have worked so well in understanding the physical world, human beings occasionally have experienced and show certain behaviours that cannot be reduced to materialistic explanations and that look like fundamental aspects of … Continue reading
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THE END OF MATERIALISM?
Are we at the beginning of the next stage of human evolution? Dr. Charles T. Tart explains why he wrote his seminal book: The End Of Materialism – How Evidence Of The Paranormal Is Bringing Science And Spirit Together, published by … Continue reading
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SOME FRUITS OF THE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE OF REALITY.
My annual multiple experiences of this mystical experience of Reality (M.E.R.) from the age of approximately late 14 to mid 30’s suggested the experience has no physical or human provenance. Beware fake mystics or mere experiencers of human phenomena or … Continue reading
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MAKE THIS BLOG INTO A BOOK? “An unescapable passion?”
I wrote this plea for help to a wise, experienced, thinking friend: I’m still having problems with the proposed book on the Blog’s findings. I’ve come to the conclusion that as the experiences I had were spontaneous, they can’t … Continue reading
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MYSTICISM VERSUS RELIGION AND SCIENCE?
I read Thomas Merton* many years ago and came to the conclusion he had not had the Mystical Experience of Reality (MER). He was not a mystic. If he had the MER he would have avoided use of the word … Continue reading
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