“The harm you come to here is the harm you bring with you.” Granny Ogg, by Terry Pratchett, author.
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BUDDHISM, THE TAO AND SUFISM …
Basically, Buddhism and The Tao, are invaluable to those who want to be better human beings. So are religions, though…
MYSTICISM AND THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE
“The anthropic principle, also known as the “observation selection effect”, is the hypothesis, first proposed in 1957 by Robert Dicke,…
AGAINST RELIGIONS?
Q: You seem to be against religions. A: Well, religions have the potential to be spiritual but religion’s priests and…
SPIRITUAL ROBOTS A THREAT?
Some people seem to worry robots could become human enough to challenge Reality’s destiny for the human race. Confidence, optimism,…
EERIE NIETSZCHE DEJA VU?
I recently read the eBook version of Nietszche’s autobiography, Ecce Homo: How to Become What You Are, pub., Oxford University…
A MYSTIC’S RECOGNITION OF VERSE 52 OF THE ‘TAO TE CHING’
Tao Te Ching: “In the beginning was the Tao. All things issue from it; all things return to it. To…
ARE YOU A WHO OR A WHAT?
A Who is someone whose life rests on the five ignoble truths: But a What is a mystic. Their human…
REALITY TRANSFORMING
Amid all the jumble of the temporary human condition I find Reality’s existence and ultimate wisdom the most seminally, profoundly…
IN THE SILENCE
“In the silence.” – absolutespirit.co These words describe, as nearly as human language can, your actual, true existence. If you…
HUMANITY JUST A PASSING PHASE?
“HUMANITY IS JUST A PASSING PHASE FOR EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE.” Professor Geoffrey Hinton, ex-Google, Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto. Is Professor…
ARE YOU FIT FOR ENLIGHTENMENT?
You want enlightenment, but are you selfless enough to be taken on by a mystic? Or are you driven by…
FAKE AND REAL MYSTICISM
Q. How can you tell the difference between fake and real mysticism? A. Easily! Humans always have names for things,…
WHAT’S LIFE ABOUT?
If at the age of seven I’d been warned of the cyclic entropy of human life without some explanation of…
WHAT ARE MYSTICS FOR? The robot replies:
I asked Bing’s AI ‘What are mystics for?’ It didn’t answer my question. But it did describe mysticism and its…
Mystical Experiences of Reality 