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PHILOSOPHY v. MYSTICISM
A doctor discovered this blog and remarked he considered me a philosopher so I attempted to put him right, as…
ON MYSTICISM AND MEISTER ECKHART
Originally posted on Kone, Krusos, Kronos:
“The eye with which I see God is the same with which God sees me. My…
BUDDHA ETC
A follower mentioned how Buddha exhorted his disciples to enlighten mankind. Buddha probably recognised the perennial path of evolution running…
THE CERTAINTY AND EFFECTS OF MER.
The certainty of mystics about the authenticity of the Mystic Experience of Reality, (MER), is because there is nothing human…
MYSTICISM IS NOT CULTURAL.
Cosmic Reality and the mystic expression of that Reality is not cultural, not human at all, any more than a…
HUMANITY IS MERELY TRANSIENT
To a mystic the human experience is transient, human history seems to have little effect on evolution, wallowing as human…
“TRUST REALITY AND CONTROL NOTHING”
With respects to Alan Watts, mystic extraordinaire who said “Universe”, not “Reality”.
DEFINITIONS OF MYSTICISM
There are so many defiinitions of mysticism today. Is this an indication of Reality at work, creating a growing popularity…
AN ASCENT INTO REALITY
Reblogged from zenothestoic.com “Words from a Garden” by Anthony Garner. Why is there something rather than nothing, he mused. Does…
REALITY
QUESTION: I’ve heard you say “we’re not ‘wired’ to know the whole of Reality yet’’. I think I understand, but…
“Humans were spiritual beings long before there were religions … religions only came 10,000 years ago.”
Nicholas Humphrey is an English psychologist, based in Cambridge, who is known for his work on the evolution of human intelligence and…
SCIENCE’S FUTURE IN REALITY?
I was watching a couple of scientists talking about matter and reality when I realised they only knew of matter…
A NAUGHTY CHALLENGE.
A Wikipedia essay on the history of human mystic experience says: “Since the 1960s scholars have debated the merits of…
THE ‘GOD’ AND HUMAN DELUSION.
Fascinated by the discussion between four notable atheists on YouTube, Ben Stiller, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, I…