If you watch Professor Gino Yu of Hong Kong Polytechnic University being interviewed on the Closer To Truth series on…
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HIGHER HUMAN SELF I
The idea of religion and mysticism being about the achievement of one’s Higher Human Self came up in a paper…
SPIRITUAL RESISTANCE?
Academia.edu sent me a doctoral paper on resistance to MER, the mystical experience of Reality. I didn’t know such an…
SPIRITUAL DOUBT.
By retired surgeon Anthony Good, a follower of mysticexperiences.net Introduction: This is a remarkable first person document of lasting value…
DEATH.
QUESTION: In your poem, MAROONED* you end with, ‘From the other side of night …’ Does death perturb you, the…
AN INTERVIEW PROPOSITION DECLINED.
Despite being told it would help circulate my book, I declined the following invitation received today, and my reply: INVITATION:…
NOT BEING FAMOUS
QUESTION: Why aren’t you famous? ANSWER: In my mind, I am! LOL! But seriously, I started this blog and published…
CRITICISED FOR USING THE TERM, ‘MERE HUMANS’
QUESTION: You have been criticised for using the term “mere humans” in your posts. Does this indicate bias, bigotry, or prejudice against…
KEITH’S GRAVATAR PROFILE
Ron Krumpos kindly nudged me to be a little more forthcoming. So, as suggested, I now have a ‘spiritual’ profile…
WHAT ARE QUIETISTS?
Can Individuality Survive? QUESTION: You suggest you are a ‘pratyeke’ in a buddhist meaning of your mystical experiences of Reality,…
To be Free – Weltanschauung
By kind permission of Anthony Garner zenothestoic.com Release from the shackles of a mind made prison, sought for so many…
QUESTION: How Do You Know Your Mystical Experiences Of Reality Are True?
QUESTION: How do you know your mystical experiences of Reality are true? ANSWER: Because of the ineffable but undeniable, implacable,…
REVIEW: TRANSCENDENT STATES
See below for a review of a paper sent to me by Academia.edu: “A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF TRANSCENDENT STATES ACROSS…
DISCUSSION: THE CASE AGAINST REALITY.
THE CASE AGAINST REALITY, 370 pages, pub. W.W. Norton. By Dr Donald Hoffman, cognitive psychologist, University of California. According to…
“Stanzas Concerning an Ecstasy Experienced in High Contemplation”
“Stanzas Concerning an Ecstasy Experienced in High Contemplation” By St. JOHN OF THE CROSS I only come across Dr. Saint John…