How does a mystic balance a normal life with their experiences? With difficulty! At the beginning, a mystic finds…
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HOW DOES ONE PRACTICE MYSTICISM?
You can’t. It practices you. Mysticism is not a religion, a cult, or a dogma. It is an overpowering…
ARE MYSTICS RELIGIOUS?
QUESTION: Can a person be a mystic and also practice another religion at the same time? (i.e. Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.)…
ARE THE HUMAN OR MYSTIC EXPERIENCES ILLUSIONARY?
Some scientists say existence is a construct of the brain. Others seem to assume the brain is just an…
PERSONAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Message of the Mystics. A Consuming Passion. Its meaning. Q: Refined to its very basic premise, what is the…
CONSCIOUSNESS NOT A MERE BRAIN PRODUCT?
“As soon as we accept the premise that consciousness is fundamental to the universe, rather than produced by the…
“MANMUKH” vs. “MINDFULNESS”
The word mindfulness is “manmukh” and can be safely ignored as a spiritual distraction. (My teacher used this –…
BOOK REVIEW: MY MYSTICAL EYE (Selected poems and quotes ) – By Hela Jenayah Tekali from Tunisia / ASHOK KUMAR
https://wp.me/p31ELb-ejB Interesting introduction to the experiences of a female Tunisian poet many of us may not have come across. Publisher,…
MYSTICISM?
“Mysticism is usually defined in dictionaries and encyclopedias as a spiritual discipline used to make contact with the divine. While…
INNER DETACHMENT AND ISOLATION
“The feeling of inner detachment and isolation is not in itself an abnormal phenomenon but is normal in the sense…
EXPERIENCE IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. Anon
MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN
This blog post by lewislafontaine is from Carl Jung Depth Psychology The words “many are called, but few are chosen” are…
TEN SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING?
Reposted from The Guides with review comments in bold: Here are 10 “unmistakable” signs of spiritual awakening: 1. A strong…
WAS SHAKESPEARE A MYSTIC?
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air,…
PARAPHRASING JUNG
“We are a vehicle of higher consciousness, not the other way around. Get used to it.” – Samuel Kronen, elephantjournal.com Mysticexperiences.net