A pratyekabuddha or paccekabuddha (Sanskrit and Pali, respectively), literally “a lone buddha”, “a buddha on their own” or “a private…
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WHY WRITE ABOUT MYSTICISM?
The Chinese sage Lao Tsu is said to have warned, “Those who know don’t talk, those who talk don’t know.”…
THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL?
MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN By Lewis Lafontaine, carljungdepthpsychologysite.blog Publisher’s note: I don’t know where Dr Jung got…
LOVE?
What’s love got to do with it? One of the most powerful discernments taken from my mystical experiences was…
Don’t live by examples, but seek your own path
Originally posted on Adventures of a Reluctant Mystic:
From The Red Book by C.G. Jung: “Believe me: It is no teaching and no instruction…
THE INTERNET CHRISTIAN v. “ME”!
That dratted word, “my”. A Christian on the Internet objects to the use of “my” – as in when I…
Be melting snow
Originally posted on The REKHA SAHAY Corner!:
Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself. Rumi ❤️❤️
THE EARTH: Genesis—A Spiritual Revolution by Diana Butler Bass
This essay is a thoughtful expression of a long time Seeker’s arrival at a crossroads in her development. Its particularly…
WHO LOOKS OUTSIDE?
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Jung Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and…
THE REAL HARD QUESTION – for scientists and mystics?
From a mystic’s point of view the dung beetle, for instance, and human science are in the category of…
MARKIDES: “EASTERN ORTHODOX MYSTICISM, TRANSPERSONAL THEORY”
Below is a link to a paper written by Dr. Markides and published in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology,…
“WHY DOES SPIRITUAL AWAKENING REQUIRE A SHIFT IN OUR SPIRITUAL PRIORITIES?” – RAM DASS
It doesn’t. Humans have no say in the matter in my experience. Humans don’t have any choice. Reality doles…
ENIGMATIC GURUS – a boon?
Why are gurus of mysticism sometimes so enigmatic? The older generations of gurus seem to be more enigmatic than…
EASY DOES IT – bad teachers?
Easy Does It This essay so agrees with my prejudices on the subject of spontaneous mystical experiences of Reality (MER)…
COMMUNITY
“Spirituality is primarily individual not communal. In perfection, community need not exist so doesn’t. The experience of Reality is…
Mystical Experiences of Reality 