“Not all who wander, are lost.”

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. This quote is very true. My late Sufi Master said, “There are no … More

I AM NOT ‘I’ !

After his recent inner experiences a follower wrote to me, “Somehow something of the ‘I’ had to remain to be … More

MANKIND’S HUBRIS!?

“What is amiss even in the best philosophy … is an undue emphasis on man as compared with the universe.” … More

THE GNOSTIC EXPERIENCE – ARE HUMANS RELEVANT?

Some mystics would tell us the only spiritual life worth talking about is the experiential kind, not the religious.  Why … More

IS EVIL EFFECTIVE?

No, evil is not effective in the sense it cannot change our ultimate destiny in Reality the mystics have experienced. … More

WHY I AM NOT A TEACHER

I am not an evangelist, proselytiser, or teacher. Yearly experiences of Reality from the age of about 15 to late … More

BUDDHA ETC

A follower mentioned how Buddha exhorted his disciples to enlighten mankind.  Buddha probably recognised the perennial path of evolution running … More

HUMANITY IS MERELY TRANSIENT

To a mystic the human experience is transient, human history seems to have little effect on evolution, wallowing as human … More

REALITY

QUESTION:  I’ve heard you say “we’re not ‘wired’ to know the whole of Reality yet’’.  I think I understand, but … More

The Human Condition

Taking notice of the human condition is like being forced to watch the same water simmering, the bubbles rising and … More

PROFOUND NOTHINGNESS

After reading his Blog’s “About” section by Old Chinaman*, I wrote him a Comment, as follows: “One of my last … More

IS THIS WHAT HUMANITY IS ALL ABOUT?

This blog is a first hand account of a modern mystic’s personal lifetime development that resulted from multiple, spontaneous, yearly … More

MYSTICISM LEADS TO APATHY?

QUESTION:  If, as you infer throughout your blog and book, Reality rules, do you mean to say we’re puppets without … More

DEAD END SCIENCE?

So far as David Deutsche’s book The Fabric of Reality is concerned, it adds to my conviction scientists are inexplicably … More

ARTIFICAL MERs v. REAL MERs!

I think the differences between the genuine mystical experience of Reality, (MER), and other induced or merely posited experiences claiming … More