“TRUST REALITY AND CONTROL NOTHING”

With respects to Alan Watts, mystic extraordinaire who said “Universe”, not “Reality”.

A NAUGHTY CHALLENGE.

A Wikipedia essay on the history of human mystic experience says: “Since the 1960s scholars have debated the merits of … More

FOUR EARLY REPORTED SEMINAL DISCOVERIES OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MYSTIC PHENOMENA

One of psychologies’ earliest practitioners was Dr. William James PhD., (1842 – 1910). He established psychology’s department at Harvard and … More

Upanishads, Vedanta, Bhagavad Ghita flawed?

From the perspective of my mystic experiences of Reality, (MER), The Upanishads, Vedanta, Bhagavad Ghita are flawed. One way or … More

THE BEATITUDES?

Question:  I know you are skeptical of spiritual reading matter but is there any one thing you could recommend to … More

‘ALL IS WELL’ v. ‘WOKE’?

The late British Lord Sacks was an Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, author, peer and public figure. As the spiritual head of … More

REAL LOVE.

“Dante teaches us that making this world better has its place, but there is an entirely better world of true … More

NO COMFORT IN GOD?

An author friend protested when I wrote (https://mysticexperiences.net/2021/09/15/is-reality-god/) I found no ‘God’ or gods in my MERs (mystical experiences of … 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

CAN YOU CHOOSE TO BE SPIRITUAL?

I thought you might like to read this post I wrote for another now abandoned blog provider in 2015. Now … More

WHERE DO MUSIC, LOVE, BEAUTY AND EMOTION FIT IN WITH MYSTICISM?

They don’t! Mystics with very developed experiences of mysticism regard music, love, beauty. art and emotion as human experiences, distractions … More

MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE IS NOT HUMAN MIND STUFF!

“The subconscious mind motivates almost all actions, behaviors, thoughts, emotions, and the choices that you think you are making in … More

“ALL IS WELL”? Part 2*

QUESTION: When you see the state of the world how can you say All Is Well as you do? ANSWER: That ‘All … More

MYSTICISM, by ALAN WATTS

As commonplace as measles … he says. This is one of the very best descriptions of mysticism and the human … More

KNOWING YOU’RE CALLED

Q:  How do you know you’re called? A: I think the description of someone being ‘called’ is an inaccurate human … More