QUESTION: You Have Said Reality Does Not Use Names

QUESTION: You have said Reality does not use names. ANSWER: True, Reality does not use names. In Ultimate Reality, where … More

IN REVIEW: The Fifth Dimension – An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm by Dr John Hick

In this excerpt from his excellently illuminating book, The Fifth Dimension – An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm, Dr Hick … More

DRUGS 2 – an update

This was my original post on the subject of drugs. The following is an update: I see the sole purpose … More

AN UNANSWERED CORRESPONDENCE

CORRESPONDENT: “It sounds as though you have reached a plateau of tranquility where life’s many vagaries are neatly pigeonholed away. … More

SCIENCE CAN’T EXPLAIN MYSTICISM SO SHOULDN’T BOTHER?

We review an article by Dr Chris Fields, Physicist, multidisciplinary scientist, author, in IAI News – changing how the world … More

TO LIVE A GOOD AND MEANINGFUL LIFE

Q: How can I live a good and meaningful life? A: What do you mean, “a good and meaningful … More

NEARLY FIVE STARS!

When an edited version of UK Blog follower Anthony Garner’s review of the 413-page paperback “Mystic Experience of Reality” by … More

ULTIMATE REALITY

The program Ultimate Reality, a popular and successful program by and about scientists has been publicly available on YouTube for … More

THE SILENCE.

In my view this paper is not just an examination of a powerful poem about the mystical experience, it is … More

PSYCHODELIC DRUGS TO INDUCE MER?

NO! Absolutely not. Not even as an entheogen! – a psychoactive plant or chemical used to experience the Mystical Experience … More

SPONTANEOUS AWAKENING EXPERIENCES: BEYOND RELIGION AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

By: Steve Taylor, M. Sc., PGCE Leeds, United Kingdom This academic paper appears to describe the experience of my spontaneous, … More

INTUITION

A baffled medical specialist came looking for me at the hospital coffee shop to demand, in my mid-sip: “You’re a … More

120 ACADEMIC PAPERS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE MENTIONED ‘MYSTIC EXPERIENCES OF REALITY’ SO FAR SINCE PUBLICATION

Can you help? Every day Academia.edu send me notification of up to seven mentions a day of my name being … More

MYSTICISM, PRACTICAL V. THEORETICAL?

“Mysticism is practical, not theoretical.” – Evelyn Underhill Evelyn Underhill in “Mysticism: The nature and development of spiritual consciousness”, Oxford 1994, … More

ACADEMIA POURING OUT CONJECTURE ON MYSTICISM

Academia.edu tells me the web page has found 25,450 papers on comparative mysticism written by academics in leading universities around … More