This was my original post on the subject of drugs. The following is an update: I see the sole purpose … More
Category: MYSTICS
NOT A BUDDHA
QUESTION: So, you are a buddha? ANSWER: Certainly not. Why? Q: I read your old post that said you are a Pratyekabuddha? … 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
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
SOCIAL UNREST – A MYSTIC VIEW
A lot of the unrest among all classes of underperformers in all races and cultures comes from the mistaken belief … More
THINGS THAT ‘NEED’ TO BE DONE.
Despite most minds insisting on doing everything that ‘needs’ doing, not everything does. On the contrary, simplification to the barest … More
ALL IS WELL but …
Once you begin not taking human behaviour seriously you’ll be amazed how it wont make any discernible difference to human … More
ULTIMATE REALITY
The program Ultimate Reality, a popular and successful program by and about scientists has been publicly available on YouTube for … More
DISCERNMENT
Explaining A Mystic. Me: Thank you for your introduction to the current affairs essayist. I’m not much interested in worldy … 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
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
MYSTICISM A FORM OF KNOWLEDGE NOT FELT BY THE RATIONAL MIND?
I can think of no better definition of mysticism than that I found in a comment by Anna Nimm on a website … More
Mystical Experiences of Reality 