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Mysticism

A Late Night Thought on Our Perception of Reality

A Rambling Discourse on the Art of Deluding Ourselves

At Best, All Our Truths are Useful Models

Are Mystical Experiences the Result of Natural Causes?

Are Things Experienced by the Senses Real?

Assuming God Exists is not Mysticism

Believing in Belief

Conscious Thought is Symbolic — No More, No Less

“Does the Denial of the Individual Self Actually Make Sense Even From a Mystical Perspective?”

Erotic Meditation

Even Sex is not a Guaranteed Path to Transcendence

For Many Mystics, God is Not an Idea, but an Experience

Heaven

“He’s not Busy Being Born is Busy Dying”

Intersubjectively Verifiable Mystic Experiences?

Is Egotism Inherent in Mysticism?

Is God a Being or an Experience?

Is it Possible to Love God?

“Is Mysticism a State of Mind or is It an Experience?”

Liberating Ourselves from Symbolic Thought

Meditation is the Practice of Dying

Mysteries of the Restless Mind

Normal Awareness vs Mystical Awareness

One Way Mysticism Challenges Us

The Albany and Mental Health

The Chattering Consciousness

The God of Mystic Naturalism

The Profounder Distinction

The Study of Mystical Experience and Mystical Awareness

To Consciously Understand Something

What is Self to a Mystic?

When Belief Counts

“Why Do You Think We Evolved Mystical Awareness?”

Wrestling With Satan

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