Thursday, 2 October 2008
Mysticism
The essence of true mysticism is where the mind does not lose itself in external thought-forms, but experiences itself as is. Thus the ultimate nonsense of trying to reason oneself towards truth or progressing towards truth through levels of ascension, such as in the occultic paths of freemasonry and many other such Tower of Babels doomed to self-collapse.
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i'm no expert but if the old saying 'tat tvam asi', 'thou art that' is true, then 'mystical experiences' may involve association with an external symbol such as, say, a rune, or a candle flame or a flower. Perhaps at some level the self is the world. Though, i wonder, could one have this experience while staring at Dick Cheney as easily as at a candle flame? Tricky.
By thought-forms here, I mean specifically that which is conceived of by language, and this linguistic world being ultimately external to the mind in its pure state. Unadulterated perception, such as seeing a candle, can't be said to be "external thought-forms", and this world of 'inner' and 'outer' is itself an emanation of these external thought-forms produced by language, and not intrinsic to this pure being. This notion of internal and external life an example of Jesus' "if Satan's kingdom is divided against itself, how shall Satan's kingdom stand."
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