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Re: Mysticism and Your take (Part 1)
« Reply #20 on: October 11, 2008, 02:20:39 pm »
Let's just go to Part 2 now.....
Why is mysticism fictional then?
Maybe because, it has 50% true and 50% bull poo.

Whats the 50% true and 50% bull poo?

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Re: Mysticism and Your take (Part 1)
« Reply #21 on: October 11, 2008, 02:25:58 pm »
Who knows, Jesus made a tank of water into a wine tank. Jesus could be a real person long time ago, but doing those miracle?

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Re: Mysticism and Your take (Part 1)
« Reply #22 on: October 11, 2008, 02:33:44 pm »
What the hell does that have to do with just mysticism at its most pure definiton?

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Re: Mysticism and Your take (Part 1)
« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2008, 02:29:40 am »
The image that ALWAYS comes into my mind when I hear mysticism is some guy in the lotus position, but it means a lot more than that to me.  Mysticism seems to refer to the ability to interact with whatever exists outside the physical, material world.  It's about transcension, about going beyond what most people can imagine, to get to the deep truths of the universe.

However, I also view mysticism as something secular, something that precludes God as we think of him.  When I think of mysticism, I think of some sort of underlying "energy" in the universe...as if we searched for God, and we found the truth: that what we call God is just another natural law permeating our existence.

Because of that, I think it would be interesting to get into it and see where it takes me, but I don't want to because of my faith in the Biblical God.
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Re: Mysticism and Your take (Part 1)
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2008, 12:23:10 pm »
Thanks for your input Gamer. Would it seem fitting to agree on this definition of secularism. Mysticism being an experiential apprehension of some essential feature of the universe?

I find it lacking in two cases, one being the "essential feature" does not aptly describe, however I don't think I will come across a better word. The other tied to that, in which it is ineffable, but I could be wrong.

I'd urge you to try it.