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| Interview with Reb Zalman | on Mystic Experience and Mysticism for a New Humanity | | 2008-08-19 14:30:04 | | Father of the Neo-Hasidic Jewish Renewal movement, Reb Zalman Scachter-Shalomi is widely considered one of the world's foremost authorities on Hasidism and Jewish mysticism, a leading spiritual elder of our time and recognized as a pioneer in ecumenical dialogue. This interview with Reb Zalman was conducted early August 2008.I opened up the interview by sharing how all the major enlightened beings, for example Moses, Buddha, Jesus or Muhammad, peace be upon them all, each has gone through initial mystical experiences at their time of enlightenment breakthrough. Sometime such experiences are perceived as outside experience (Burning Bush for Moses, mystical encounter with Archangel Garbriel for Prophet Muhammad) and sometime as inner experience (such as Buddha's awakening or receiving Quranic revelation in a lucid state for Muhammad). So we find mystical experiences very much at the heart of all tradition and thats where they started from.Now after encountering these inner experiences, a | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | Importance Of Natural Archetypes In Mysticism | | 2008-08-02 17:48:00 | | א' אב התשס"חLughnasadh 2Related to the metaphysical concept of soul-friends as discussed in previous entries (Anam Chara - Reyah - Soul Friend and The Blessing Of Rejection) is the concept of natural Archetypes and their importance to soul craft, magic and mysticism.Scottish magician R. J. Stewart (The UnderWorld Initiation) distinguishes Archetypes as they pertain to esoteric traditions from those of modern psychology:We are not discussing an archetype in the modern psychological sense; an Archetype is a Matrix or key Image which gives shape and direction to energies arising out of the Primal source of all being.Modern astronomy has shown us the physical expressions of such Matrices in the vast spiral shapes of distant galaxies, while physics reveals patterns upon the most fundamental atomic levels. These material reflections of Archetypal Matrices (long understood by the ancients in the pure shapes of the Platonic solids) offer us exterior clues to our interior consciousness; | | By: Walking On Fire | | |
| | Approach to an Unknown God: Religion collapses back into Mysticism | Sanctuary of no-thing-ness | | 2008-06-22 20:10:54 | | 1.Eli, Eli,lama sabachthani?- Jesus Christ at the Cross at ninth hour, Matthew 27:46My God, My God, why have You veiled YourSelf (from me)?- a mystical interpretation of mysticsaint2.In the end, religion collapses back into mysticism as it recognizes that after we have said all we can say about God, we are still surrounded by an imprenetrable silence. Thomas Aquinas devoted his most rigorous thinking to trying to establish how we could speak about God based on analogies taken from human experiences.But after our minds have erected the ladder of analogy as high as possible toward God, he concludes, "we remained joined to Him as to One Unknown." Augustine, after writing endless words trying to explain the Trinity, admitted in the end, "I only write in order not to be silent."Mysticism counsels us to follow the via negativa, to honor the infinite distance that separate the finite and the infinite, to live within "the clouds of the unknowing" (Jacob Boehme), to respect the silence of the G | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
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| | My Mysticism Team | | 2007-12-13 07:34:00 | | I have been collecting links for over 10 years. I have organized them by topic in individual folders. Needless to say, this is a clumsy and time-consuming hobby. So I started a few years ago to look for other methods. What I do works for me. I put them on "my team" and rotate publishing them on my main blog, Changemaker: Change Your Life. Each Thursday, I will publishing one of "my teams". For today, this is "my mysticism team". Books « The Website of Unknowing Christian Mystics Circle of Prayer - Modern Mystics Discombobula Godfriends: The Continental Medieval Mystics Hermitary: the hermit, hermits, eremitism, solitude, silence, anchorites, recluses, simplicity Home Julie Unplugged List of Christian mystics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Monastic Mumblings, a Friar's Journey mysticism.nl Mystics « The Website of Unknowing Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Mysticism: Mystics and Teachers Philosophers and mystics on the Mystical Site SaltSister » The Mystic Way The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory (BSG) The Cloud of Unknowing The Four Precepts Web Portal & Spiritual Search Page The Mercy Site - Contemplative Prayer for Christians TheoCenTriC The Order of Corpus Christi The Order of Saint Luke The Order of St. Helena The Order of St. Luke the Physician, a Christian Healing Ministry, welcomes you! The Rosicrucian Fellowship - An International Association of Christian Mystics The Society of the Holy Trinity: A Lutheran Ministerium The Way Of A Pilgrim Unveiling... | | By: Changemaker: Healing Mind, Body and Soul | | |
| | Everyday Mysticism: Cherishing the Holy | | 2007-12-11 07:24:00 | | While doing the research for the 50+ books I selected for the Changemaker Library, I realized that I love writing about good books. I have been reading for 60 years so I have a long history of what books can influence lives. I don't do book reviews. Instead, I give the book title, the author, the ISBN number and a link to Amazon to buy it. I also include excerpts from the book chosen so that a reader can decide if this book is a good match for him/her. Every Tuesday, I’ll include one of the books which is chosen to match the weekly topic. Everyday Mysticism: Cherishing the Holy Anthony J. Ciorra ISBN 0-8245-1483-1 Amazon link For each section of his book, Fr. Ciorra starts with three questions to begin thought on the subject. For the introduction, his questions are: "What is Holiness? Think of a canonized saint and then think of a living saint. What does it mean to be holy? Think of someone you know whom you consider to be holy." His overview of the book includes: "Chapter One, "Wisdom on Wall Street", situates spirituality in the marketplace. God is to found in the context of daily life, often in the unexpected moments and areas of the work place. If the Gospel is to be relevant, it cannot be ignored from none to five each day during the work week." "Chapter Two, "Dangerous Dreams and Rude Awakenings," places holiness within the life process. Today's theories of personality development poignantly teach that the human person is constantly changing and developing. Our dreams and goals need to be reshaped as we change and as the world and church around us are changing. There are many models in the church's traditional treasury for a spirituality of perfection; there are few for a spirituality of imperfection. Instead of rigid methods, I propose that the process of life offers each person a unique opportunity for holiness." "Chapter Three, "Writing Straight with Crooked Lines", raises some new questions about suffering. Traditional spiritualit | | By: Changemaker: Healing Mind, Body and Soul | | |
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| Mysticism Resources | | 2007-11-26 07:38:00 | | Although I use spiritual practices originally learned from other faiths, I like Christian blogs best. Some of my favorite blogs are the following: Christian Mystics--From the welcome: "Welcome to Christian Mystics, the site dedicated to Christian mystics both traditional and contemporary. As you'll discover, we have a great library of things to investigate, as well as the freshness of a blog for lessons, reflections, rambling thoughts and more. I hope you'll enjoy the journey! Blessings, Brian Robertson Biscotti Brain (Thoughts: Twice Baked) From the author, Erin Wilson: "Biscotti remind me so much of how my mind works. Rarely is once-in-the-oven enough for my thoughts. They resurface, triggered by a piece of brilliance composed by someone else, and beg for reshaping... re-baking (rethinking)... and then finally consumption. Some don't like biscotti. Others, with the patience to dunk in the beverage of their choice (medium black coffee for me), will find something to chew on." The Website of Unknowing features the writing of Carl McColman — American Celt, freelance author, aspiring contemplative, student of mysticism, and interfaith-friendly Catholic Christian. Salt Sister: from the metaphorical desert. The author says: 'A friend likened the boundary-dwelling habits of the trickster of folklore to the spiritual road that he, I, and several friends have traveled. Not one of us identifies our spiritual walk with participation in an institutional church, denomination, or the newer “house churches”, though some of us slip in and out of these with ease." Discombobula Sue says about her site: "I'm a 36 year old female from Melbourne, Australia, trying to make sense of the world, myself, God. Yep, I want to know it all. No wonder I'm discombobulated." Dirt Simple The author, Philip Eby, has posted this: "What can't die is not alive. Food that can't go bad, isn't any good. To the extent that a thing is not perfect, it is re | | By: Changemaker: Healing Mind, Body and Soul | | |
| | | The Journey of Sulook (Mysticism) | Pearls of Wisdom | | 2007-08-30 19:25:16 | | Hadrat Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali, Baabaajee Sarkaar, QaddasAllaahu Ta'alaa Sirruhul 'Azeez. May God bless his soul. I so love this picture of the master in samadhi, lost in remembrance and contemplation of the Beloved. May your glance at the face of the master bring baraka (blessings and magnetism) for you.Blessed birth: Thursday, 27th Rabee'uth Thaanee, AH 1329, 27th April, 1911. His blessed wisaal (going behind the curtain): Sunday, 16 Ramadaan-ul-Mukarram, AH 1417, 26th January, 1997. creditThe Journey of Sulook (Mysticism) has three land marks:1. (To know and believe) that everything good and evil is from Allaah (with His permission)2. All that has been mentioned above is based on Divine Wisdom.3. (All that happens to me) is for my welfare only.Till such time as one accepts with a sincere heart these fundamental rules (laws), one cannot find tranquility. Accept with complete faith – with a true heart every good and evil is from Allaah (and) taking place under the total contr | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, the Sufi and Islamic Mysticism | | 2007-08-16 08:13:58 | | It was in the course of his practice of Islam that the 19th Century contemplative Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886) had one of his remarkable visions: “I was meditating under the banyan tree when I was shown a Mussalman (a Muslim). He came to me with rice in an earthen plate. The Mother (Kali) showed me that there exists only One and not two. It is Satchidananda (Truth - Knowledge - Bliss - Absolute, Brahman) alone that has taken various forms; He alone has become the world and its living beings.”Ramakrishna was initiative into Islamic practice by a devout Sufi Govinda Rai. He repeated the holy name of Allah and recited the namaz (the formal prayer of Islam); the Hindu mode of though vanished from his mind during this period, which culminated in his vision. As his disciple Mahendra observed: “The mighty river of Islam also led him back to the Ocean of the Absolute.”Ramakrishna’s life is unique in the annals of religious experience. Although born to an orthodox Hindu Brahmin | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | | Integral mysticism in the postmodern world | Integral Spirituality | | 2007-06-04 12:49:00 | | "Integral Spirituality" as renowned philosopher and theoretical psychologist Ken Wilber puts, "will recognize the universal transcendent core of the world's spiritual traditions while simultaneously embracing the multiplicity of religious practices and beliefs. It will provide an integrating framework, grounded in spiritual experience, which unites the disparate theological systems by representing each as a unique but partial view of the same infinite divine reality.In a dialogue series titled, The Mystic Heart posted by IntegralNaked in youtube, Brother Wayne Teasdale and Ken Wilber discuss the advent of an integral mysticism in the postmodern world. Reflecting on their own spiritual experiences, the relation of science to spirituality, the lives of the great inter-spiritual pioneers, and how youth culture is revitalizing the mystical traditions, Brother Wayne and Ken show how an integral perspective can bring the revelations of mysticism into everyday life.In so doing, we learn to g | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM | | 2005-12-10 15:35:00 | | The Practice of Christian MysticismWhile such phenomena are often associated with mysticism in general, including the Christian variety, for Christians the emphasis is elsewhere; specifically, the major emphasis in Christian mysticism concerns a spiritual transformation of the human person, such that they become, as some have put it, more fully human, or fully realized human persons, "created in the Image and Likeness of God." For Christians, this full realization of human potential is realized most perfectly in Jesus and is manifested in others through their association with Him, whether conscious, as in the case of Christian mystics, or unconscious, with regard to persons who follow other traditions, such as Gandhi. The Eastern Christian tradition speaks of this transformation in terms of theosis or divinization, perhaps best summed up by an ancient aphorism usually attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria: "God became human so that humans might become God."Going back at least to Evagrius Ponticus and Pseudo-Dionysius, Christian mystics have pursued a three-fold path in their pursuit of holiness. While the different aspects of this path have different names in the different Christian traditions, they can be characterized as purgative, illuminative, and unitive, in correspondence to a understanding of human personhood that is three-fold: body, soul (or mind), and spirit. The first, the way of purification, is where aspiring Christian mystics start. This aspect focuses on discipline, particularly in terms of the human body; thus, it emphasizes prayer at certain times, either alone or with others, and in certain postures, often standing or kneeling. It also emphasizes the other disciplines of fasting and alms-giving, the latter including those activities called "the works of mercy," both spiritual and corporal, such as feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless.This phase, which forms the basis of Christian mysticism in general, is designed, in the words of St. Pau | | By: MORE OF THE SAME from The High Watch | | |
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