It is clear from his autobiographical statements that Paul was able to move freely from one mode of consciousness to another, from the left hemisphere to, the right, and back again — from law to grace,
from mystical experience to ethical evaluation.
Not exact matches
(2) Argue
from your own personal [
mystical]
experience, tell them what «God» is really like (3) Confront all God talk: disempower both their and your own bullshit
A player can have something resembling the self - forgetfulness of
mystical experience, as he so fully enters the flow of the game that he becomes indistinguishable
from it.
As with the
mystical tradition in general, the danger is that the Pentecostal
mystical experience becomes a mere escape
from the world rather than a preparation for a purposeful reinsertion into the world.
It does not come
from any other source, and certainly it doesn't come
from tradition or through some supposed
mystical personal
experience since the Canon is closed.
The modern shift of the discussion of God
from cosmology to metaphysics,
mystical experience, morality, and supra - rational grounds itself reflects developments in scientific cosmology.
More precisely,
from a Whiteheadian standpoint, we should say that, if God is loving, then we all feel this, at some level, all the time, so that the only extraordinary feature of
mystical experiences is that in them this feeling of the holy rises to the level of conscious awareness.
The
mystical tradition, with which I have great sympathy and about which I have written in the companion volume What can we Learn
from Hinduism, unites believers beyond the differences of doctrines and ritual and stresses the longing to
experience the presence of God.
May I emphasize the fact that the elements and functions coming
from the superconscious, such as aesthetic, ethical, religious
experiences, intuition, inspiration, states of
mystical conscious - ness, are factual, are real in the pragmatic sense... producing changes both in the inner and the outer world.
But this fusion of horizons can take place not by a poetic divination into the language of the text, nor by a
mystical identification with the preconceptual
experience of the author of the text, but by the breaking in of the Word of God
from the Beyond into our limited horizons and the remolding of them, in some cases even the overthrowing of them.
The
experience of the first rite of passage for the women clergy I have talked with varies
from the male
experience in the following ways: The young woman is likely to have a similar inner
experience of a
mystical «call,» or in some other way feel led to make a conscious decision to train for the ministry.
I see no consistent basis within the framework of Hall's own thought for asserting that this particular kind of
experience is somehow «illegitimate,» that its aesthetic quality is greatly inferior to that which results
from the
experience of art or nature or interpersonal relationships or even of
mystical contemplation.
Of course we all know that already, but a
mystical experience, to borrow a word
from Heinlein, makes you fully «grok» that.
We have no «scientific» proof, but evidence
from subjective,
mystical experiences abounds.
Those concepts and insights were inspired by their intuitive awareness of God, but those people, being imperfect in their embodiment of the Christ, were subject to misunderstanding and misinterpretation of their
mystical thoughts and
experiences; not to mention the temptation to put a spin on them
from personal and selfish motives.
Both concepts are derived
from the data of
mystical experience.
It was such
mystical experiences that were to be one of the spiritual roots
from which the World Congress of Faiths was to grow.
But in it many of the performances of genius seem also to have their origin; and in our study of conversion, of
mystical experiences, and of prayer, we have seen how striking a part invasions
from this region play in the religious life.
The experts compared this data with data
from healthy combat veterans to see how specific brain regions were tied to reported
mystical experiences.
Nevertheless, Newberg concludes, an «evolutionary perspective suggests that the neurobiology of
mystical experience arose, at least in part,
from the mechanism of the sexual response.»
o Demystifying kundalini o Exploration and
experience of your central channel aka sushumna nadi o Understanding chakras as way to understand our tendencies o Balancing energy channels and polarities in body and mind (nadis) o Everyday application of dual / non-dual philosophies o The
mystical endocrine system and how the glands relate to our chakras o The path
from agni (fire) to tejas (radiance) to sri (seeing the world as beauty and bliss) o Healing techniques and worldview to support your transformation as you live in the real world o The power of yoga nidra
Practice asana
from the «mind of the endocrine system» for a unique and powerful
experience as we go even deeper into the
mystical aspects of our nervous systems.
Since it was vocal music which inspired him, perhaps the
mystical experiences were never separable
from physical ones in his recollections, and his poetic accounts were a release through art of emotional needs.
Cancun offers
experiences for travelers of all ages —
from trendy nightlife and sprawling market - bazaars to crystal - clear cenotes and
mystical Mayan ruins.
«Walking
from one beautiful Inca ruin to the next is a
mystical and enigmatic
experience you will never forget...»
Named after the soaring white sails that crown its roof, this is the perfect base
from which to
experience this
mystical landscape.
Walking
from one ancient Inca ruin to the next is a
mystical and enigmatic
experience you will never forget
Experience the
mystical heart and soul of this amazing island, hidden far away
from the bustle and the crowds of Bali you have already seen.
In it, players
experienced numerous detailed quest lines with enthralling characters; looted thousands of different items, crafted armor made
from dragon bones, and even visited the
mystical realms of daedric beings.
Drawing inspiration
from his fascination with
mystical traditions (most notably Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism and Christian mysticism), Viola's work largely deals with fundamental human
experiences.
A «feminist» artist in a post-feminist era, Smith's vocabulary has evolved over more than three decades
from symbolic, sometimes disturbing, representations of the female body as a site of authentic, visceral
experience, to a metaphorical,
mystical world drawing upon literature, history and folklore.
Charles Burchfield (1893 - 1967), worked almost exclusively in watercolor on paper and his primary subject was his
experience of nature in his immediate surroundings — scenes
from his backyard, vistas near his home captured and imbued with highly expressionistic light, at times creating a clear - eyed depiction of the world and at other times one that is wholly unique,
mystical, and visionary.
They seem to suffer
from unquenchable and
mystical faith in alarmism and leave their everyday
experience, common sense and basic scientific knowledge at the door.