As Man Thinketh in His Heart…

So is he.

Under the Bodhi Tree

A descent into silence and meditation. A search for the soul.

The Door

And here you are, at the center of eternity, the end point of all. You are out of the physical realm here, all is pure thought.

My kind of God

I have been profoundly moved by religion my entire life. I have always believed in the “Good” even though I may not always have done it.

Mystical Unity

Hard as they are to describe, if I had to use one word to paint a picture of a mystical … More

Mystical Experience of Reality

There are certain activities or states of mind which trigger in me what Abraham Maslow calls “peak experiences”. Reading Keith Hancock’s Mystical Experience of Reality does just that.

Mysticism – Experience over Intellect

Countless words have been written about mysticism but only direct experience will ever be able to convey what it is “like”. 

Hearing the Logos

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Fading

I had a curious sensation of fading, being absorbed into the background, while walking along a country lane in glorious winter sunshine.

In, and out of the Silence

Can or should you remain in a state or place of “silence” or must or ought you return to the world?

Another Day, Another Guru

I was listening to some cross legged Russian windbag this morning pontificating on why micro-dosing psychedelics was bad news. It … More

A Time to Live

It is time to “feel” the universe for myself. To cease to see it through the words of others and to experience it directly.

The Mysticism of Blade Runner

Does it sound curious to link a vastly popular work of science fiction to the concept of mysticism? 

The Doors of Perception

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite.

In Search of the Soul

There comes a stage where some hand over responsibility to the next generation and gradually withdraw from the world.