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:rofl: :rofl: :lol: "Suggestions that DaemonX could simply be a crazed vagrant using the internet at a public library have largely been dismissed..."

Rubbish. I didn't know how easy that was to say.

No doubt she's thinking of Dundee's bronzed dong.

As far as we know, he's the only Australian. Those adolescent memories really insist. No, that's not a knife. Those are pixels. Sue Charlton has a bro...

Ah, the perennial Bannoian denoument: loud fact and self-ovation. :clap: :clap: :clap: Corollary: The louder I say it the truer it is. But tell me whe...

If Professor Dundee holds knife-X is not a knife because knife-Y is a knife what are we to think of the hypothetical knife-Z? It may well be so much k...

Or what a knife is. There's been some controversy about that in the States.

If the mind can do a thing, that thing is not supernatural. The 'seeker' is seeking new vistas in the mind. It's a question of will; although belief -...

Desire and determination are key. The word 'seeker' comes to mind along with the old phrase 'seek and you shall find.' The obverse reads: do not seek ...

A lot of mystics believe there is knowledge to be gleaned from mystical illumination. The sort of knowledge that might give rise to proclamations abou...

The geniuses and smartypantses give us the new thoughts. We're too dumb to have brand new ones. Thank god for the geniuses and smartypantses.

I have no illusions about what is real. It's almost a white canvas.

:razz: Always a kind word. It's good to make shit up sometimes to test the limits of the imagination. "Ever expanding in the Bosom of God, the Human I...

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Yep, new or old.

I think it's important to add as little as possible and to learn to add less and less. Especially linguistic interlopers. It's good fun to talk about ...

I feel like I've known more women than men who have this kind of connection to animals. You're probably lucky to have that side to you.

It's easy to say 'I'm an atheist'; more difficult to be one. The mind wants what it wants. And having the power to create some kind of god will someti...

I have almost no experience with this kind of communion. I used to get a mystical kick out of staring at certain distant birds. But never a St. Franci...

“I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself.” Nietzsche

Priests and popes hate mystics because mystics can get to 'god' on their own with no help from priests and popes.

Absolutely my experience as well: God exists only when I am god. The implication is an agnostic day-to-day coupled with the violence of sudden ecstati...

Yes: Always back to Freddy and his funny pal Z. I was listening to that astounding genius on librivox this morning. You likely know your Freddy better...

This is a welcome circumvention of the corrupted descriptor 'mystical.' I would only add that certain kinds of mystical practice induce - you might sa...

That you consider the claim grandiose is a sign that a dialog on this subject will prove fruitless. But in case there's fruit to be had: Lying on one'...

Yes, nature mysticism. I think a lot of young sensitive souls hit on this entree to mystical experience. It was my first taste. Especially the deserts...

The mystical-natural dyad is a commonplace but inaccurate bifurcation. Certain kinds of mystical experience are as natural as the sky or the sun.

Humble discoveries. In short: Certain forms of meditative practice give us access to a self-induceable energy and tranquility. Exorbitant creative ene...

I make bold assertions because I have twenty years' experience with mystical illumination.

Thanks. I have Legitimation Crisis around here somewhere.

Only a mystic would know. In my case, two words sum it up: peace and glory.

This is what's known as a stereotype. Best avoided if you'd like to have an accurate picture of the world.

I wonder if you would mind mentioning the names of these two books.

I see a contradiction in the above. Do you? Not much experience, yet happy to rest on a bold conclusion.

Many boats to float. One sea.

Describe the logic by which you arrived at this broad-brush conclusion. How can the above be known to be true? Before the invention of language, was n...

This assertion highlights a common misunderstanding vis-a-vis the range of mystical experience. Mystical experience as induced by certain meditative p...

I've used a kind of invigorating mantric meditation to induce a pentacostal experience - something I connect to Maslow's peak experience.

Meditation aimed at inducing peak experiences a la Maslow.

Nice.

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Death is a lot like lunch - if you've never had a lunch.

You're silly.

I'm a mystic - what do you want to know?

Quibbling. You know some of the things that happen when other people die. Granted. That was never in question and I can only assume you know that was ...

The dead are prohibited from posting on this forum.

This is an argument. And it's fine. It's an argument. But no one knows what happens when we die.

You don't know what happens when you die. If you say 'X will happen when I die' you can be sure you're talking out your ass. X is unknown. You've cons...

Let me correct this for you: L. In a world, Echarmion is one of FPPs. M. Hence in a world, Echarmion is FPP_1 I say, 37. In a world, there is one Biz ...

Nice.