“Zen is the fastest method I know of, aside from mysticism, of dissolving the fixations people have about spiritual practice and themselves.” PeopleKnowsSpiritualPracticeMethodMysticismIntroductionSpiritual PracticeDissolvingFixation Author:Frederick Lenz
“As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion, mysticism is being taken seriously even within the scientific community. An increasing number of scientists are aware that mystical thought provides a consistent and relevant philosophical background to the theories of Contemporary science, a conception of the world in which the scientific discoveries of men and women can be in perfect harmony with their spiritual aims and religious beliefs.” PeopleMenWorldSpiritualBeliefInterestCommunityReligiousPerfectNumbersMeditationTheoryMen And WomenDiscoveryScientistHarmonyPhilosophicalAimSignificantContemporaryConsistentMysticismConceptionRelevantSuspicionMysticalEasternRidiculeReligious BeliefTokensScientific DiscoveryPerfect HarmonySignificant Numbers Author:Fritjof Capra
“Who wants to be stuck in being religious and being spiritual either? That's not freedom. You've just exchanged handcuffs for leg irons - which doesn't mean that you should avoid enlightenment.” WantShouldMeanSpiritualReligiousEnlightenmentLegsStuckIronMysticismHandcuffs Author:Frederick Lenz
“Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception.” IdeasSpiritualPerceptionEnlightenmentRingsMysticismSpiritual Beings Author:Frederick Lenz
“We're using gradients of light as an auric measurement, a quantified auric measurement of the ascension of consciousness from the relatively sensorial, material perceptions of existence to the more refined spiritual perceptions of existence.” LightSpiritualExistenceConsciousnessMaterialsPerceptionMysticismMeasurementRefinedAscension Author:Frederick Lenz
“Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism. To relate oneself in the spirit of reverence for life to the multiform manifestations of the will-to-live which together constitute the world is ethical mysticism. All profound world-view is mysticism, the essence of which is just this: that out of my unsophisticated and naïve existence in the world there comes, as a result of thought about self and the world, spiritual self-devotion to the mysterious infinite Will which is continuously manifested in the universe.” ThinkingWorldEndsSelfTogetherSpiritualSpiritUniverseResultsViewsExistenceEssenceInfiniteProfoundOneselfDevotionRationalMysteriousRelateManifestationAssumptionMysticismEthicalReverenceRational ThinkingWorld ViewReverence For LifeWill To Live Author:Albert Schweitzer
“Many of my fellow atheists consider all talk of 'spirituality' or 'mysticism' to be synonymous with mental illness, conscious fraud, or self-deception. I have argued elsewhere that this is a problem - because millions of people have had experiences for which 'spiritual' and 'mystical' seem the only terms available.” PeopleSelfProblemSeemsSpiritualSpiritualityTermMillionsConsciousFellowsAtheistIllnessAvailableMental IllnessDeceptionMysticismFraudElsewhereMysticalSelf Deception Author:Sam Harris
“The worst danger of the mystic is as always a quest of spiritual privilege leading to aloofness from the common lot.” SpiritualCommonWorstDangerPrivilegeMysticismQuestsMysticAloofness Book:The privilege of age: essays secular and spiritual Source: The privilege of age: essays secular and spiritual
“Quite a different thing is, if a seeker, dissatisfied by materialism and doctrines, and longing for spiritual support, will ask advice and information of an adept. In such a case the adept is obliged to supply the seeker with spiritual light and insight, according to his mental powers. Then the magician should spare neither time nor pains to communicate his spiritual treasures and lead the seeker to the light.” IfsShouldDifferentLightPainSpiritualAsksCasesSupportMagicAdviceInformationLongingCommunicateInsightTreasureDoctrineDifferent ThingsMaterialismMysticismSparesMagicianObligedSeekersDissatisfiedAdeptMental PowerSpiritual Light Author:Franz Bardon