Comments on: The Mystic and the Esoteric http://pathstoknowledge.com/519/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mystic-and-the-esoteric Your map to happiness and personal growth Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Got it http://pathstoknowledge.com/519/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Got it Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:50:00 +0000 http://pathstoknowledge.com/2009/02/18/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/#comment-440 Nicely explained difference that made me wonder. I took both words as synonyms until now. My goal is of a mystic but I suppose I do want to know the esoteric way alongside. Nicely explained difference that made me wonder. I took both words as synonyms until now. My goal is of a mystic but I suppose I do want to know the esoteric way alongside.

]]> By: Anonymous http://pathstoknowledge.com/519/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Anonymous Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:30:00 +0000 http://pathstoknowledge.com/2009/02/18/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/#comment-248 Test of reply Test of reply

]]> By: jim http://pathstoknowledge.com/519/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/comment-page-1/#comment-249 jim Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:36:00 +0000 http://pathstoknowledge.com/2009/02/18/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/#comment-249 Sorry for the double post, TA. The loading page never closed out either try...I didn't think I'd gotten through at all. Oh, and it looks like maybe I skipped the space between 'a' and 'href'...I'll try it again <a href="antinatalism.net">here.</a> Sorry for the double post, TA. The loading page never closed out either try…I didn’t think I’d gotten through at all. Oh, and it looks like maybe I skipped the space between ‘a’ and ‘href’…I’ll try it again here.

]]> By: Anonymous http://pathstoknowledge.com/519/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Anonymous Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:12:00 +0000 http://pathstoknowledge.com/2009/02/18/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/#comment-250 re: "Life is a Dark Ride" I look at it more like this. There are dark channels you can "tune into". But in the same space, there are also "light" channels. I don't think one is any more "real" than the other. But I will say that the closer I seem to get, phenomenologically, to "bare" experience, the lighter it seems to be. Can't say why, but it just is. I'll be sure to visit your site and torment you with cheery comments ;-) ps. hmm... html not working? That's odd. I'll look into it. re: “Life is a Dark Ride”

I look at it more like this. There are dark channels you can “tune into”. But in the same space, there are also “light” channels. I don’t think one is any more “real” than the other. But I will say that the closer I seem to get, phenomenologically, to “bare” experience, the lighter it seems to be. Can’t say why, but it just is. I’ll be sure to visit your site and torment you with cheery comments ;-)

ps. hmm… html not working? That’s odd. I’ll look into it.

]]> By: jim http://pathstoknowledge.com/519/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/comment-page-1/#comment-251 jim Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:52:00 +0000 http://pathstoknowledge.com/2009/02/18/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/#comment-251 I've never heard of this formal distinction before...interesting way to look at things. As for myself, I've given up on the idea of transcendence; not because it does or doesn't exist (I suspect we're talking brain states here), but because I've become philosophically opposed to the whole enterprise. Nowadays, I see it as just another try at escaping reality, rather than discovering it. An attempt at broadening context and opening a gap into which we can place our hopes that life isn't just what it is. Or maybe we want something to worship, an ideal whose brilliant light can wash away the pain of real existence. I suppose the axiom that comes closest to the truth was a sign John Larroquette had in his office at the bus terminal in the old 'Larroquette' show...'Life is a Dark Ride'. This is why I'm an <ahref="antinatalism.net">antinatalist.</a> I’ve never heard of this formal distinction before…interesting way to look at things. As for myself, I’ve given up on the idea of transcendence; not because it does or doesn’t exist (I suspect we’re talking brain states here), but because I’ve become philosophically opposed to the whole enterprise. Nowadays, I see it as just another try at escaping reality, rather than discovering it. An attempt at broadening context and opening a gap into which we can place our hopes that life isn’t just what it is. Or maybe we want something to worship, an ideal whose brilliant light can wash away the pain of real existence.

I suppose the axiom that comes closest to the truth was a sign John Larroquette had in his office at the bus terminal in the old ‘Larroquette’ show…’Life is a Dark Ride’. This is why I’m an antinatalist.

]]> By: jim http://pathstoknowledge.com/519/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/comment-page-1/#comment-252 jim Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:49:00 +0000 http://pathstoknowledge.com/2009/02/18/the-mystic-and-the-esoteric/#comment-252 I've never heard of this formal distinction before...interesting way to look at things. As for myself, I've given up on the idea of transcendence; not because it does or doesn't exist (I suspect we're talking brain states here), but because I've become philosophically opposed to the whole enterprise. Nowadays, I see it as just another try at escaping reality, rather than discovering it. An attempt at broadening context and opening a gap into which we can place our hopes that life isn't just what it is. Or maybe we want something to worship, an ideal whose brilliant light can wash away the pain of real existence. I suppose the axiom that comes closest to the truth was a sign John Larroquette had in his office at the bus terminal in the old 'Larroquette' show...'Life is a Dark Ride'. This is why I'm an <ahref="antinatalism.net">antinatalist.</a> I’ve never heard of this formal distinction before…interesting way to look at things. As for myself, I’ve given up on the idea of transcendence; not because it does or doesn’t exist (I suspect we’re talking brain states here), but because I’ve become philosophically opposed to the whole enterprise. Nowadays, I see it as just another try at escaping reality, rather than discovering it. An attempt at broadening context and opening a gap into which we can place our hopes that life isn’t just what it is. Or maybe we want something to worship, an ideal whose brilliant light can wash away the pain of real existence.

I suppose the axiom that comes closest to the truth was a sign John Larroquette had in his office at the bus terminal in the old ‘Larroquette’ show…’Life is a Dark Ride’. This is why I’m an antinatalist.

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