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  • Rated by BjornAntonio on Jul 23, 5:38pm

    From the page: "However, the mystics of all the great traditions agree that all distinctions are imaginary and that the Ultimate Nature of Reality is non-dual. "

  • Rated by ARosemontWay on Jul 17, 3:06pm

    A Truly Universalist Culture A Rosemont Way "One has to forge oneself into an instrument of service. This involves a radical reorganization of the whole nature, a work that lies less on the outer plane than on the planes of one's inner being. This reorganization amounts to a spiritual rebirth, and Brotherhood is its basis." N. Sri Ram

  • Reviewed by Gurushabad on Jun 24, 2:37am

    An interesting site...

  • Rated by BrenParks on Jun 02, 7:47am

    From the page......... All mystics agree that Ultimate Reality--whether It is called Allah, Brahman, Buddha-nature, En-sof, God, or the Tao--cannot be grasped by thought or expressed in words. ...

  • Rated by mommymystic on Mar 05 2009, 9:23am

    excellent overview of the common mystical core of all the world's religious traditions, Eastern and Western

  • Rated by bhima on Feb 18 2009, 9:14pm

    "All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only sin is pride." --Sophocles The Mystical Core of the Great Traditions Here are nine points agreed upon by mystics of all the great traditions 1. All mystics agree that Ultimate Reality--whether It is called Allah, Brahman, Buddha-nature, En-sof, God, or the Tao-- cannot be grasped by thought or expressed in words. 2. The reason Ultimate Reality cannot be grasped by thought or communicated in words is that thoughts and words, by definition, create distinctions and, hence, duality. 3. Although mystics cannot define Ultimate Reality in words, they still use words to point to That which is beyond words. 4. Although mystics say Ultimate Reality is not a thing, they also agree that this emptiness or no-thingness is not a mere vacuum 5. Mystics of all traditions agree that when distinctions created by imagination are taken to be real--especially the distinction between 'subject' and 'object', 'I' and 'other', 'self' and 'world'--we lose sight of the Ultimate Nature of Reality and fall into delusion. 6. The fact that distinctions are not ultimately real means that we are not truly separate selves. 7. Although the Truth of one's identity with Ultimate Reality cannot be grasped by thought, all mystics testify that It can be Realized or Recognized through a Gnostic Awakening (Enlightenment) which by-passes the thinking mind altogether. 8. All mystics agree that Realizing our Identity with this Ultimate Reality brings freedom from suffering and death. 9. Finally, mystics of all traditions agree that their teachings about the Ultimate Nature of Reality should not be taken on faith alone. -follow my teachings, and you are truly my disciple- JC

  • Rated by moonchild60 on Aug 05 2008, 1:14pm

    Great mystical info.

  • Rated by lotuseagle on Jul 08 2008, 10:51am

    From the page: "If we dig more deeply, however, we find within each of these religious traditions an inner, or esoteric, stream of teachings given by their mysticsâ€"those men and women who claim to have had a direct Realization, or Gnosis, of the Ultimate Nature of Reality. Moreover, if we compare the testimonies of these mystics about the Nature of this Reality, we find that, despite vast separations in time, place, language, and culture, they are strikingly similarâ€"so much so that many scholars have come to view their teachings as constituting a single perennial philosophy which, like some irrepressible flower, keeps blooming again and again in the human psyche."

  • Rated by ReddyKilowatt on Mar 16 2008, 4:13pm

    An interesting site on the mystical core of religions