tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post1790858857495627785..comments2023-09-25T07:29:38.364-06:00Comments on Café Philos: an internet café: Are Humans Hard Wired For Mystical Experiences?Paul Sunstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-81558410155721541162007-08-03T05:32:00.000-06:002007-08-03T05:32:00.000-06:00I rather imagine that mystical experience is a fur...I rather imagine that mystical experience is a further stage in the evolutionary development that began with so-called logical thought. So I'd say we are perhaps "becoming" hard-wired for mystical consciousness. <BR/><BR/>We are, after all, only about two weeks out of the trees, as a species, and for about 90% of any given day, we aren't even rationally conscious, much less mystically conscious.The Geezershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132213545989946724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-90725393523163475142007-08-03T01:07:00.000-06:002007-08-03T01:07:00.000-06:00"I think that all people have the capacity but I d..."I think that all people have the capacity but I don't think it has much to do with brains or hard wiring."<BR/><BR/>I'm confused, WC: How can it <I>not</I> have something to do with our brains?Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-75410201344558200762007-08-02T20:52:00.000-06:002007-08-02T20:52:00.000-06:00I think that all people have the capacity but I do...I think that all people have the capacity but I don't think it has much to do with brains or hard wiring.<BR/>WCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-83453913477174141532007-08-02T14:58:00.000-06:002007-08-02T14:58:00.000-06:00I'd respond to this, but I'm having tea with Franc...I'd respond to this, but I'm having tea with Francis of Assisi right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-5191718677501509392007-08-02T13:43:00.000-06:002007-08-02T13:43:00.000-06:00Isn't it about the journey instead of the destinat...Isn't it about the journey instead of the destination? You can have all the mystic experiences in the world, but it will not dictate how you live your life, how you manage your relationships, your actions, etc. <BR/><BR/>Mystical experience like any aspect of human life is only a shadow of it. Everything has to come together to be life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-28454288907234238932007-08-02T12:39:00.000-06:002007-08-02T12:39:00.000-06:00"Mystical experience" is a shadow of self-consciou..."Mystical experience" is a shadow of self-consciousness and logical thought. To the extent we are hard-wired for self-consciousness and thought we are hard-wired for mystical experiences as where there is one there will be the other.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134613201384730701noreply@blogger.com