Everyday Mysticism

Religious experience across Buddhist, Hindu, and Christian traditions, along with the school at Neot Smadar, involves making and unmaking conceptual maps of reality to attain states of true presence. The argument centers on how these traditions share a process of constructing and deconstructing mental frameworks, leading to a direct, unmediated encounter with reality.

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Abstract

This chapter examines the nature of religious experience, comparing Buddhist, Hindu and Christian examples with the school at Neot Smadar. The key is making and unmaking of conceptual maps of reality and attaining states of true presence.