There is something about the traditions like whatever it is whether it's you're Sufi or Christian tradition or Buddhist that. It gives you a structure that will help make these experiences more vivid and I think this is true not just for Buddhist practice but for a lot of these things concepts and structures are in some ways kind of the enemy.
David and Tamler talk about William James’ chapter on mysticism from his book "Varieties of Religious Experience." What defines a mystical experience? Why do they defy expression and yet feel like a state of knowledge, a glimpse into the window of some undiscovered aspect of reality? Is Tamler right that David has a little mystic inside of him just waiting to burst forth from his breast?
Plus – another edition of VBW does conceptual analysis and we’re sticking with ‘c’ words – this time the definitive theory of ‘creepy.’
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