"I want the divinity to touch me without me having the vibes," he says. "There are times through meditation and even sometimes outside of taking a walk where I have something that reflects some of what he's talking about here, especially that idea that, oh, this is the real thing" He doesn't want it induced by drugs like James Cameron or other people who say they can induce transcendence using anesthetic methods.
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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