Rev Left Radio On Mysticism: Ego, Suffering, & Love
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Feb 20, 2024 A deep dive into mysticism, atheism, and psychedelic experiences, exploring the intersection with Marxism. Topics include suffering, ego dissolution, love as a unifying force, and the transformative power of compassion. Personal journeys, philosophical discussions, and the role of mysticism in political struggle are explored in this thought-provoking episode.
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Experiment with Meditation Yourself
- Try meditating daily for even two weeks to experience transformative insights.
- Mysticism invites personal experiments with subjective inner experiences, not metaphysical beliefs.
Defining Mysticism and Spirituality
- Mysticism emphasizes monism and non-dualism, transcending the ego and revealing fundamental unity.
- It involves practices across traditions that enable direct experiential insights into this unity.
LSD Experience Transcending Ego
- Allison shared a profound LSD experience revealing consciousness beyond ego boundaries.
- This insight of self beyond ego brought calm despite the initially overwhelming bad trip.