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Mysticism & spirituality
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Mystical experience can count as evidence for what it reveals
William Alston, in Perceiving God (1991), argued that mystical experience is a form of perception, and that beliefs formed through it are prima facie justified in the same way perceptual beliefs are. Richard Swinburne's "principle of credulity" says that if it seems…
Started by Reza Tehrani7 replies262 views -
Taking the meditation without the metaphysics is fine: most people never wanted the path
I'm a startup founder in Mumbai, recently burnt out and reading my way back. Meditation helped me more than anything else. I did it with an app, then a weekly class. Nobody mentioned rebirth, and nobody asked me to accept that there…
Started by Rohan Desai5 replies188 views -
Reading Rumi as love poetry without the path is reading something he did not write
I am an architect in Shiraz, and I grew up hearing the Masnavi read aloud. Its opening, the lament of the reed cut from its reed-bed, longing to return, is perhaps the most famous passage in Persian. Abroad, Rumi is one of…
Started by Reza Tehrani5 replies182 views