Who Here Has Never Had A Mystical Experience?

[Revoltingest]

Me neither.

But your moniker looks so.....so....uh.....mystical.

 

[Vinayaka]

But your moniker looks so.....so....uh.....mystical.

If you can take apart old machinery, haul it around, fix it up, make it all run, without hurting yourself or anyone else, and live to tell about it, you clearly must be guided by some sort of mystical energy or being. (Cue weird music.)

 

[Revoltingest]

If you can take apart old machinery, haul it around, fix it up, make it all run, without hurting yourself or anyone else, and live to tell about it, you clearly must be guided by some sort of mystical energy or being. (Cue weird music.)

Oh, I've been injured.
One might think the universe is out to make me break & bleed.

My theme music.....

Or.....

 

[Vinayaka]

Oh, I've been injured.

I bet you didn't see it coming. See, that there is mysticism ... energy, didn't see it coming, it changed you forever.

 

[sun rise]

Color me shocked at this serious thread. And motivated to provide 2c worth of forgettable commentary

What I've experienced which could be called "spiritual" was in no way religious.

You thus are in a large community of people.

. William James used the words "ineffable" (which means that something cannot or should not be spoken)

Actually the first meaning is more evocative: too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words. "the ineffable natural beauty of the Everglades"
synonyms: indescribable, inexpressible, beyond words, beyond description, begging description;

To me, if you experience "the ineffable natural beauty of the Everglades" meaning experiencing the beauty so deeply that words can't convey the experience, then I would call that a mystical experience.

 

[Revoltingest]

I bet you didn't see it coming. See, that there is mysticism ... energy, didn't see it coming, it changed you forever.

Injuries survived are just opportunities to avoid a repeat experience.
But not every change would qualify as "mystical"....that should be
something more extraordinary.

 

[Revoltingest]

Color me shocked at this serious thread. And motivated to provide 2c worth of forgettable commentary


You thus are in a large community of people.



Actually the first meaning is more evocative: too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words. "the ineffable natural beauty of the Everglades"
synonyms: indescribable, inexpressible, beyond words, beyond description, begging description;

To me, if you experience "the ineffable natural beauty of the Everglades" meaning experiencing the beauty so deeply that words can't convey the experience, then I would call that a mystical experience.

I find beauty to be quite effable, & subject to evaluation.

Hey, now that this has become a "featured thread", do I have to behave myself?

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Its not really that complicated. Have you guys experienced anything youd think of as a spiritual experience.


Like a having a family
Watching someone
Seeing auras in meditation
Experience real mundane or not results of working with the gods, deities, whatever

Many religions have their mystical component unless it's atheist. Even buddhism has a form of mystic.

Most are probably personal and that' why it's not expressed. Not neo or magical or anything. I assume thats why many people are in religions because it gives them a sense of completion or -however you want to define it.-

Maybe cause it's an RF question.

Sorry. Carry on.

 

[Stevicus]

I can't define "mystical", but seeing how it's commonly
used here on RF, I've never had such an experience.
(A fundie I knew once said I'm "spiritually dead" cuz I didn't know God.)
Are there others here so mired in the material world?

The closest mystical experience for me might be from listening to "Magical Mystery Tour"

 

[Quintessence]

The terms are not even in the same ballpark with each other.

Sounds like something you should create a thread about in a debate area of the forums. Some use all those terms interchangeably (me being among them), and will leave it at that.

 

[BSM1]

Sounds like something you should create a thread about in a debate area of the forums. Some use all those terms interchangeably (me being among them), and will leave it at that.

Doesn't make it correct...no matter who uses them.

 

[Jumi]

I don't use the word supernatural and I'm a mystic. It doesn't change anything in my opinion if the world is all material or all something else, or even a mix of many "things".

 

[Jumi]

With the wording of the OP, I can't help but wonder if the preconception that mystical experiences somehow don't involve the "material world" results in the belief that one hasn't had such experiences. As far as I'm aware, some of the most common forms mystical experiences come from spending time in nature - marveling at sunrises and stuff like that. What do you mean by mystical experiences?

I would call those just spiritual experiences, not mystical. Though I agree with you on the part that you don't need to believe in something beyond "material world" to have the mystical experiences.

 

[Jumi]

I don't know, that's what the few "Mystics" I've ran into tell me. Maybe you get one, maybe a dozen, maybe none. Apparently, there's no need to rush it.

I wouldn't worry about, it's not like we're proselytizing you or going to force you to some weird rituals or behavior if we had our way.

And some of us don't believe in reincarnation. Unless by reincarnation you mean becoming part of a natural cycle... decomposing and becoming parts of the new life.

 

[Jumi]

Mystical experiences can be exceedingly mundane, so relax, it's nothing to worry about.

I wouldn't call that mystical in any sense... gambler's vibes and gut-feelings are more about being in the zone or being superstitious. Neither is mystical.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

I can't define "mystical", but seeing how it's commonly
used here on RF, I've never had such an experience.
(A fundie I knew once said I'm "spiritually dead" cuz I didn't know God.)
Are there others here so mired in the material world?

Well, there was a time in my life, when I would have unhesitatingly said, "absolutely".

But as I got older, and learned more and more about the world? And specifically learned about the religion I was raised in?

The more I realized what I experienced was simply an extension of the Human Experience.

Nothing mystical, really; more akin to Waking Dreams, or Lucid Dreaming.

So, in the end? No. No mystical here either.

 

[Mindmaster]

I wouldn't call that mystical in any sense... gambler's vibes and gut-feelings are more about being in the zone or being superstitious. Neither is mystical.

How do you know what I feel or how I receive that information?

It's much more complicated than this... Anyway, it was just a simple comparison. If you could imagine how it would be if you could feel the vibe of the entire universe around you at any point in time, it's something like that.

Mind you, it doesn't always work in my favor. Sometimes, the information is bad, as in, you don't want to know it.

 

[sayak83]

I can't define "mystical", but seeing how it's commonly
used here on RF, I've never had such an experience.
(A fundie I knew once said I'm "spiritually dead" cuz I didn't know God.)
Are there others here so mired in the material world?

Some mystical experiences are a bit like how elves perceive the world in Tolkien's books (not the movies).
At the higher end, the Tom Bombadil character's awareness quality approaches that of an enlightened meditator.

 

[Revoltingest]

Some mystical experiences are a bit like how elves perceive the world in Tolkien's books (not the movies).
At the higher end, the Tom Bombadil character's awareness quality approaches that of an enlightened meditator.

I do unlightenment.
And I'm only an amateur at that.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

I do unlightenment.
And I'm only an amateur at that.

Is that what you get, when you unscrew all the light bulbs at once?

Asking for a friend.