> Mysticism is a disease of consciousness that blocks the mind's ability to
> integrate reality. ....
#1) I think this mailing list has a remarkably *low* tolerance of
mysticism, whatever its definition.
#2) The definition you cite is critically inverted. I'll first remove
some blatant normative concepts in my restatement of your definition:
[around here, I don't get to use moral judgments in definitions without
extreme cause. I'd be FRIED.]
"Mysticism_1 is [sic] a state of consciousness that blocks the mind's
ability to integrate reality."
Next, I'm going to fix it to match my reference frames [I use the same
definition in all four!]
"Mysticism_2 is a state of consciousness that is so aware of reality that
its experience tends to render conventional language useless."
Unfortunately, we need operational tests to distinguish mysticism_1 from
mysticism_2. I'm not fully there yet, but I'm fairly certain that if the
"mysticism" actively helps avoid collecting welfare, that it's mysticism_2.
Incidentally, I don't consider mysticism_1 mysticism, usually; I consider
its effects physically dangerous to the [self-inflicted] victim.
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