He escapes from his ego by this merger (identification with and participation in a greater being), and acquires an impersonal immortality in the association, his identity dissolving into the greater identity. This is the essence of much religious mysticism, and it is remarkable hoe closely the biological analysis of individuality brings us to the mystics….
‘The Western mystic and the Eastern sage find a strong effect of endorsement in modern science and the everyday teaching of practical morality; both teach that self must be subordinated, that self is a method and not an end’.
The science and technique of spiritual growth, from the ‘convenient provisional delusion’ of the ego to the true self, is the special contribution, of ethics, aesthetics, and religion.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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