On Experiencing Godde

There is a parallel between ordinary and spiritual experience. Just as we choose to enter into an adventure sport, or choose to go to a movie, or choose to see a counsellor so too do we choose to enter into a spiritual experience. All such experiences begin with a choice, involve some kind of planning, and then require us to change from one kind of life experience into another.
Our choice, preparation and willingness to enter into the experience will consequently affect what we take away from it.

Here I’m going to comment a bit on the human side to experiencing Godde, i.e. about what we do with that desire, how we go about fulfilling that expectation and understanding a bit more about where we go about doing so.

Challenging a myth about mysticism

We are averse to speaking clearly and directly about many things and spiritual experience is one such topic. It is not then surprising that myths develop and are perpetuated whether they are true or not. There are a number of myths related to mysticism and I want to briefly comment on the relationship of mysticism to religion, largely through referencing a particular editor’s work I’m reading at the moment.