Different perspectives on spiritual experience — from a Christian mystic’s metaphors to modern neuroscience, from temple secrets to institutional control. I once framed these states as spiritual; I now see them as altered modes of perception. These posts explore the frameworks others have used, and why none fully convinced me.
Occasionally, I may add personal reflections on broader questions — why certain attitudes toward spirituality persist, what interests they serve, what they cost. These are opinions, not expertise; the reader should know they are entering territory where I speak as an observer with a viewpoint, not as a practitioner with direct evidence.
From wells to rain: how a 16th-century mystic’s metaphors map onto stages of energetic refinement.
Narrative self, minimal self, consciousness — how Western cognitive science overlaps meditative phenomenology.
From temple secrets to modern wellness — how embodied practice was preserved, suppressed, and commercialized.
The rejection of the body as obstacle versus vehicle — and why this divide may not be innocent.
A grounded look at siddhis, immortality, and what contemplative practice may actually change — the sense of self and suffering.
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