05.19.10

Probable Mystic Story

Posted in articles at 8:41 pm by MPJ

Someone sent me this story not long ago.  I have not interviewed him, 
but I do believe his story shows the trajectory of Mystic level 
development. There is the early formal literal belief in traditional 
religion.  Following that there was a period of questioning. Then a 
move back toward religious participation, even though he does not 
accept all the beliefs of his church.  Note his comment: "a fair 
portion of what the pastor says goes in one ear and out the other" 
and he refuses to accept explanations that are contrary to his 
"innate sense of what a wise and loving creator of the universe 
would possibly be like."  
Lance's Story:
My journey through the stages of belief has been somewhat non-linear.  I


was raised in an alcoholic household (both my father and mother died of


cirrhosis, my father being a brilliant man but the most hopeless  Read the rest of this entry »