People in all faith traditions have had mystical experiences, including members of the Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.<\/p>\n
Therefore, they consider the potential for having such experiences inherent in human nature.<\/p>\n
Mystical experiences have four general characteristics:<\/p>\n
A UU member described such a mystic experience this way:<\/p>\n
\u201cOne Sunday, the minister asked us to join hands and to slowly chant \u201cOm.\u201d The resonance of the chant and the joy of belonging to a spiritual community made me feel, just for a few seconds, as if my body had disappeared and I was lifted from the earth.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn that momentary state of utter emptiness, I had a clear realization that the whole universe is a seamless tapestry of people, animals, vegetables, rocks, and more\u2014all sustained and nurtured by the Great Mystery.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt a flood of love pour through me that was so powerful it almost knocked me over. I tipped my head back to more fully drink in the feeling. It felt obvious that this love was pouring through me (through all of us!) all the time and I had simply awakened to the experience for these few moments.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn overwhelming peacefulness embraced my whole being. In that moment, I felt an intense experience of merging profoundly with what I have come to name the Spirit of Life.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the midst of this knowing, a voice within me said clearly, \u2018For a moment like this, it was worth having been born.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew I was one with the universe and with all that is and that I must use my gifts to contribute to the welfare of all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
People in all faith traditions have had mystical experiences, including members of the Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Therefore, they consider the potential for having such experiences inherent in human nature. Mystical experiences have four general characteristics: ineffability (they defy expression in words) noetic quality (they provide deep insight) transiency (they don\u2019t last long, though their … Continue reading On Mystical Experiences [#96]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8900,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8119\/revisions\/8900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}