mystics
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- Created on: 04-11-16 10:50
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- Mysticism
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- "...When I saw Christ at my side... I was at first very much afraid & did nothing but weep".
- God gave her 'spiritual delights'.
- God has unearlthy powers. His power is so powerful that it is overwhelming
- "...When I saw Christ at my side... I was at first very much afraid & did nothing but weep".
- Whirling dervishes (Semazen)
- Part of the sufi branch of islam (very control..)
- These people who believe they can have union with God - God is suppose to be transcendent
- If God is truly God maybe He has to be transcendent.We still have a human idea of God.
- These people who believe they can have union with God - God is suppose to be transcendent
- Their hat represents the tombstone of the ego
- Removing the black cloak he is spiritually reborn to the truth
- They will try to feel this close loving union with God
- Part of the sufi branch of islam (very control..)
- F.C. Happold
- 2 types of mysticism
- Knowledge and God
- Love and union
- Stop being a separate person - You start being part of God, almost become he same person.
- Being part of God - is going to be the best way to experience God. Because the best way of experience God is being close to God. (Better than scripture)
- Most clear cut of what God is
- Being part of God - is going to be the best way to experience God. Because the best way of experience God is being close to God. (Better than scripture)
- Stop being a separate person - You start being part of God, almost become he same person.
- 2 types of mysticism
- Saint Teresa of Avila
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