| The Pursuit of TruthFrom the earliest
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| | time, there comes a moment of great
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| times in humanities existence there are
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| | revelation and illumination. Sometimes
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| those who continue to search for ultimate
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| | this is a gradual process and often
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| truth. Why are we here? Who are we? What
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| | occurs without our knowledge in the deep
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| is the meaning of life? Such are the
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| | recesses of our soul. Or, maybe it bursts
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| questions asked by these spiritual
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| | forth in an episode of illuminating
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| explorers the mystics.Now in this present
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| | brilliance. However it manifests itself
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| time the need to answer these questions
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| | here is a sense of joy which seems to
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| looms ever larger as our world explodes
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| | lift us out of ourselves.Then follows a
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| with supercilious information and dubious
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| | state of peace and harmony that words are
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| dialogue. Everyone has an opinion but no
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| | barely able to describe, a perception of
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| one has an answer.We live in a time of
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| | power and a personality integration, we
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| unrest and conviction. Unrest in our
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| | become one with the cosmos and ourselves.
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| pursuit of personal fulfillment and
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| | We feel a sense of harmony, peace and a
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| conviction in the traditional belief
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| | release from the historic and genetic
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| systems handed down from those who came
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| | bonds that bind us. We become ourselves,
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| before us.Which Reality?On the one hand
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| | the way we were meant to be. For that
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| you have those who claim that knowledge
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| | moment we are life risen to a higher
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| is king and that if we study enough or
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| | power.This is the point at which most
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| read enough or think enough the answers
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| | people stop. Refreshed by this experience
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| will surely come. These individuals tend
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| | they return to their lives with a new
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| to believe only what they can see. There
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| | perspective and a better understanding of
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| is nothing outside of the visible
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| | themselves and the world around them.
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| universe or the world in which they live.
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| | However, in time, the pressures and
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| Their faith is based on sets of rules and
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| | pursuits of life dim the memory of this
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| creeds that should never be questioned.On
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| | event and eventually it fades into the
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| the other hand there are those who, with
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| | background noise of day to day
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| a childlike awe, listen to the music of
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| | existence.The Path to EnlightenmentThe
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| their spirit. These are the ones who go
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| | mystic is constantly striving to subdue
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| beyond the veil and welcome the unknown
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| | the old nature and replace it with the
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| and the unknowable into their world.Such
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| | new pattern. Having experienced the
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| are the Mystics, men and women throughout
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| | infinite the mystics can not be satisfied
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| time who seek to glimpse the living
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| | with life as they knew it before. This
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| forces moving through and around human
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| | paradox becomes a driving force, a quest
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| existence. Their faith is based on the
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| | if you will, toward a closer union with
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| exploration of their inner selves and the
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| | this nameless reality. They wish to
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| mysteries they find there.Toward the
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| | posses this new found truth and become
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| DivineThrough the ages many have
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| | one with it.The trek toward the light
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| endeavored to define the role they play
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| | leads through what many mystics call the
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| in the cosmos. Searching within
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| | "dark night of the soul". A time of
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| themselves and studying human nature
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| | recurring darkness in the mind and
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| their explorations have lead to some
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| | depression of the spirit that can go on
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| interesting possibilities. One such way
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| | for years. A time of questioning
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| is a psychological and spiritual journey
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| | everything yet never quite finding any
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| called the Tao or the Mystic Way.It is an
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| | answers. The memory of their moment of
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| adventure that culminates in the
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| | enlightenment is the sole force that
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| condition called identification with the
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| | drives them on, but even this eludes
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| divine ground, cosmic consciousness, self
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| | them.Then in the fullness of time a new
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| actualization, nirvana or spiritual
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| | order begins to emerge. The pieces of the
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| conversion. An illuminating episode which
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| | cosmic puzzle begin to fall into place.
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| may be deep or superficial, sudden or
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| | Understanding replaces confusion and with
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| gradual resulting in the reorientation of
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| | it comes a new view of reality.
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| personality into a new order of being.A
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| | Personality changes shape and soon a new
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| Deeper RealityMany people have followed
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| | inner harmony takes root, this time
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| the Mystic Way and in spite of individual
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| | forever. For the rest of their lives the
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| personalities the same basic processes
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| | mystic maintains that sense of peace and
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| are involved. No matter what the social
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| | power that began their quest. This is the
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| or economic status of the seeker their
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| | goal of the Mystic Way.Reaching the
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| path to enlightenment is always the same.
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| | SummitLike that first moment of
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| Common to all of them is the awareness
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| | revelation, no matter if it is sudden or
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| that life is larger, or deeper, or more
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| | slow, the mystic makes the leap into a
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| mysterious than it appears at first
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| | new and permanent pattern of being. Peace
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| glance. That's how it begins.It begins
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| | and inner harmony lead to new and
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| with an innate knowledge that normal life
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| | exciting insights into themselves. Their
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| is wrong, out of step with reality. That
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| | vision is so vast that perspective does
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| there exists a deeper reality than the
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| | not allow them to see themselves as
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| one of which we are normally aware, an
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| | anything but a poor representative of
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| insight into something that does not
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| | something much greater than themselves.
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| appear on the surface. A mysterious
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| | It is this that makes divine growth
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| longing to find that place of being where
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| | possible. From here forward the mystic is
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| we are at peace with ourselves and the
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| | involved in the active attempt to conform
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| cosmos.Remember when you stood on that
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| | to this great mystery, to mold themselves
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| high place or at the seaside or in a
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| | into the divine.It is possible that we
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| forest and felt something stirring inside
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| | humans have powers of which we are only
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| you, a subtle joy and a feeling and an
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| | barely aware. Our lives are full of signs
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| awareness that you could not describe but
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| | that such powers and possibilities do
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| none the less somehow felt that you
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| | exist. It would be a tragedy for the
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| understood. A sense of belonging to
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| | human spirit to stifle such musings. We
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| something greater than yourself and at
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| | can never become what we were meant to be
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| the same time being a part of it, this is
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| | living with the dogma of a flat cosmos.
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| the threshold of the Mystic
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| | Human life may well be a far more
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| Way.RevelationIf the desire to know is
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| | enhanced, magnificent, and subtler
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| great enough and we are diligent in the
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| | endeavor than we yet realize.
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| pursuit of understanding this enigma, in
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