Ripples: A Journey into the Mystical - John N. Strachan

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Résumé :
Have you ever wondered what a mystical experience is? Have you already experienced one, and want to know what it means? What causes these experiences, and can we control them? Why do some people seem to have a close connection with the mystical, while others may not even believe that such experiences actually happen? What does having a mystical experience tell us about the nature of reality, and why is it even important?
As someone that has spent a lifetime experiencing many of these mystical events, I can say that it has become my passion to explore my reality, the reality of physical existence, and of consciousness itself. I needed to understand these events, pondering whether they happen randomly, or if they were somehow purposefully placed in my life at the exact times that I needed them.
If we experience a vision of some future event, what does that then say about the physics of reality? Can we simply ignore such a vision, or brush it off as some weird experience, or do we look at it and grasp that reality is so much more than what we have been told? Do we stand above and peer down the rabbit hole, or do we dive in, and see how far it goes? As humans, we are explorers. We stand on the cutting edge of discovery, whether we are exploring the limits of technology, science, medicine, thought, our physical universe, or of our own being. We must move forward, seemingly looking for our own limits. Do those limits exist, or are we always finding ways of moving past them?
The deeper we peer into the mysteries of life, the more we begin to understand that the mystical is everywhere, and is in every moment. We have become so used to seeing and labeling everything, believing that what we see is the true, accurate perception of reality. When we let go of our preconceived ideas, and we let go of our very limited view of reality, we are then allowed to see the world through new eyes. Are we willing to let go of the known, and live in the incredible mystery of life?