Mysticism, Psychology and Science

Is it possible that the human mind in some way reflects the workings of the universe that created it? Well, of course there are thought-processes and instincts that easily can be reduced to hands-on evolutionary conditions. But I'm thinking of more abstract ideas... Let's have a look at some pre-science ideas about reality, shall we? - The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. Conceived of as having no name, it is the originator of the heaven and earth, conceived as having a name; it is the Mother of all things.                                                                                                             ...

On one of my travels in the deep forests of Caledonia I came across a young Child sitting at a fire. The evening was upon us, and I was curious to why this Child was alone at this mysterious place. As I approched the Child, she suddenly looked up at me; smiling. "Come", she said, "sit with me." There was something in her eyes that told me that this was not an ordinary child, so my concerns about the whole thing was laid to rest. I sat down at the fire, and we both looked at the flames. With a voice flowing with innocence the Child asked "Why is the sky blue?" I gave the standard scientific answer about absorption of certain wavelengths of light in the atmosphere by gas molecules; and after hearing this the Child said "I thought the color blue was in my head." In my mind I rushed through the physics and tried to find a good evidence for that the color blue exists outside of our heads, but I could not. All the models of matter, the photons...

As I was standing at the shoreline and looking to the see, a woman appeared out of the water. She was shimmering like the inside of an Oyster shell and She said "Let me offer you a Flaming Sword by which you can set the World on Fire." She raised her hands and held forward a scroll with writings in red: Abba Yithqadash sh'mak. Tethe malkuthak. Teh'wey ra'uthak Pitthan d- çorak hav lan yomen.  w-Shbuq lan hobenan. Hek 'anan sh'baqin l-haibenan. w-La 'ul lan l-nisyon. Amen I was given the scroll to eat and as I did the Word entered in to my Heart: Father May thy name be holy. May thy kingdom come. May thy will be done. Give us today our needed bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation. Amen And suddenly All was clear - I am a Child of God. I am Holy and Gods Kingdom is in me. I want nothing but the Will of God. I ask for my Spiritual bread which is most needed,...

Throughout the history of organized religious practices there has been a Veil between what is preached to the common man, and what is known by the initiated. This division follows logically from the fact that individuals are on different psychological levels. Children learn the ethics of society by fairy tales; in the same manner most people need the religious fairy tales to further develop their mind. The focus of ancient civilizations was exactly that, to develop the mind of the human race, to lift them up from the unordered darkness of unconscious being [1]. Some individuals were front runners; they did battles on the very boundary of mental reality: shamans, prophets, gurus, pharaohs - sons and daughters of the Divine. Their insights became over time the basis for the development of ethics, morality and human interaction. Worshiping at a sarcophagus of Osiris, fresco from Pompeii [2]. But these insights could not be presented in their pure form, for a number ...