But recognizing it as a thing requires being able to have a symbol of it.
I'm not necessarily denying that a mystical state of pure experience is possible--philosophers call it apprehension--but I'm not sure I could call it thought, because there's no way to respond to this experience without categorizing it. It seems more like pure undifferentiated being.
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Date: 2008-03-26 01:21 pm (UTC)I'm not necessarily denying that a mystical state of pure experience is possible--philosophers call it apprehension--but I'm not sure I could call it thought, because there's no way to respond to this experience without categorizing it. It seems more like pure undifferentiated being.