This is a very subtle, but important exercise – marking the distinction between two similar ideas, mysticism and esotericism. At least, similar at first appearance.
Yeah, I know that intellectuallizing everything is dangerous and, in a sense, redundant, but for me to start my journey I need to mark a starting point. This is it.
To here is “reality” as we understand it: mocha cappucinos, sports cars, three piece suits, showers, sunsets, the whole bit. Yet we know that there is more. It irritates us in the way a rock in our …