In this dialogue series, Brother Wayne Teasdale and Ken Wilber discuss the advent of an integral mysticism in the postmodern world. Reflecting on their own spiritual experiences, the relation of science to spirituality, the lives of the great inter-spiritual pioneers, and how youth culture is revitalizing the mystical traditions, Brother Wayne and Ken show how an integral perspective can bring the revelations of mysticism into everyday life. In so doing, we learn to give fullest expression—as parents and professionals, students and seekers—to the Mystic Heart in each of us. If, as historian Arnold Toynbee put it, the introduction of Buddhism into the West “may well prove to be the most important event of the 20th century,” we might also argue that the re-discovery of the contemplative roots of Christianity will be equally important. And as we enter the 21st century, it stands to reason that the recognition of a common mystical ground between Buddhism, Christianity, and the other World Religions will be the most important event of all.
Jesse Hirsh host of 3D Dialogue interviews Professor Robert Carter regarding the relationship between Western Mysticism and Eastern Spirituality.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
R.I.P. Brother Teasdale !
@PsychedelicMadman same here
Alot of what he has said has already been studied extensively by Evelyn Unerhill who wote Mysticism in 1911…She quotes eckhart alot, and mentions the Orphic Mysteries and how we are able to reach that Absolute Union by “raising holy sparks” discussed in Kabbalah…by raising our collective consciousness through acts of Love…
What an inspirational video. I have seen this several times, and it moves me in different and unique ways each time… yet, they all amount to motivating a singular desire for positive change within myself and my life.
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This video series has completely changed the lives of a few very confused and psychologically tortured U.S. Marines. Thank you very much.
-One Love
” he fails to make a distinction”
Oh trust me he knows all about the differences between historic christianity and evangelical christianity. Though, he calls them mysticism and exotericism, at times.
My life long school mate Michael had Cancer & Diabetes. He was rushed to hospital in a Diabetic Hypo but Insulin brought him back. He said while in the coma he was floating in a dark void, very peaceful and no pain. He was slowly moving into a beautiful white light and a voice said to him twice, MICHAEL, GO BACK. He said he had come back to suffering and I told him he would eventually go into the light, he did a few days later when he passed away. The words of a dying man…
Brother Wayne does a good job of trying to explain the unexplainable. He states the Christian importance of humble surrender. It is interesting to hear Ken quoting the Bible.
Peace and contentment to all beings.
Spiritual Perfection is impossible.
God is the Love energy that fuels reality.
Creation is the playground for life.
Breathe in..breathe out.
Follow your bliss.
Know that your days are numbered.
Enjoy your life.
Be kind to yourself & others.
bravo. what an awesome conversation.
God damn theologians..,
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When Ken Wilbur says the directive from Jesus “to hate your own soul onto death” couldn’t be understood by Christians, he fails to make a distinction between historic Christianity (esp. monasticism) & contemporary, evangelical Christianity. If one reads the Medieval mystics & monastics one will see that they DID understand the statement. I sometimes wish Buddhists would stay within their own tradition when they speak authoritatively.
Interesting perspective and an important one to maintain in this day and age. Good job.
The religion of the NWO is thhe duirect credence in the bible and no actual spiritual meditation. Now THAT is evil, phoebus1966. 🙂
I am Estonian and I didn’t believe Estonians like that Hawkeztonian had any trouble with Christian mysticism that tries to be a spirituality as opposed to a religion. A religion is what you must believe (no way), a spirituality or mysticism is an injuntion into the deepest part of your own consciousness, much more profound than a Carl Sagan video and at no point should you visualize or hallucinate Jesus or Buddha, which in and on itself would not be bad.
If you are telling me to watch Carl Sagan videos, then I must say I already did and loved them all. Especially the one with the burninng of the library of Alexandria and all the stuff that could have been in it. But the structures such as culture and the compexity of consciousness always corresponds to the experience that can be had and these structures always evolve. First, second and third person pronouns prove that there are at least three or four perspectives that can be taken to find truth.
You said it.
Come back to reality please.Stop beliving in pseudoscience.Stop inventing fantasies to make your life more comfortable.Watch a Carl Sagan video.
Come back to reality please.Stop beliving in pseudoscience.Stop inventing fantasies to make your life more comfortable.Watch a Carl Sagan video.
The Bible is one CRAZY book. 🙂
There is no other self, just structures of consciousness that you think are self, when in fact they are not on their own as true selves of which there is only one, but collectively they can have unity – through civilization, but that seems to be a very slow process.
And breathing in and out with every ounce effortlessly and with full consciousness and releasing and letting.
I have seen the infinite light, at least it seemed infinite in comparison to the “ordinary” light which Brother Teasdale referenced.
The “ordinary” world of humans is indeed privy to only a minute fraction of the infinite, and we are blessed to have chance encounters with it.
Higher yogis/mystics/shamans are more conversant with the infinite, and this type of relationship is most definitely real. My own experiences, and those of millions of others, reflect this reality.
Waking up is fun!
Ken Wilber has actually shown (through his books and philosophy) most new-age approaches to spirituality hold very little, if any, legitimacy. Almost all forms of typical “New Age” practices can be considered just an extraneous unnecessary pre-rational ‘coating’ to authentic spiritual expereince or realization.
google Doe’s Account. mindblowing.
@SwedishEarthling I enjoyed your comment 🙂
Great 🙂
@zburnight yep
@hazza59 the occult only means the hidden, but if you’re seriously studying it, you would know that.
can you tell me: are demons merely materializations of our own subconscious?
That passage’s message is in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The Sikh Holy Book. Very Good segemnent.
Host is soooo funny. UHMUU UHMUU UHMUU.
Thank you
Beautiful Points
“I think I’d rather enjoy a friendly debate with you”
you’re so right. I dont know why people get so pissed over things on youtube (like they’re actually gonna get anything changed with their passive aggressive attitude)
you can almost tell when someone doesnt know anything by the way they formulate their questions.
Excellent point. Matthew Fox is awesome.
meditate a little, then watch blackness – watch activity starting, existence is still not born, an explosion, things creating, things spinning, planets forming, chemicals of different kinds forming, rocks forming, everything forming, the waves on earth appear, winds are blowing, horizons are appearing, rocks are eroding, sand is coming from them, the waves are heating, clouds form, acidy rain drops, acid turns to bacteria, bacteria is evolving, you are here.. you are everything.
Great to be able to see this kind of thing. I think the idea of “onesness” is the next step from plurality but that too must eventually be transcended.
Mysticism is acceptance, tolerance, hunger for knowledge = WISDOM… Stop struggling with each other please! there is enough bitterness in this world; and no valid reason, for anybody to continue nurturing it! PEACE. That doesn’t imply, that we have to always agree with other’s opinions.
It’s sucks that videos like this get so little views
Meister Eckhardt is awesome! If you like this, look up Father Matthew Fox. His talks are great.
“Mysticism is the direct experience of the oneness of all things.”
Really? Isnt it to see that there actually where no individual things? There was only a oneness beyond the idea of oneness (as the 1 half in the dualism opposed to pluralism on the other half).
This makes not only words like object, subject, part/thing, experience and experiencer meaningless, because also past and future is vanished in the “suchness” of the… “*&¤%&/_:*ÄÖ%#”#(&¤*”… beyond the beyond. Great Show however! 🙂
Oznjé
“Do you even understand what mysticism is?”
Does anyone?
Do you?
F’n mystics.
Excellent. Thanks for the upload. Kudos to the wise Prof.
what the hell
I think mysticism has alot to do with the occult. I am a practitioner of the Occult and Mysticism. They seem to correlate.
interesting
“Mysticism is the direct experience of the oneness of all things.” Great expression. Thanks for uploading.