153 thiempactofmysticalexperienceonself-actualizationw,orldviewu,nderstandinga,ndtoleranceinbuddhisme,asternorthodoxhy,induisma,ndislam Hinduism, and Islam suggest that in the depths of the heart, (i.e., the organ of spiritual cognition), there is still retained some memory of, and nostalgia for, that pre-existing and non-existing place of space and essence experience, which causes experiencing to be suffused with the causal activity that activates potential. Notwithstanding, unless the latent potential is energized, the memory fades and diminishes through the reinforcement of negative life experience concretized through identification with material reality. Buddhism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam affirm that attention, therefore plays an important role. The individual must notice and become ever more aware of the fact that his/her invented self-image, which is based on a false and imputed self-image, although an intrinsic part of his/her sense of self, is nevertheless only a construct of the mind. The path of spiritual ascendancy in these traditions purports to enhance the possibility to deeply explore and experience true self-image, and to notice the spatial and essential aspects that correspond to it, namely the supersensory organ of spiritual cognition. By dying to the invented self, (or dissolving the ego), the mystic is said to allow the mind to descend into the organ of spiritual cognition, experiencing knowledge of space and essence, which in turn can be experienced and enacted in the cosmos. This peak can be variously labeled as presence and/or entering the ‘here and now’. As this unfolds, the mystic is able to experience essence in a way that transcends the invented, (and subconscious or false), self-image. This essential aspect was partially distorted when the individual developed his/her invented self-image, believing that it truly represented the self. Moreover, darkened perception is believed to cause the self-object to be perceived as not being completely separate from the self. Without realizing it, the invented self-image creates physical, emotional, spiritual, psychic, psychological, and/or conceptual boundaries that impede meaning and purpose, (i.e., self-actualization). However, once meaning and purpose are activated, the traditions examined suggest that a new and ontological goal-intention dynamic is created, which is based upon the vantage point of integration as opposed to separateness. e impact of mys ic l experience on self-actualiza i n...
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