161 thiempactofmysticalexperienceonself-actualizationw,orldviewu,nderstandinga,ndtoleranceinbuddhisme,asternorthodoxhy,induisma,ndislam Table 1 Significant Statements Statement Source From Mystical Experience in Buddhism The apprehension of spiritual energies and realities is transcendental and supersedes the ability of the skandhas, or aggregates of form, sensation, perception and/or cognition, volition, and consciousness. Bechert & Gombrich, 1984; Powers, 2000; Prebish, 1975a; 1975b; 2001; Zysk, 1991 The ajna, (which is commonly translated into English as ‘third eye’), is: (a) the ‘eye of intuition’; (b) the center of activity that receives, assimilates, and expresses life-force energy; and (c) the vehicle for insight into the higher planes and the seat of the undifferentiated; it must be protected and cultivated through struggle and activated by meditation and exercises. Natha, 2001; Williams & Tribe, 2000 The skandhas, which are mental categories in which wo/man groups the phenomenon of experience, are symptoms of… psycho-spiritual disease. Bechert & Gombrich, 1984; Buswell, 2003 The skandhas constitute an awareness that presupposes duality, i.e., separation from creation and the cosmos. Bechert & Gombrich, 1984; Harvey, 1990 The self-centric ego is an illusion and the epitome of the skandhas. Donath, 1974; Gethin, 1998; Harvey, 1990; Nyanaponika, 1971 A false image of the self results when the self is identified with the body-mind as a subject observing an object. Gunaratana, 2002; Harvey, 1990 The disharmony results in separation from the knowledge, experience, and presence of oneness, (i.e., non-duality), and from dharmakaya, or the universal, unconditioned Buddha-nature. Coogan, 2003; Gyatso, 2008; Harvey, 1990 A process of purification and discipline are required to experience nirvāna, i.e., extinction. Harvey, 1990; Keown & Prebish, 2004; Kloppenbor, 1974; Saddhatissa, 1987 e impact of mys ic l experience on self-actualiza i n...
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