194 actas del ii congreso internacional de literatura mística Table 2 (continued) Themes and Meaning Units Evidence in Text Source (6) Knowledge and Discernment Buddhist In nirvāna, the self then begins to perceive changeless spiritual reality, timelessness, freedom from thoughts and/or cognitions, infinity, spiritual knowledge, expansiveness, and oneness. Harvey, 1990; Juergensmeyer, 2006; Lopez, 1995; 2001 For Buddhism, this means breaking through the veil of disordered desire to the truth of the situation. Grier, 2005; Kohn, 2000; Lopez, 1995 This is not simply a cognitive knowing of everything but a practical grasp of what is appropriate and what is fitting. Mitchell, 2001 Eastern Orthodox This vision [i.e., theoria] is the vehicle through which spiritual knowledge is attained, and is related to the inner essences, or principles, of created beings. Vorpatrny, 2001 Theoria is the illumination of the nous and is accompanied by the experiences of gnosis and diakrisis, or ‘discernment’, which refers to the spiritual gift to discern inner states. Nikodemos & Makarios, 1983; Vorpatrny, 2001 The mystic ascends to the ‘third heaven’…, and like the apostle Paul, hears ineffable words and perceives that which the natural eyes cannot see[;] [t]he depths of spiritual reality and the mysteries of God are revealed through the Holy Spirit. II Corinthians 12:2, KJV; Lossky, 1944; 1985
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NzUzNTA=