198 actas del ii congreso internacional de literatura mística Table 2 (continued) Themes and Meaning Units Evidence in Text Source (8) Meaning, Purpose, and Self-Actualization Eastern Orthodox [The mystic]… attains self-actualization. hrysostomos, 2000a; 2000b; 2007; John Cassian, 1979; Louchakova 2003 The vision of the Tabor Light is an expression of noesis, (i.e., insight, and is focused on the present or ‘now’, as opposed to the past or future; it is present-moment mindfulness). Chrysostomos, 2000a; 2000b; 2007; Lossky, 1944 [Theosis] enables free will and conscious choice over determinism. Chrysostomos, 2000a; 2000b; 2007; Chrysostomos & Akakios, 1986; Lossky, 1944; Vlachos, 1997; 2000; Vujisić, 2009 Hindu In mokṣa, the self then begins to perceive changeless spiritual reality, timelessness, freedom from thoughts and/or cognitions, infinity, spiritual knowledge, expansiveness, and oneness. Walker, 1968; Werner, 1993 The true nature of the self is discovered, together with a new worldview that foments meaning, purpose, happiness, self-realization, selfactualization, and tolerance, which in turn facilitate positive human relationships. Martin, 2004; Smith, 1973
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