206 actas del ii congreso internacional de literatura mística Table 3 (continued) Textural Descriptions Structural Descriptions (8) Meaning, Purpose, and Sel-Actualization This is the expression and experience of insight and focus on the ‘here and now’ through which the ‘self ’ enters flow. This is attention to the present moment. It is expansive, empty and full of silence, and simultaneously full of God. It is the synthesis and fulfillment of eternal values and direction that result in presentmoment mindfulness. The supersensory organ of spiritual cognition, as a persistent and constant component of ‘self-consciousness’, is easily differentiated from changing components through guided and attentive introspection. After initial training, ‘awareness’ of the organ of spiritual cognition becomes available for the continuous and uninterrupted fixing of conative attention. This promotes well-being and increases higher-order thoughts about the ‘self ’ and the world. The increase of these secondary reflective thoughts corresponds to the human experience of becoming more conscious, leading to increased meaning and purpose, which culminates in self-actualization. (9) Solidarity, Mutual Responsibility, and Tolerance This is the experiencings of the ‘self ’ as it embraces the universe. It is separate, but at the same time one with others. From this experiencing there is ‘flow’, joy, love, awareness, compassion, healing, comfort, tolerance, moderation, peaceful coexistence, solidarity, mutual responsibility, and unity, and a deep awareness of the irrationality and absurdity of separation. The de-structuralization of the invented self-image leads to the increase of space as part of experience, which dissolves the invented self-image as a rigid structure that sets boundaries on experience. Along with space, and due to other factors, essence in its various aspects also increases. Consequently, the supersensory organ of spiritual cognition begins to maximize space and/or emptiness and the fullness of essence as alternative categories of experience. This affects, (in a positive way), the experiencings related to God, the cosmos, others, inanimate objects, and/or the self.
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