-"The answer is yes. But what is the question?" - Woody Allen.
-"Yes is the answer - and you know that, for sure." - John Lennon.
-"There is no question, which is why the answer is always yes. And yes is not so much of an answer as it is an acknowledgement within ourselves of the presence (of everything). Being is at once a mystery and a fact; the two are one and the same thing. This is why the mystery is no more a problem than the self-evidence is a solution." - Andre Comte-Sponville.
-"For an answer which cannot be expressed, the question too cannot be expressed....The solution to the problem of life is seen in the vanishing of the problem." - Ludwig Wittgenstein.
-I have recently added 'atheist mystic' to my religious views. I'm occasionally just awed by being itself. I love it when you just surf the moment. Riding the crest of time. Travelling at the speed of light.
-There's something in the simplicity of this that releases us from negativity, and frees us to focus on things that matter. I won't stand for a philosophy that doesn't deal with practical problems. Whilst you are at peace in this state of acceptance, I find I can just get on with action. It gives me focus, and avoids distraction.
-I've had a few moments lately that have really given me a sense of pure joy. I can't hope to fully express this - though I will note that there has been a common denominator facilitating these experiences, which has been the beauty of nature.
-Still, I feel like there is only so much to be said about it. In a way it's not that profound. It is what it is - it's just being.
WHAT'S THIS GOT TO DO WITH YOUR R.E.P. COURSE?
-Well, these personal reflections are a kind of example of non-theistic mysticism. They perhaps express an element of nature mysticism, such as felt by Romantic poets such as Wordsworth, Keats and Blake. They have elements in common with Buddhism or some kinds of soul mysticism too.
