XPost: alt.atheism, alt.consciousness.mysticism   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Christopher A. Lee  wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 03:05:46 -0230, David Dalton    
   > wrote:   
      
   > >But do you think it is possible to be a mystic atheist?   
      
   > Define it.   
      
   I guess I mean someone who still believed in things like   
   a soul, reincarnation, an afterlife, and perhaps in   
   intelligent non-human someones (which would include   
   species someones in my case) but who does not worship   
   any deities.   Also in my case I would mean that I have   
   had numerous mystic experiences including my sun stare   
   and blue rose vision and waning crescent highs that   
   I don't attribute entirely to mental illness.  But as   
   you and I noted, I am currently not an atheist so I   
   am currently not an atheist mystic or mystic atheist.   
   However I am considering moving in that direction.   
   And I think that Lao Tzu and The Buddha were mystic   
   atheists.   
      
   But tonight I'm in a bit of a rush, perhaps tomorrow   
   night I will have more to post on the matter.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton  dalton@nfld.com   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   "Put your arms around me/Like a circle `round the sun   
   You know I'll love you, baby/When my easy ridin's done"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)