Category Archives: Immanence

THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, POST-POSITIVISM, MYSTICISM, CONTEMPLATION, AND KARL RAHNER’S ABSOLUTE MYSTERY

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all. Karl Rahner There is a science for the subjective study of the Spiritual life, analogous to science that explains the mechanism, and laws  of … Continue reading →

Posted in Being, Biblical Scholars, Biblical Studies, Cosmogony, Counsciousness, Critical Thinking, God, Heart, History, Human Nature, Immanence, Inner Journey, Karl Rahner, Materialism, Metaphysics, Mysticism, Ontology, Philosophy, Positivism, Post-Positivism, Postmodernism, Religion, Revelation, Spirituality, Subjective, Theology, Transcendence, Transformation, Uncategorized, Via Negativa, Via Positiva | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

VIA POSITIVA, VIA NEGATIVA

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

We can only speak of the Transcendent by way of the negative (which means “not to say”) –denying in it everything that pertains to our phenomenal experience– or also by way of the positive, that is affirming about it what we experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Advaita Vedanta, Alchemy, Atman, Baqaa, Being, Brahman, Church Fathers, Counsciousness, Fana, God, Heart, Hinduism, Ibn Arabi, Immanence, Inner Journey, Jesus, Kenosis, Maya, Metaphysics, Mysticism, Oneness of Being, Ontology, Philosophy, Religion, Self, Spirituality, Tao, Tawhid, Theosis, Transformation, Transmutation, Uncategorized, Via Negativa, Via Positiva, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

ON GOD, TRANSCENDENCE VS IMMANENCE

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

“He through Whom we see, taste, smell, feel, hear, enjoy, know everything, He is that Self.” Katha Upanishad TRANSCENDENCE Transcendence it is the notion that God is an idea too large to grasp, like the Absolute,  or the Infinite, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advaita Vedanta, Ancient Religions, Asharites, Atheism, Ebionites, God, Hinduism, History, Human Nature, Ibn Arabi, Immanence, Jesus, Metaphysics, Mujassimah, Mushabbihah, Mutazilites, Mysticism, Oneness of Being, Ontology, Philosophy, Sanatana Dharma, Spirituality, Tawhid, Theology, Transcendence, Uncategorized, Wahdat al Wujud | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments