Aitareya and William James’ Mystical Experience William James explains a mystical experience as having four key concepts. These concepts are ineffability, noetic quality, transiency, and passivity, each dealing with separate portions of an experience. Ineffability is the concept that states a mystical experience cannot be described in words by the experiencer. The noetic quality pertains to the part of the experience which gives the experiencer insight and the experience intellectual value. Transiency states that the mystical experience does not last for long. Passivity pertains to your actions seeming as if they brought on this experience even so the experiencer still feels as if there is a superior power over them. These concepts all look
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This unexplainable superior power over man could be said to be consciousness. The actions done by man gain knowledge for one’s inner self therefor supporting your consciousness on its path to finding brahman. Through this lifelong mystical experience of consciousness, you gain knowledge through your actions no matter what those actions may be. Your physical actions bring you knowledge as you recognize the cause and effects of those actions. Saying this you can now see that your actions feed your conscious being and lead you on the path to …show more content…
Ineffability supports the claim that consciousness is an unexplainable super power that man feels during their physical life. The noetic quality can be found in obtaining knowledge and the insight on man’s journey to brahman. Transiency is where things start to get hazy due to it being up to one’s view on how long life is. To me life continues to fly right by in turn making me believe that life is shorter than you may think, pointing to the concept transience. The last concept, passivity has to do with one’s actions seeming as if they brought upon a mystical experience. This can be seen as the superior power (your consciousness) gaining knowledge through your actions trying to further your journey on the path to brahman. In the end, if you take consciousness as the true mystical experience of man you can see where William James’ concepts either support or put down the idea that this Upanishad brings to
This unexplainable superior power over man could be said to be consciousness. The actions done by man gain knowledge for one’s inner self therefor supporting your consciousness on its path to finding brahman. Through this lifelong mystical experience of consciousness, you gain knowledge through your actions no matter what those actions may be. Your physical actions bring you knowledge as you recognize the cause and effects of those actions. Saying this you can now see that your actions feed your conscious being and lead you on the path to …show more content…
Ineffability supports the claim that consciousness is an unexplainable super power that man feels during their physical life. The noetic quality can be found in obtaining knowledge and the insight on man’s journey to brahman. Transiency is where things start to get hazy due to it being up to one’s view on how long life is. To me life continues to fly right by in turn making me believe that life is shorter than you may think, pointing to the concept transience. The last concept, passivity has to do with one’s actions seeming as if they brought upon a mystical experience. This can be seen as the superior power (your consciousness) gaining knowledge through your actions trying to further your journey on the path to brahman. In the end, if you take consciousness as the true mystical experience of man you can see where William James’ concepts either support or put down the idea that this Upanishad brings to