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A '''Mystical Experience''' (a.k.a. [[Connection Experience]] is any [[Connection Event]] sufficiently above one's average daily [[Consciousness Quotient|CQ]] as to be perceived, by the individual, as a qualitatively different state of awareness/consciousness/being.  
A '''Mystical Experience''' is any [[Connection Event]] sufficiently above one's average daily [[Consciousness Quotient|CQ]] as to be perceived, by the individual, as a qualitatively different state of awareness/consciousness/being The phrase Mystical Experience is a syncretic term for [[Connection Experience]].  
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==Notes==
William James notes that a mystical experience is any experience that includes the following four characteristics: [[Ineffability]], [[Noetic Quality]], [[Transiency]], and Passivity]]<ref>James, William. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature (p. 330-331). Kindle Edition. </ref>


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A Mystical Experience is any Connection Event sufficiently above one's average daily CQ as to be perceived, by the individual, as a qualitatively different state of awareness/consciousness/being The phrase Mystical Experience is a syncretic term for Connection Experience.

Syncretic Terms

Connection Experience > Exceptional Human Experience, Holotropic States, Mystical Experience, Pure Consciousness Event, Religious Experience, Spiritual Experience, Spiritually Transformative Experience, Transcendental Experience

List of Connection Events

Connection Event > Experience of Admixture, Mysticism, Quantum Change

Notes

William James notes that a mystical experience is any experience that includes the following four characteristics: Ineffability, Noetic Quality, Transiency, and Passivity]][1]

Further Reading

Lightning Path Workbook One: The Basics. Lightning Path Press. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-curriculum/lp-workbooks/


References

  1. James, William. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature (p. 330-331). Kindle Edition.