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<p>Created page with &quot;{{navmenu}} &lt;h1 class=&quot;customtitle&quot;&gt;{{FULLPAGENAME}}&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;blockquote class=&quot;definition&gt;The &#039;&#039;&#039;Seven Basic Spiritual Questions&#039;&#039;&#039; are the seven questions that <a href="/index.php/Timothy_Leary" title="Timothy Leary">Timothy Leary</a> says are answered during a typical <a href="/index.php/Connection_Experience" title="Connection Experience">Connection Experience</a>.&lt;Ref&gt;Leary, Timothy. &#039;&#039;The Politics of Ecstasy.&#039;&#039; Berkeley, CA: Ronin, 1980&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; ==Leary Terms== <a href="/index.php/Timothy_Leary" title="Timothy Leary">Timothy Leary</a> &gt; {{#ask:<a href="/index.php?title=Is_a_term::Timothy_Leary&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Is a term::Timothy Leary (page does not exist)">Is a term::Timothy Leary</a>}} ==Notes== For Leary, these questions may be addressed in a religious manner or a scientific manner. &quot;Now one important fa...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{navmenu}}<br /> &lt;h1 class=&quot;customtitle&quot;&gt;{{FULLPAGENAME}}&lt;/h1&gt;<br /> &lt;blockquote class=&quot;definition&gt;The &#039;&#039;&#039;Seven Basic Spiritual Questions&#039;&#039;&#039; are the seven questions that [[Timothy Leary]] says are answered during a typical [[Connection Experience]].&lt;Ref&gt;Leary, Timothy. &#039;&#039;The Politics of Ecstasy.&#039;&#039; Berkeley, CA: Ronin, 1980&lt;/ref&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Leary Terms==<br /> <br /> [[Timothy Leary]] &gt; {{#ask:[[Is a term::Timothy Leary]]}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> For Leary, these questions may be addressed in a religious manner or a scientific manner. &quot;Now one important fact about these questions is that they are continually being answered and reanswered, not only by all the religions of the world but also by the data of the natural sciences. Read these questions again from the standpoint of the goals of (1) astronomy-physics, (2) biochemistry, genetics, paleontology, and evolutionary theory, (3) anatomy and physiology, (4) neurology, (5) sociology, psychology, (6) psychiatry, (7) eschatological theology and anesthesiology.&quot;&lt;Ref&gt;Leary, Timothy. &#039;&#039;The Politics of Ecstasy.&#039;&#039; Berkeley, CA: Ronin, 1980&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> <br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> What are these 7 basic spiritual questions?<br /> <br /> 1. The Ultimate Power Question<br /> <br /> What is the basic energy underlying the universe—the ultimate power that moves the galaxies and nucleus of the atom? Where and how did it all begin? What is the cosmic plan? Cosmology.<br /> <br /> 2. The Life Question<br /> <br /> What is life? Where and how did it begin? How is it evolving? Where is it going? Genesis, biology, evolution, genetics.<br /> <br /> 3. The Human Being Question<br /> <br /> Who is man? Whence did he come? What is his structure and function? Anatomy and physiology.<br /> <br /> 4. The Awareness Question<br /> <br /> How does man sense, experience, know? Epistemology, neurology.<br /> <br /> 5. The Ego Question<br /> <br /> Who am I? What is my spiritual, psychological, social place in the plan? What should I do about it? Social psychology.<br /> <br /> 6. The Emotional Question<br /> <br /> What should I feel about it? Psychiatry. Personality psychology.<br /> <br /> 7. The Ultimate Escape Question<br /> <br /> How do I get out of it? Anesthesiology (amateur or professional) . Eschatology&lt;Ref&gt;Leary, Timothy. &#039;&#039;The Politics of Ecstasy.&#039;&#039; Berkeley, CA: Ronin, 1980&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> {{endstuff}}<br /> <br /> [[category:terms]]<br /> [[Is a term::Timothy Leary| ]]</div>

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