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Re: Suicide Bombers and Other Mystics - A Critique [Re: Silversoul]
    #5716432 - 06/05/06 08:00 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

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Suicide Bombers and Other Mystics



Suicide bombers are not mystics, or at least none that I've heard of.  Mystics draw their beliefs from direct experience of the divine.  Suicide bombers and other fanatics draw their beliefs from the dogmatic teachings of others.  If you want to criticize mystics, fine.  But stop misusing the word.




Diploid has a long history here of misusing and misunderstanding the word 'mystic.' He applies the word to all manner of individuals whose practices exaggerate the 'mind' or 'psychic' aspect of our mind-body (psychosomatic) existence. This could be fortune tellers of various types, faith healers, those claiming paranormal abilities re: the Psi functions, and other various and sundry fringe elements.

True mystics from Plato to Plotinus, St. Paul to Meister Eckhardt, Ramana Maharshi to Eckhart Tolle - mystics in the best defined (by,say, Evelyn Underhill) quite escape Diploid. I suspect that Mr. Diploid Extraverts his Sensing function (as a personality type) to a degree which prevents much Introverted Intuition to operate in his psyche. This in no way is a judgement, but rather an observation of a personality type. We all have "inferior functions" according to the MBTI, and our growth and development concerns strengthening our inferior function (which we generally have much difficulty with).  Extraverted Sensing types often excel in the hard sciences since the Thinking function is drawn to observable phenomenon in the physical world, and this seems to be Diploid's trip.

Denigrating our inferior function - whichever it may be - is a form of denial which attempts to cast our personality weakness into the Shadow. Like C.G. Jung, I am an INTP and although my Sensing function is well developed (I work with my hands a lot: carpentry, masonry, painting, decorating, etc.), my Feeling function is my inferior function. I avoid strong emotion, suppress it when it arises, and show reluctance to making emotional proclamations to my Lady  :blush:. Actually, MDMA has been very helpful to me with my Feeling function. Oftentimes, psychedelics have helped individuals enhance their Intuitive function to a high degree, with a 'mystic vision' as a consequence. This, unfortunately is not always the case, and sometimes merely strengthens the predominating aspects of a given ego thereby reifying the pre-existing (and biased) typologically based world view. It is, as The Moody Blues once named an album, 'A Question of Balance.'


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