Quote from Richard Rohr

The ability to stand back and calmly observe our inner dramas, without rushing to judgment, is foundational for spiritual seeing.  It is the primary form of “dying to the self” that Jesus lived personally and the Buddha taught experientially.  The growing consensus is that, whatever you call it, such calm, egoless seeing is invariably characteristic of people at the highest levels of doing and loving in all cultures and religions.  They are the ones we call sages or wise women or holy men.  They see like the mystics see. 

Now do not let the word “mystic” scare you.  It simply means one who has moved from mere belief systems or belonging systems to actual inner experience.  All spiritual traditions agree that such a movement is possible, desirable, and available to everyone.  In fact, Jesus seems to say that this is the whole point!  (See, for example, John 10:19-38.) ~  From The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See, pp.30, 32-33

TALK ABOUT IT: What is mysticism? 

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DO IT (INNER WORK): Dying to self

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DO IT (OUTER WORK): Becoming sages

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