In the mystical experience, for example, we turn our attention away from the reality of everyday life and focus on the reality of the sacred realm. The experience causes us to radically deconstruct our old beliefs, attitudes and positions and construct new frames of reference for how we define and describe reality. With each new frame of reference comes a new view of a "bottom line," that is, of what the ultimate reality is. Nelson argues there is no bottom line or ultimate human reality but an unending series of new views. Realization of this involves a process of "unknowing," in which the individual eventually reaches a point in which "The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me...one vision or seeing, and one knowing and loving" (Eckhart quoted in Nelson, 2000, p. 76).
The sense of spiritual connectedness that ultimately comes from deconstruction and reconstruction brings true morality with it. We cannot "sin" against our neighbor if we truly know he/she is part of our Self.
3. Spiritual inquiry is a quest, an activity that systematically seeks transformation of self into something better, higher and holier. There are practical methods people use to do this. Rothberg (2000) outlines five kinds of spiritual inquiry that he says will lead to greater spirituality: systematic contemplation, radical questioning, metaphysical thinking, critical deconstruction of metaphysical and other views, and the "cultivation of visions and dreams" p. 166). Rothberg sees these methods as complimentary to Western inquiry rather than in conflict with science or religion. For example, the individual is not forced to choose between them. Because spiritual inquiry involves alternative ways of knowing, radical transformation of understanding in realms like medicine, theology, and science is possible. A better world could emerge as the result.
4. Transpersonal knowing is a superior orientation for living because it is conducive to a new paradigm. The old physical science paradigm saw everything in the world as separate things that could be broken apart, analyzed, manipulated, rearranged, changed into something...
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