tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post3179445635932766049..comments2023-08-11T10:04:41.498-05:00Comments on Sandalstraps' Sanctuary: Can Enlightenment Be a Christian Concept?Sandalstrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-28570067853221429182007-01-25T06:23:00.000-05:002007-01-25T06:23:00.000-05:00Patrik,
Have you read DT Suzuki's Mysticism: Chri...Patrik,<br /><br />Have you read DT Suzuki's <em>Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist</em>?Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-50440490364593188212007-01-25T04:30:00.000-05:002007-01-25T04:30:00.000-05:00I agree about the christian version of enlightenme...I agree about the christian version of enlightenment being a conversion experience ... I'm thinking of Paul falling off his donkey, even Moses when he saw the burning bush, and of course many of us too. St. Ignatius called it a "consolation without cause" <I>...this Consolation Without Cause suggests an experience of the presence of God that takes over our whole person ... Such a Consolation is crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-6491325776746969332007-01-25T03:05:00.000-05:002007-01-25T03:05:00.000-05:00Man, you write long posts. ;)
But If you want to...Man, you write long posts. ;) <br /><br />But If you want to look for a Christian equivalent for enlightenment check out Evagrios of Ponots concept of Apatheia. Generally among the early Christian mystics you might find a lot of similarities. <br /><br />But then, it might be problematic to focus to strictly on the "event" of enlightenement, because the interpretations will differ between Patrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-39991629933548595392007-01-24T13:30:00.000-05:002007-01-24T13:30:00.000-05:00Yes, Amy, I think that enlightenment and awakening...Yes, Amy, I think that enlightenment and awakening are related images, and that both images are also related to the conversion experience. I also think that, as Christians, we need to be comfortable using those images, as they are powerful images that provide fuller descriptions of what happens when we have our conversion experiences - which I generally call either <em>religious</em> experiences Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-47220088651000656922007-01-24T10:09:00.000-05:002007-01-24T10:09:00.000-05:00The way you depict enlightenment sounds very much ...The way you depict enlightenment sounds very much like the "conversion" experience within Christianity. Isn't that, also, our way of speaking about waking up to what is before us?Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04245436658517798591noreply@blogger.com