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In this video, I map my fifteen stages on the spiritual path on the three classic mystical phases of Purification, Illumination, and Union. I then reduce these three phases to the two phases of Purgation and Illumination.
Before exploring each of the fifteen stages, which are posted below, I point out in the video that the first stage is not actually a stage on the spiritual path. It’s the standpoint of people who either don’t know about the spiritual path or who reject it as an illusion. After rejecting the belief that the so-called real world of frenetic activity is the actual real world, I indicate the three main ways that people transition from the stage of Unawareness to the stage of Awakening, which is the second stage in my itinerary.
You’ll have to tune in to find out what these three ways are and how they relate to the two types of souls described by philosopher and psychologist William James.
Note: The image above was generated by Notebook LLM. AI didn’t write this lecture but—as at a magazine’s art department—it produced a helpful illustration based on my ideas.
Fifteen Stages on the Spiritual Path
1. Unawareness: Living in “the Real World.”
2. Awakening: Seeing the Path.
3. Renunciation: Stepping onto the Way.
4. Rapture: Beginner’s Bliss.
5. Spiritual Presumption: The Drug of Spiritual Pride.
6. Sensory Purgation: A Well Run Dry.
7. Spiritual Standstill: Was it Only a Dream?
8. Radical Surrender: No Conditions.
9. Mystical Illumination: An Awakening Presence.
10. Mystical Effectiveness: Spirit without Boundaries.
11. Mystical Carelessness: Drifting Away.
12. Mystical Purgation: The Death of the Sacred.
13. Mystical Death: The Fire of Nothingness.
14. Mystical Awakening: The Fragrance of Nonduality.
15. Mystical Union: Remaining in the Presence.
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By Kenneth RoseIn this video, I map my fifteen stages on the spiritual path on the three classic mystical phases of Purification, Illumination, and Union. I then reduce these three phases to the two phases of Purgation and Illumination.
Before exploring each of the fifteen stages, which are posted below, I point out in the video that the first stage is not actually a stage on the spiritual path. It’s the standpoint of people who either don’t know about the spiritual path or who reject it as an illusion. After rejecting the belief that the so-called real world of frenetic activity is the actual real world, I indicate the three main ways that people transition from the stage of Unawareness to the stage of Awakening, which is the second stage in my itinerary.
You’ll have to tune in to find out what these three ways are and how they relate to the two types of souls described by philosopher and psychologist William James.
Note: The image above was generated by Notebook LLM. AI didn’t write this lecture but—as at a magazine’s art department—it produced a helpful illustration based on my ideas.
Fifteen Stages on the Spiritual Path
1. Unawareness: Living in “the Real World.”
2. Awakening: Seeing the Path.
3. Renunciation: Stepping onto the Way.
4. Rapture: Beginner’s Bliss.
5. Spiritual Presumption: The Drug of Spiritual Pride.
6. Sensory Purgation: A Well Run Dry.
7. Spiritual Standstill: Was it Only a Dream?
8. Radical Surrender: No Conditions.
9. Mystical Illumination: An Awakening Presence.
10. Mystical Effectiveness: Spirit without Boundaries.
11. Mystical Carelessness: Drifting Away.
12. Mystical Purgation: The Death of the Sacred.
13. Mystical Death: The Fire of Nothingness.
14. Mystical Awakening: The Fragrance of Nonduality.
15. Mystical Union: Remaining in the Presence.
If you liked this post, consider sharing it.
If you haven’t already subscribed, you can here:
More of my writing in written and spoken form is available on Amazon
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kenrose51.substack.com