This article examines the teachings of several Christian and Sufi mystics on the position of reason in the spiritual life, from Al-Hallaj (d. 922) to David R. Hawkins (b. 1927). In the plethora of “maps,” “stages,” and “ladders” discussed by mystics, the level of reason is highly regarded as a “rung” of spiritual attainment. However, reason alone is not enough to transport the soul to the most ...

This paper expresses the viewpoints, or opinions of the author on the use of viewpoints in the software development process. I will concentrate most of my attention on requirements engineering, but I also treat the topic in the broader environment of software development. I will state without much justiication, besides the presentation itself, key concepts that I believe are the basics for the ...

in this research, it has been tried to determine and introduce the relationship between the mystical experience and paradoxical expression. in the first section the major function of these two categories in language has been considered. in the other section some significant questions have been scientifically answered. these questions are: is the paradoxical expression the internal characteristi...

This study aims to explore the concept of God for mystics and its contribution religious tolerance in Indonesia. The questions be answered this research are (1) What is Mystics ?, (2) how does contribute relation tolerance, especially a qualitative research. data source comes from literature. analysis method uses hermeneutic which consists elements description interpretation. results found that...

divine essence and explanation of his ontological place is an important problem for religious schools in conceptual and direct knowledge and both the philosophers and mystics concerns about it. mystics believed the method of intuition, but afterwards the emergence of speculative mysticism, they try to translate the intellectual intuition to conceptual knowledge, attaining this purpose, they use...